Creative Caffeine: Nashville Recording Studio

Online music sales continue to skyrocket at the expense of CDs. iTunes continues to be the leader of the pack, too, not only in online sales, but music sales overall. But a small rebellion is brewing against iTunes as artists become disgruntled with the hit they’re taking on overall album sales thanks to the now-wildly-popular method of cherry-picking favorite tracks for download.

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Album-loving artists blame iTunes for changed music tastes

Another birthday for the CD has come and gone and yet the damn things just won’t die. On Aug. 17th, 1982, the Compact Disc was born into an age of rampant consumerism that was the 1980s. Big hair was in, big vinyl and the big snarls of tape from cassettes was out.

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CD Turns 26 and It Still Won’t Die | Maximum PC

Extremely well known and highly regarded Aardsync II master clock generator.  A good clock source can make a huge difference in the sound quality of digital audio.  This is one of the best.

$495

Great condition DIGI 888 24-bit Pro Tools TDM interface.   Works with TDM mix systems… can also be connected to “Legacy” port on the back of a Pro Tools HD interface.   Great way to add 8 inputs and outputs to an HD System.

$425 each.  2 Available.

THE RADAR HAS BEEN SOLD… 9-8-08

We have a Radar 24 Nyquist for sale.  $6995.  Perfect condition… sounds amazing!  We used this primarily as a front end to our Pro Tools TDM system.  The converters in these recorders are some of the best ever made!  Call 615-298-2200 for more info.

Specs:
Nyquist converter card for 12 channels of 96k - 24 channels of 48k
AES and TDIF cards (AES currently installed)
Session Controller with 48 channel meterbridge
DVD-RAM drive - 2 SCSI hard drives with carriers
Radar software version 3.16

These days, there’s no distinguishing one keyboard from the next because all they really do is act as computer trigger devices. But in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and even the early 90s, keyboards and their manufacturers were known for signature sounds. Here are five of my favorites:

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mental_floss Blog » 5 Legendary Keyboards (and the songs they made famous)