Many years ago, sitting in his office high atop the Wrigley Building, Mike King was telling me about the many people he had worked with in his long career as a sound engineer — a star-studded crowd ...

In film, it is often said that the image is the food for the viewer’s eyes, while sound touches the soul. Thomas Wu, an Audio Engineer and Sound Designer with experience all over the world, ...

Mastering engineer Dave McNair unravels some of the mysteries of how he makes music sound good over iTunes and MP3s played over $20 computer speakers. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

On Thursday, May 11, the 9:30 Club’s lead sound engineer Shawn “Gus” Vitale died from cancer at age 61. Vitale, who was born in 1961 and raised in Forestville, Maryland, had worked at the club for ...

HUMAN BEINGS are good at locating the sources of sounds. Even when blindfolded, most people can point to within ten degrees of the true direction of a sound’s origin. This is a useful knack for ...

When you talk with longtime Seattle-based sound engineer Craig Montgomery a few things become clear quickly. He’s a sweet fellow, gentle-hearted. He’s not out for fame, fortune, or any of those two ...

Al Schmitt, a recording engineer who worked with some of the greatest names in the music industry, died on Monday at 91. His family confirmed the news on Schmitt's official Facebook page. "Al ...

The pioneer who transformed movie sound passed away at his home in San Francisco. By Tim Appelo Dolby in his home workshop in 1982, during the early stages of Dolby Spectral Recording (SR). Born in ...