Buddy Miller (Emmylou Harris, Richard Thompson, Shawn Colvin) is a Grammy Award-winning producer, songwriter, guitarist, and engineer. Miller built out the other components of his home studio in Nashville, which is now centered on a vintage 28×24 Trident B-Range analog console.
The gear includes:  MCI two-inch sixteen-track tape machine, Pro Tools HDX, tons of outboard gear (thirty-two channels of mic pres including a bunch of Telefunken V76 preamps, new and old Urei 1176s, a Fairchild 670, BAE1073s, DBX 160s, a Universal Audio LA-2A, a Manley Massive Passive, et al.) and a fantastic microphone collection. He even has a plate reverb system in his basement!
Miller's long search for accurate, but pleasant-sounding, monitors ended three years ago when he was working in another studio that had ATC near fields. After getting his start in the late 1970s in New York City and Austin, he moved to Nashville and went on to produce dozens and dozens of big- and small-name talents, including Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin, and Robert Plant. When he's not on the road, Miller spends some of his days working out of his home studio with his wife, the talented singer-songwriter Julie Miller, who long complained that the studio monitors they used sounded unpleasant - until at last Miller found ATC monitors. The ATCs combine the accuracy and detail needed for mission-critical audio work with the joyful listening experience craved by lovers of great music. Building on three years' success with ATC SCM25As, Miller recently upgraded to ATC SCM45As, which deliver greater bass response via two low-end drivers and greater high-end clarity with ATC's made-in-house SH25-76S tweeter.

BETTERMAKER C502V 500 SERIES At AES 2015

TransAudio Group, Bettermaker's U.S. distributor, introduced the path breaking Bettermaker C502V at the AES's 139th Convention earlier this year in New York City. Like the rest of Bettermaker's catalog - which in just a few short years has earned numerous TEC, Resolution, and Prosound award nominations and wins, the C502V combines a boutique analog signal path (newsworthy in its own right) with intuitive, musical controls and complete parameter recall and automation from a linked DAW-based plug-in - high-end analog sound paired with a superior digital workflow. The C502V is the first compressor from Bettermaker, although with three distinct VCA flavors in one 500-series chassis, it could just as easily be described as the first three compressors from Bettermaker! Stereo, dual mono, or M/S modes, as well as USB or analog side-chain with adjustable high-pass filtering and "look ahead" functionality expand the C502V's universe of possibilities.

Meet Atlantic's Riggs Morales

Riggs Morales started as an intern at The Source before becoming the VP of A&R and Artist Development at Atlantic Records. Riggs had a hand in the discovery of David Banner and Eminem during his tenure as Music Editor at The Source and experienced multi-platinum success with Eminem, D12, 50 Cent, and Obie Trice as Sr. Director of A&R at Shady Records prior to coming to Atlantic.
When asked what draws him to an artist?

"I'm still old school in the sense of intuition. I'm also a fan of characters and personalities. That "stand out" factor that separates you from the average. I need to make sure that if I'm listening to you, not only are you saying something but, how you say it. I still think that word of mouth is still as valuable as ever. Also feels it's important that an artist has it together on all levels-from a musical standpoint to their artistic vision and their team. It has to be as complete as possible before it becomes something worth pursuing further."
Riggs who will admit the live show is an important part of what draws him to an artist, also says: "If you want to get my attention do something different-and when I say "something different" I don't mean if you see me across the street you let a bus hit you while singing and go, "here's my demo." I'm saying just do something different, because my ears are numb to "ordinary" and only the really significant stuff stands out."  Steve Jobs famously said; "Real artists ship". He was referring to the fact that everyone has ideas, but real artists deliver on them. Perhaps that's what Mr Riggs is looking for.
 

 

 
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