Choosing the Right High-End Studio Monitor: A Guide to Six Premium Options
If you produce music or work in audio, the most critical piece of equipment in your studio is your studio monitor. You could have a massive microphone collection and racks of high-end synths and guitars, but if your monitors don’t give you an accurate representation of your sound, you’ll be making guesswork decisions instead of producing with confidence.
The Art of Sound: AEA Ribbon Microphones at Providence Sound & Vision
A microphone is to an audio engineer what a brush is to a painter or a lens is to a photographer. Choosing the right microphone for a sound source is not just about capturing sound—it’s about shaping tone, texture, and emotion. At Providence Sound & Vision, we proudly offer AEA Ribbon Microphones, known for their unmatched warmth, smoothness, and natural sound reproduction. Whether you’re tracking vocals, drums, brass, or guitar amps, AEA microphones are built to provide the highest fidelity in studio and live settings.
Today, we’re diving into a selection of AEA ribbon microphones from our demo inventory, available for you to try in your studio. Let’s explore why AEA has been the go-to name for ribbon microphones for decades.
Enhance Your Studio’s Performance with Equitech Balanced Power Solutions
Powering pro audio equipment often comes without a second thought, but issues with noise, hums, and buzzes can arise. Equitech Balanced Power Solutions eliminate these problems with a unique transformer design that splits a 120-volt source into two phase-canceling 60-volt legs. Trusted by NASA and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Equitech ensures optimal performance for studio gear, providing a noiseless, humless, and buzzless power solution. Discover how Equitech can improve your studio’s performance and eliminate those pesky “ghosts in the machine.”
Brokered by Providence: Tony Maserati’s Vintage Neve 5316
Providence Sound and Vision is honored to represent Tony Maserati for the sale of his Neve 5316 console. It was the centerpiece and sound of so many of his hit records over the years and now it’s ready for its new owner to carry the torch. In this video, Tony talks about this history, partial discography, and care put into this console.
The Mercury Recording Equipment Co. 666 Overview and Comparison to the Tube-Tech CL-1b
The Mercury Recording Equipment Co. 666 is our favorite compressor release of 2023! It’s a highly elevated homage to the Fairchild 666 from vintage audio guru Dave Marquette. Since the Tube-Tech CL-1B has been back ordered for years we have been looking for a replacement and we think we have found it. Take a tour of the Mercury 666 and check out our sound samples comparing both on a female singer, male rapper, drums, and bass.
22 Boutique Microphone Shootout With Band Faux Real
We spoke with art pop group Faux Real about recording their new album and offered to help them pick the best microphone for their voices. We are grateful they agreed to share their acapella vocals with you so you can hear a wide variety of vocal microphones and hopefully, it helps you make an educated microphone choice too.
Neumann MT-48 vs Universal Audio Apollo || Recording Band Club Oro
We set out to compare the sound of two popular audio interfaces, the Neumann MT-48 and the Universal Audio Apollo. Both are used in professional and home recording studios and each offers a unique sound quality and workflow.
In this video, we compare the sound of solo vocals, drums, guitar, acoustic, bass, keys and the full band so you can hear the differences to help you pick the interface that is best for you and your sound.
