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Scott Jay
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Writer, mostly advertorials & pro audio product reviews. Many bylines at Gearspace.com. Occasional dabbler in music, sound & film. Mild Simpsons meme addict.
Alright and an even newer one that just got published - really enjoyed chatting with A-list scoring mixer Alan Meyerson about Gladiator II, Wild Robot, collecting microphones and of course Audeze headphones as that’s who the piece was for.

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A Moment In Time With Scoring Mixer Alan Meyerson - and his Audeze headphones
Sponsored by Audeze Scoring Mixer Alan Meyerson with his Audeze LCD-5 headphones Working...
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November 27, 2024 at 2:56 PM
This is my latest piece, published last night - it’s an overview of Music Expo in San Francisco which just celebrated a decade of in-person and virtual events all over the USA.

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Music Expo San Francisco 2024 - live and in person, once again
The Music Expo 2024 poster We built this city on rock & roll… and EDM… and hip-hop… and...
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November 26, 2024 at 7:58 AM
Looping again back to Audeze - this is a feature about the exceptional mastering engineers Gavin Lurssen and Reuben Cohen and how they use headphones in their work routines.

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Gavin Lurssen & Reuben Cohen meet Audeze Maxwell
Sponsored by Audeze Welcome to Lurssen Mastering There’s a pretty good chance you’ve...
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November 25, 2024 at 10:46 AM
Next - a profile and history of studio acoustic treatment manufacturer GIK Acoustics as they turned 20 years old. GIK started as one guy in his garage in Atlanta making panels to sell on eBay and has grown into a multinational household name in the studio industry.

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GIK Acoustics - 20 Years Of Free Advice and Exceptional Acoustic Treatment
Sponsored by GIK Acoustics Simple white acoustic panels and bass traps in the control room at...
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November 24, 2024 at 6:54 PM
…and here is part 2 of the story of the visit to Metropolis with some Atmos goodness and a chat with the scion of a legendary mastering engineer taking on the family mantle…

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"All Great Art Is Born Of The Metropolis" - Part 2
Sponsored by Audeze If you missed out on Part 1 of this article, click here to read it now! ...
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November 23, 2024 at 11:17 AM
This past summer I spent the day at Metropolis Studios in Chiswick hanging out in their mastering suites with both the old guard and the new talent. It spawned a 2-part article for Audeze Headphones - here is part 1.

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“All Great Art Is Born Of The Metropolis” - Part 1
Sponsored by Audeze The Power House / Metropolis Studios, Chiswick, West London, UK ...
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November 22, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Focal speakers are a worldwide recording studio standard so it was fun to write about their latest line of monitors, the Trio6, released earlier this year.

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Presenting the Focal Trio6 nearfield - a new benchmark in studio monitoring
Sponsored by Focal The Focal Trio6 monitor speaker in situ Shakedown 1979 At the tail...
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November 21, 2024 at 11:53 AM
This is another “anniversary milestone” profile piece, an article about speaker maker ADAM Audio who turned 25 recently - a journey not without some pretty severe bumps in the road.

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25 Years Of ADAM Audio: From Conceptual Genesis to Auditory Revelation
Sponsored by ADAM Audio ADAM Audio CEO Christian Hellinger ADAM Audio celebrates a quarter...
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November 20, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Here’s a condensed history I wrote about the superb Netherlands-based software audio plug-in makers FabFilter, who turned 20 this past year.

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FabFilter at 20 - Two Decades Of Distinctively Superior Plug-ins
Sponsored by FabFilter The FabFilter Software Instruments logo in 2024 Two decades might...
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November 19, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Here’s a feature I did on the prolific mastering engineer Maor Appelbaum - about his life’s work and how it’s wrong to pigeonhole him as strictly doing “heavy” music. And of course, some chitchat about his favourite Audeze headphones…

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Maor Appelbaum: Beyond Heavy
Sponsored by Audeze Maor Appelbaum chats with us about his background, 21st century mastering...
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November 18, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Next up, a feature about urban music producer extraordinaire Aaron Mattes - and his scramble to rig up a Dolby Atmos system on a budget and at short notice at Six 1 Seven Studios in North Hollywood. This was for Kali Audio who ended up supplying the monitors for him.

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Six 1 Seven x Kali Audio - the future of accessible immersive audio
Sponsored by Kali Audio Dolby Atmos® is the future & Aaron Mattes is having the time of his...
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November 17, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Hi everybody! This place *is* much nicer so far. Not sure where to begin so I’ll start by posting some stuff I’ve written over the past year…

Here’s a piece for Audeze headphones about Dream Theater keyboard wizard Jordan Rudess’s new solo album ‘Permission To Fly’ - gearspace.com/board/featur...
Jordan Rudess & Jimmy T on the making of Permission To Fly - with Audeze headphones
Sponsored by Audeze The cover of Permission To Fly, Jordan Rudess’ latest solo album...
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November 16, 2024 at 10:40 AM