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Exploring Chandler’s TG, Abbey Road and EMI Lines If you’re in the audio recording industry, then in many instances you’ve undoubtedly come across some of the coolest gear by Chandler, including its legendary icons and labels like Germanium, Abbey Road, TG, REDD, EMI, and TG. There’s much here that evokes the golden era of recording—the era of recording magic! And that is, of course, The Beatles’ Abbey Road era. One could also argue that Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon bel

Hello fellow recording friends. Need to rent gear for a special session this weekend or next... or later this month? Well, you might surprised what we have here on offer, and it might just be what you need! Gear Available! Let's take a look at a few gems that could be the perfect solution for your session: The UA 1176: An ultra-fast FET com ideal for adding punch. Lead vox, snare drums and kick drums, bass guitar character, legendary "all-buttons-in" mode for crushing room mi

Date: Wednesday, June 17th Location: Long & McQuade Pro - 935 Bloor St. W. Time: 7pm-9pm Admission: Free Attendance is limited. To reserve a spot please email vsinnaeve@long-mcquade.com As always Happy Recording! ~ LM pro

This Monday, join producer/ engineer/ songwriter/ musician Karen Kosowski, Hill Kourkoutis and Graham C Walsh to discuss their recording and production methodologies, their mixing techniques and their approach to sound. Joining us for the event will be David Roman and Jason Salzman, visiting Toronto from Universal Audio, as well as Ray Wilson and Tim Condon from Yorkville, the Universal Audio distributor for Canada. Karen Kosowski is a Nashville-based producer, songwriter,

Queen of The Lair Toronto has so many interesting nooks and crannies, stories and tales, and especially talent. What one may forget, as the endless grey cold rainy days drag on during what is supposedly called spring here in Toronto, is that there are incredibly creative people shining like homing beacons through the gloom, reminding all of us that creativity and art are always here to guide us out of the darkness and into the light. And Hill Kourkoutis is absolutely one of t

Millenia's Imersiv D-1, HDR-A DAC It’s Stereo! Don’t let the IMERSIV moniker fool you; we’re not talking Dolby Atmos. We’re talking about an incredible 168 dB of headroom. The IMERSIV D-1 is a full 28-bit stereo DAC in a class of its own, thanks to Millennia’s HDR-A Multi-path technology. HDR-A stands for High Dynamic Range Audio, and the results are astonishing. Retailing at $16,799, the IMERSIV D-1 is positioned as a critical-listening mastering DAC suitable for the world’s

Subterranean Chief Engineer Scott Lake Don’t you love the feeling of finding something precious or rare? Well, I think I found a gem: Subterranean Sound, Toronto Located in a subterranean space right in the heart of downtown Toronto, I met up with the super friendly and highly experienced mixing engineer Scott Lake. After a brief conversation about the studio’s history, Scott took me to the pièce de résistance, the magnificent and nearly one-of-a-kind AIR Montserrat Neve with

We have a pretty big announcement! We have started our High End Studio Rentals Program here at LM Pro! The program will offer our valued clients with the opportunity to rent gear that would not normally be available anywhere else. Although L&M currently has many amazing pieces of gear for rent under as preferred rentals such as a Neumann U87 or Rupert Neve Newton Channel, we are expanding the list, directly here out of LM Pro. Expect to see a Tube Tech CL1-B or RND MBP or MBT

If you're not familiar with the products from Isoacoustics you should be. Their unique products work to decouple your reference monitors from the surface they're resting on. The result is way less smearing in the low end, and more clarity and clearer imaging in the low mids. Other products have tried to do this and do so much less successfully, and are more expensive. Come hear for yourself how great this stuff is and judge for yourself. We'll be demoing audio through a Neve