Gear Reviews - 28 Sep 2021
Baby Audio has today (September 28) launched its brand new TAIP AI-Powered tape emulation plugin, but does it deliver? Headliner finds out... This is a new one on me; I’d never heard of Baby Audio until...
Studio - 13 Dec 2024
Baby Audio is continuing its tradition of closing out the year with a free plugin release. For 2024, the company unveils Warp, a standalone plugin based on the Warp module from Transit 2-Baby Audio's...
Studio - 19 Dec 2022
Baby Audio has unveiled its new Pitch Drift plugin, which is designed to add a more natural and organic feel to your tracks. The effect of the Pitch Drift plugin ranges from subtle instabilities that...
Installed Audio - 26 Jul 2023
Sphere Entertainment Co has unveiled Sphere Immersive Sound, powered by HOLOPLOT, which it is calling “the world’s most advanced audio system” – optimised to provide crystal-clear, individualised sound...
Headliners - 01 Nov 2016
Jerry Harvey is one of the modern day audio pioneers, turning the world of in-ear monitoring on its head not once, but twice, over the last 20 years. A lightbulb moment on a Van Halen tour bus in the...
Studio - 01 Mar 2022
Baby Audio has released its two popular free plugins, Magic Switch and Magic Dice, as AUv3 plugins for iPad and iPhone. Both plugins are now available for free download for iOS and iPadOS devices on the...
Buyer's Guides - 09 Aug 2023
The world of podcasting has grown exponentially, to the point where it feels like one in five celebrities has a podcast now (not an official statistic). If you’re a budding podcaster, what this means...
Headliners - 20 Nov 2019
The nominations for the 62nd Grammy Awards have been announced, with Lizzo leading with eight nominations, while Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X followed with six nominations each. All three artists are first...
Buyer's Guides - 17 Nov 2023
...plugin with features which make it one of the most progressive plugins out there. VIEW PRODUCT Baby Audio Crystalline Beautiful user interface Excellent, clean sound Crystalline could not be a more fitting...
Studio - 07 Feb 2024
Baby Audio has expanded its synth lineup with a new virtual instrument called Atoms. Atoms uses physical modelling to generate an endless variety of organic and otherworldly sounds that users can mangle...
Studio - 21 Dec 2023
Baby Audio has announced a new free plugin called Beat Slammer, a compression plugin for smashing and squashing drums, beats or entire mix busses. The new, free tool has been designed to give users a...
Gear Reviews - 08 Jan 2025
There are a lot of plugins that can time-stretch and pitch-shift, but what sets Warp by Baby Audio apart is its combination of ease of use, creative flexibility, and the fact that it’s completely free...
Studio - 25 Apr 2023
Baby Audio – known for its range of award-winning effect plugins – has released its first ever virtual instrument: an analogue-modelled synthesiser plugin called BA-1. BA-1 is a modern re-imagination...
Studio - 30 Aug 2022
Baby Audio has lifted the lid on its brand new compressor plugin, the IHNY-2, which the company says may just be the ‘hardest hitting compressor in the industry’. The new IHNY-2 IHNY-2 splits the incoming...
Studio - 17 Nov 2021
BABY Audio has released the follow-up to its Magic Switch plugin with Magic Dice - a new, free plugin designed to offer a vast array of sonic textures at the touch of a button. The Magic Dice plugin promises...
Studio - 05 Apr 2022
BABY Audio has unveiled Crystalline, a new algorithmic studio reverb packed with innovative features for the modern mixer. Following on from TAIP, BABY Audio's AI-powered tape emulation plugin which...
Studio - 15 Dec 2023
Plugin developer Denise Audio has launched its first product since being acquired by Baby Audio in the form of Bass XXL. The new Bass XL plugin arrives three months after Baby Audio Inc. acquired Denise...
Studio - 06 Feb 2017
It's solid, it's smart, and it sounds great. These were the initial impressions we got when plugging in RME's Babyface Pro to our Mac Book. As soon as you've unpacked this little powerhouse, it raises...
Music News - 24 Nov 2021
The 2022 GRAMMYs Awards show, officially known as the 64th GRAMMY Awards, has announced the nominations for each of the 86 categories, with Jon Batiste leading the nominations with 11. Batiste, the veteran...
Studio - 26 Jun 2024
Baby Audio has announced its first foray into vocal effects with Humanoid, an over-the-top pitch corrector designed for instant hard-tuning and radical voice manipulation. With a brand new approach to...
Gear Reviews - 12 Sep 2020
Online, there's a wealth of reviews and technical information about UAD's Apollo x8p, but it was the list of plugins that initially caught my eye: suddenly I was back in the '80s at Master Rock Studios...
Home Recording - 21 Nov 2016
Because we at Headliner support the creative community, we decided to get a little creative ourselves this month. We’ve carried out a little experiment that we think might help bedroom producers on a...
Gear Reviews - 18 Mar 2021
Antelope Audio has long been associated with the more professional end of the market when it comes to audio interfaces and clocking: superb sound quality, multiple I/O options, FPGA processing, and sophisticated...
Live - 02 Oct 2023
U2 opened the first of its kind Sphere venue in Las Vegas with Achtung Baby Live, in what proved to be a truly immersive audio visual feast for those in attendance. The Sphere venue in Las Vegas is, as...
Live - 23 Jan 2025
...a curated selection of the plugins for live productions from 10 respected partners, including: Baby Audio – including the Crystalline reverb Eventide – including the H3000 Factory Mk II effects processor...
Live - 02 Feb 2016
Former Supertramp frontman, Roger Hodgson, has been responsible for some of the catchiest, most uplifting numbers we can think of: Dreamer, Give A Little Bit, Breakfast in America. The list is long. The...
Studio - 30 Jun 2016
Stefan Deistler is a hard working producer and recording engineer. He’s been flying the faders since the early '90s, and in that time has worked in a plethora of genres including classical, rock and roll...
Gear Reviews - 10 Feb 2022
We put Lauten Audio’s flagship Eden tube mic to the test during a vocal session with frontman of UK rock band, Fuzz Skyler, to see how effectively its three dedicated circuits and filters can alter the...
Music News - 30 Mar 2016
Paul Pesco has been in the music biz for 30 years, but he feels like he's only just getting started. A professional session musician – guitar being his main weapon of choice – he is constantly working...
Music News - 16 Aug 2016
My conversation with drummer, Andres Forero, begins with him telling me that he, and everyone involved in the Broadway hit, Hamilton, are getting ready for the Tony awards, where they have a modest 16...
Headliners - 30 Mar 2022
Working Title Recording Studios was founded by Forrest Lawrence who previously owned Studio Circle Recordings and was the house engineer at the now defunct Annex Recording Studios for 11 years. Assisted...
Live - 08 Oct 2015
The world of theatre sound design isn't exactly decorated with female engineers, let alone those that have won the critically acclaimed Olivier Award. However, that's exactly what happened to Carolyn...
Aspiring - 02 Mar 2016
Karl Latham is one of the world's most respected drummers. Although his forté is very much in jazz music world, he is just as big a fan of rock music as he is John Coltrane! He also lives in a very unique...
Studio - 29 May 2016
Producer and DJ, Dwayne Chin-Quee, is best known to the world as Supa Dups, an alias that has worked with a heady list of clients, some of which being Eminem, Rihanna, Bruno Mars, and Drake. He is a man...
Studio - 31 May 2016
If you watch his performances on YouTube, or ever get the chance to see him performing in person, you’d think Florida-based producer DiViNCi started out performing, as his entire approach to music seems...
Studio - 23 Feb 2021
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Broadcast - 18 Jun 2024
At the 96th Academy Awards ceremony, The Zone of Interest won Best Sound, which was accepted by production sound mixer Tarn Willers and sound engineer and designer, Johnnie Burn. Here, Willers explains...
Gear Reviews - 21 May 2021
Is it analogue? Digital? Modular? A bird or a plane? Well, this Spotlight review certainly incorporates a few of those things. Fresh-faced in the synthesizer game since founding in 2018 in Bristol, UK...
Music News - 10 Nov 2023
The Recording Academy has officially revealed the nominations for the 2024 Grammys, which will take place February 4 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Three new Grammy categories will debut at the 2024...
Music News - 02 Jan 2024
And just like that…it’s 2024! Still processing 2023? Headliner rounds up the biggest moments in music from the year that gave us pop culture moments including those big red boots, Barbenheimer, the SAG-AFTRA...
Studio - 11 Oct 2024
With a passion for capturing music in its purest form, Elaine Maltezos’s career has taken her from various states across North America all the way to Norway where she now plies her trade, applying her...
Headliners - 24 May 2016
Mark Egan has been a first-call studio musician in New York for some 40 years; in fact, it was in 1976 that he joined the renowned Pat Metheny group, recorded three records with him, and plenty of bootlegs...
Studio - 05 Mar 2019
The challenge: write, record, and mix a song from scratch in one day. The players: The Violet Collective. The venues: Numen Studios, Shepperton; and The HUB, St. Albans. The biggest obstacle: the bloody...
Live - 24 Mar 2021
Shure’s Axient digital wireless system and microphones were used at the 63rd Grammy Awards by various performers, including Dua Lipa.Broadcast live outside the Los Angeles Convention Centre, the Grammy...
Music News - 07 Mar 2023
Roland has announced the GP digital piano series, the latest generation of instruments in the company’s premier digital piano lineup. Roland’s digital benefits are infused throughout, including Bluetooth...
Studio - 17 Nov 2023
Five-times Grammy nominated, multi-platinum mixer, writer and producer Jean-Marie Horvat has worked with some of the biggest names in music, from Destiny’s Child and Beyoncé, to Michael Jackson, Justin...
Headliners - 31 May 2016
Max Lilja may be one of the biggest name cellists out there, but it’s the particular niche that he’s carved for himself and his classical instrument that make him such a fascinating character. He dropped...
Headliners - 23 Feb 2017
It’s that time of year again, where musicians and performers alike (and Bradley Walsh) throw on their best frocks and come together to celebrate the best music that Britain has to offer. It was BRITs...
Studio - 30 Jun 2022
When Gwen Stefani dropped the F-bomb on stage, a young Erin Barra knew that she wanted to work in music. Fast forward to today, and she’s the director of popular music at Arizona State University, executive...
Headliners - 17 Apr 2023
Renowned Nashville producer and songwriter Keith Thomas chats to Headliner about some of his career highlights and long-standing working relationships, and reflects on how he co-wrote Don’t Cry with BeBe...
Live - 20 Nov 2023
Tennis are husband-and-wife duo Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley, who got their start in the Denver music scene in 2010 before captivating the indie pop world with their earnest melodies and dreamy, retro-futuristic...
Music News - 05 Feb 2024
Taylor Swift made history at the 2024 Grammys as she became the first artist to win Album of the Year four times. Swift’s album Midnights scooped the prize at the LA ceremony, making it her fourth victory...
Buyer's Guides - 10 May 2024
If you try and choose a setup of guitar pedals completely off your own steam, you’ll quickly find you’re confronted by hundreds of things. They come in several categories, innumerable brands, updates...
Headliners - 31 Mar 2022
Let’s pioneer the term ‘transcendent trailblazer’, especially for Robot Koch, an award-winning electronic artist and composer from Berlin who now makes music from Los Angeles. His music has been synced...
Music News - 16 Nov 2022
Beyoncé leads the 2023 Grammys race with nine nominations, making her the most nominated artist ever – tying with husband Jay-Z – both scoring 88 nominations in total so far. Her album Renaissance is...
Studio - 30 Nov 2022
L.A-based recording and mixing engineer Claire Morison heard Knives Out by Radiohead as a teenager, and it changed her life forever. The self confessed indie girl from Montana explains why she risked...
Broadcast - 23 Feb 2024
Production sound mixer Steve Morrow explains why due to using Lectrosonics on set, Bradley Cooper relieved that no ADR was required for the Oscar nominated film, Maestro. Now streaming on Netflix, Maestro...
Aspiring - 22 Mar 2024
...to the chorus. “One of my favourite plugins that we used a lot on this record was Super VHS by Baby Audio. It’s a distortion plugin where you can apply different settings to the filters to really eighties-fy...
Studio - 11 Sep 2024
Songwriter. Singer. Nashville ringer. All these talents and more are found in Jonathan Wyndham, who initially lit up the music industry’s radar with a blind audition on singing competition series The...
Headliners - 01 Nov 2019
Singer-songwriter, Conner Reeves first came to the world’s attention in 1997 with his gold-selling debut album, 'Earthbound' scoring five top 30 singles in the UK, culminating in a Brit nomination and...
Headliners - 22 Mar 2020
Stephen Street is a record producer that is known for his longtime associations with The Smiths and Blur, so it comes as no surprise to see him crowned the winner of this year’s MPG Outstanding Contribution...
Headliners - 03 Sep 2020
Audrey Mika has gone from YouTube sensation to a credible artist in a few shorts years. The talented rising star explains why she’s embracing her weirdness, and why she dropped the mic.Hailing from the...
Gaming - 01 Oct 2020
Twitch has announced its Soundtrack By Twitch (Beta) tool, which is designed to allow its creators to feature licensed independent music within their streams.The leading live stream platform for gamers...
Broadcast - 29 Jun 2021
A Belgian composer in the midst of his Hollywood breakthrough, Peter Baert has diligently worked his way up scoring Belgian indie flicks, until the opportunity to compose for The Water Man (executive...
Aspiring - 15 Jul 2021
NAGYEDi (real name Edi Nagy) moved from Hungary to London two years ago, and is something of a defining figure in the alternative music scene in her home country. Although her music could be loosely described...
Music News - 19 Nov 2021
TIDAL has announced a new free tier, enhanced paid subscription tiers, direct-to-artist payments, fan-centred royalties, and more. With support from the vast majority of our record label and distributor...
Studio - 18 Jul 2022
A highly-skilled violinist from the age of just 10 years old, Rusanda Panfili is one of the most exciting talents in the world of classical music. To date, she has collaborated with the likes of Markus...
Music News - 21 Feb 2023
BMG has announced a new catalogue recordings agreement bringing the acclaimed solo recorded works of George Harrison to Dark Horse Records/BMG together with his music publishing catalogue for the first...
Studio - 11 Dec 2024
Kurt Oldman is an award winning composer and music producer known for his bold, innovative, commercial voice and approach to his film and television work. He has written the music for numerous horror...
Music News - 03 Feb 2025
At the 67th Grammy Awards, Beyoncé became the first black woman to win a GRAMMY for Best Country Album for her eighth studio album, Cowboy Carter. Knowles-Carter also won the biggest prize of the night...