This column is going to make some wild turns, but please trust that I’ll tie it all together…mostly. Hah! Herewith is the setup: Two buzzards are sitting on a tree branch, watching and waiting, with their stomachs grumbling because it’s been a long time between roadkill buffets. Unable to deal any longer, one says, “To hell with this. I’m gonna kill something!”
It’s been 10 years since RAP interviewed Lowell Christensen about his journey to build a home based radio production and voiceover business. After setting up his SpotWorks Radio Production website in 1997 and leaving his radio job in 2004, things were going well in 2008, thanks to a growing client base. Then a global market crash and mortgage crisis hit the United States. In this 10-year update, what was yet to come was another “life lesson” in what it means to be out on your own after leaving the rat race.
Promos, commercials and imaging from Dave Foxx, Z100, New York, NY; Colin McGinness, UKRD Group, Bristol, UK; C.J. Goodearl, Clear Channel, Orlando, FL; Dave Cockram, Rogers Radio, Calgary, AB; Andrew Frame, BAF Soundworks, Lehigh Acres, FL; Mike Vuckovich, KOOL/KFUN, Kitchener-Waterloo, ON; Jesse Simon, Rogers Radio, Calgary, AB; Pascal Standaert, Imaging Dogs Beveren Leie, Belgium and more!
Commercials, promos and imaging from Lee Rugen, Moody Radio, Chicago, IL; Jerimiah Busniak, Fox FM, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; Ryan Keith, Zimmer Radio; Matt Innes, SEAFM, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia; Adam Venton, UKRD Group, Bristol, UK; Heikki Wichmann, NRJ, Helsinki, Finland; Ryan La Via, Dougall Media, Thunder Bay, ON; Steve Thompson, KFUN/KOOL, Waterloo, ON; Russ More, Rock 106/107.7 The River, Lethbridge, AB and more!
Promos, imaging and commercials from Sean Bell, Sounds Good Studios, UK; Jay Ginsberg, KZST/KJZY/KTRY, Santa Rosa, CA; Alan White, Citadel Broadcasting, Colorado Springs, CO; Mark Murphy, FIVEaa, Adelaide, South Australia; Rod Schwartz, Grace Broadcast Sales, Pullman, WA; Rick Andrews, TownSquare Media, Amarillo, TX; Bill Jackson, JRfm/The PEAK; Matt Wallace, CHWK-FM, Chilliwack, BC and more!
9-11 ten year anniversary tributes, plus promos, imaging and commercials from Aaron Bischoff, CFXO/CHRB High River, AB; Ross McIntyre, 100.3 The Q, Victoria, BC; Colin McGinness, UKRD, UK; Deborah Hopkins, KOOL/KFUN, Kitchener-Waterloo, ON; Bill Jackson, The PEAK/JRfm, Vancouver, BC; Amit Sharma, 92-7 The Bounce; Dave Cockram, Rogers Radio; Mark Fraser, Q104, Halifax, NS and more!
Promos, commercials and imaging from Steve Cook, Five Talents Audio, Atlanta, GA; JJ Elliott, Harvard Broadcasting, Regina, SK; Rick Harrington, CHAT 94.5/My96; Eddie Bye, Nova919, Adelaide, SA, Australia; Jay Helmus, Rogers Broadcasting, Vancouver, BC; Gary McClenaghan, Harvard Broadcasting, Regina, SK; Jerimiah Busniak, Southern Cross Austereo, South Melbourne, Australia; Christopher O'Brien, WMWX, Philadelphia, PA and more!
Promos, imaging, commercials and more from Ben Thorgierson, SAIT, Calgary, AB; Zach Parkscott, Island Radio, Nanaimo, BC; John Rocchetta, KOOL / KFUN, Kitchener-Waterloo, ON; Ben Malcolm, Rogers Radio, Vancouver, BC; Doug Newman, KOOL/KFUN, Kitchener-Waterloo, ON; Amos McSwain, DMG Regional Radio, Albury, NSW, Australia; Jay Rose, Digital Playroom, Brookline, MA; Jay Ginsberg, KZST, Santa Rosa, CA and more!
Roland announces the VT-4 Voice Transformer, a powerful new effects processor for manipulating the human voice. Compact and easy to use, the VT-4 allows the user to connect a microphone and quickly craft unique vocal sounds with performance-oriented controls. Harmony, vocoding, pitch shifting, hard tuning, ambience, and other high-quality effects are available, providing everything from subtle augmentation to radical transformation. Battery-powered and ready to travel, the VT-4 is a must-have companion for singers, DJs, web broadcasters, and all those who use their voice in a creative application.
TC Electronic announced two new modules in their range of hardware controlled plug-ins: a stereo expander / modulation unit and a main reverb for pro and home studios. Both sport the same combination of tactile controls and DAW integration debuted with the Danish audio company's recent TC2290 and DVR250, but with smaller footprints.
Soundly, an audio technology company and maker of the popular cloud-based sound effects (SFX) library and workflow tool by the same name, has released Soundly collections. Soundly collections streamline search while inspiring creativity when creating audio soundscapes for common scene locations and environments such as kitchens, car chases, offices, horror, outer space and more.
As musicians, producers and engineers are looking for ways to improve their mixes, TC Electronic has announced Clarity M Stereo, a hardware meter with a very appealing price tag.
Great for home recording, mobile musicians, guitarists, podcasters, and live streaming, the PreSonus Studio 24 2x2 USB-C bus-powered audio/MIDI interface can record up to 24-bit, 192 kHz audio. Equipped with PreSonus XMAX-L solid-state preamps and high-end converters, the newest member of the company’s Studio series delivers professional quality audio in a rugged, compact, all-metal enclosure that can withstand the stresses of travel.
Eventide is proud to announce availability of the SP2016 Reverb plug-in — perfectly recreating a classic collection of reverb algorithms from its history-making SP2016, pro audio’s first rack-mount multi-effects processor.
By Dave Foxx
I was just musing to myself how much things change over time. As I write this, I am sitting quite comfortably in a Boeing 737, cruising at 35-thousand feet, preparing to eat breakfast as I type away on my MacBook Pro. In a few minutes, I’ll hook up my m-Box and start mixing a promo I ...
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