Klaus Hill Goes Dangerous Down Under
Australia-based mix engineer Klaus Hill mixes hit after dance music hit for top stars and record labels using Dangerous Music D-Box summing/monitoring system and Dangerous BAX EQ
Over ten years ago dance mix engineer Klaus “Heavyweight” Hill made a pilgrimage from his home in the UK to Australia to work on some music. A few years after deciding to stay in the Land Down Under, he finally put together his ultimate portable mixing rig featuring the Dangerous Music D-Box analog summing and monitor controller as its centerpiece, and later added the Dangerous BAX EQ. Over the years, he’s mixed thousands of dance tracks for top artists including Felix Da Housecat, SCNDL, The Potbelleez, and Tom Piper, along with record labels Ministry Of Sound, Spinnin’ Records, Dirty Bird and more. Hill mixed the vocal and mastered the track, “Swing,” by Joel Fletcher featuring Savage, which won the Best Dance Music Record of the Year award from Australia’s prestigious APRA organization just this week..
Dangerous Music & Vintage King Event
Nashville community turns out in droves at Vintage King for the inside track on the Dangerous Compressor, BAX EQ and 2-Bus by multiple Grammy award-winning engineer F. Reid Shippen
After about an hour of introductory explanations of gear by Dangerous Music Sales Manager and Audio Alchemist President, Marek Stycos, Grammy award winning mix engineer F. Reid Shippen took the spotlight and walked the Nashville audience through his workflow for mixing with the Dangerous Music Compressor and BAX EQ. Nearly 100 of Nashville’s local artists, producers, engineers and studio owners turned out at Vintage King Audio’s headquarters just a stone’s throw from many top studios in Music City. The event was one of over 30 that Dangerous Music and Audio Alchemist has assembled across the US during 2014 involving stores, along with engineers that use Dangerous Music products; the Company plans to continue its seminars in 2015.
Read More »‘Chab’ Gets Dangerous in Paris
Dangerous Music equipment used extensively by Engineer Antoine Chabert (Chab) at Translab Mastering Studios including on Daft Punk’s 2014 Grammy-winning Album of the Year, ‘Random Access Memories’
At Translab Mastering Studios in Paris, the Dangerous Music collection of gear is quite extensive and just grew again with its addition of the newly released Dangerous Compressor. The busy French mastering studio’s engineer Antoine Chabert (aka ‘Chab’) has filled his studio with Dangerous gear as its core: the Dangerous Master paired with the Dangerous Liaison for his mastering console, the Dangerous Monitor paired with the Dangerous Source for complete monitoring and specialized playback, and the Dangerous BAX EQ and Dangerous Compressor for taming tracks and making records sound their best- such as the Grammy-winning “Lucky” from Daft Punk’s latest opus “Random Access Memories,” just one among hundreds of other albums and singles Chab has mastered.
Colin Leonard Gets Dangerous
Atlanta-based ‘SING Mastering’ uses Dangerous Master, Monitor and BAX EQ at the core of a unique mastering setup
Mastering engineer Colin Leonard works a lot with major record labels on singles, albums and custom masters for the very latest music videos – as well as hit Indie artist projects. At his Atlanta, GA, ‘SING Mastering’ studio he’s built a unique and highly customized analog setup based around a core of Dangerous Music’s Master transfer console and Dangerous Monitor combination, and the Dangerous BAX EQ – among many other pieces of choice equipment and speakers. As Leonard says “It’s a no compromise mastering facility.” Some of Leonard’s recent mastering credits include Echosmith, Kimbra, Icona Pop, Leona Lewis, Justin Bieber, Mastodon and Mystery Skulls, working with record labels such as Warner Bros., Sony Music, Atlantic Records, Republic Records and Universal Records.
Read More »Wyner Adds ‘Dangerous Compressor’
Cambridge-based engineer continues to grow his Dangerous Music-equipped studio adding the new Dangerous Compressor
Longtime mastering engineer Jonathan Wyner has added the newly released Dangerous Compressor to his already well-stocked Dangerous Music-equipped studio. Wyner’s Cambridge, MA based studio sports the Dangerous Music Master, Liaison and BAX EQ as well. Wyner is a Grammy-Nominated engineer who has mastered over 5,000 CDs so far in his nearly 30-year career. “The first thing I noticed about the Dangerous Compressor was the signal path through the compressor,” he says. “It gives a subtly warm presence while remaining open and retaining transparency. Yesterday I was working on a single for Josh Groban and I was able to tighten the dynamics very gently while maintaining the subtlety and nuance of his incredible vocal performance. The sound of the box is superlative.” Read More »Dangerous Music In Demand
With top producers and songwriters at ‘The AND Group’ already using Dangerous Music gear, management is getting calls from their other clients to get Dangerous too
When top producers and writers collaborate in the studio with other artists-DJs and like-minded music professionals – the exposure to key pieces of gear often gets noted and talked about as one watches the other and hears just how great it sounds. This is happening at a somewhat alarming pace with Dangerous Music equipment at The AND Group, a collection of music management and media companies who are working with some of today’s top music insiders and hit makers. Read More »
Dan Black Gets Dangerous
Artist, composer and producer adds the Dangerous Source monitor controller to his Paris studio with stellar results
Internationally acclaimed solo artist, composer and producer Dan Black recently added the Dangerous Source monitor controller to his Paris studio setup. He feels the Dangerous Source has made huge differences in his studio for writing his own music and collaborating with other artists. “I noticed a profound improvement in detail with the Source, it was like a veil was lifted,” says Black.
Blackbird Academy Gets Dangerous
Famed studio opens recording and live schools, adds new studio based around Dangerous Music equipment: 2-Bus, Liaison, BAX EQ and Monitor ST
PJ Hanke Scores With Dangerous
Composer/Producer believes in the analog advantages of Dangerous Music gear
Almost ten years ago, composer and producer PJ Hanke realized that ‘in-the-box’ mixes from his personal composing studio just didn’t have the quality of previous projects he had completed on large format analog consoles in his past work. His search for a solution led him to purchase the Dangerous 2-Bus analog summing mixer, the Dangerous Monitor and the Dangerous MQ to get him back to the sound he liked and remembered. “For nearly a decade, my studio setup of 2-Bus, MQ, and Monitor has allowed me to treat my Pro Tools HD rig like an analog setup with a proper mixing desk,” says Hanke. “The Dangerous Music gear is fantastic.” Read More »
Robert Vosgien Gets Dangerous
Famed Capitol Studios chooses a suite of Dangerous Music mastering gear to update studios
When Capitol Records Mastering in Los Angeles decided to replace the old “disc cutting” consoles originally designed for mastering vinyl, they began to try out several new transfer consoles including the Dangerous Music Master with its companion devices the Liaison and Monitor that combine to create a complete ‘mastering suite’. After extensive testing and listening, Dangerous Music was the final choice. Once the new gear was purchased and up and running in mastering engineer Bob Vosgien’s studio, Capitol made plans to do a remodel to his mastering room as well. Over the past 25 years of mastering, Vosgien has worked with top artists such as James Taylor, Bob Seger, Green Day, The Goo Goo Dolls, The Wallflowers, Selena Gomez, Bush, Chris Botti and No Doubt, among many others.
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