Wacken Open Air Rocks with TVN GROUP Film & TV Production
October 22, 2009 - Summer 2009 saw loads of music festivals come and go, many of which used Steinberg software and hardware in some way or other. One fond memory that comes to mind was this year’s Wacken Open Air, a three-day heavy metal festival in Germany which was solely produced by TVN GROUP Film & TV Production on Nuendo.
Darryl Pearson Advocates Steinberg Gear
September 15, 2009 - Guitarist, songwriter and producer Darryl Pearson was initially a member of DeVante Swing’s production crew named Swing Mob. This collective was also associated with renowned artists such as Timbaland, Missy Elliot and Ginuwine, just to name a few. Today, Pearson is one of the most sought-after producers in the US, producing for Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Chris Cornell and many more.
Interview on AI Updates for MR816 CSX/X, CC121 and Cubase 5
August 24, 2009 - Since their launch in 2008, MR816 CSX/X and CC121 have had a noticeable impact on the audio technology market, due in part to the Advanced Integration technology that melds both products into Steinberg’s Cubase 5 Music Production System. With the simultaneous release of the Cubase and Cubase Studio 5.1 update and the release of new 1.5 version drivers, extensions, editor software and firmware, Steinberg have released a comprehensive set of updates for the entire system that significantly extends the functionality offered.
Nashville Engineer Mick Conley Talks Tech
August 18, 2009 - Mick Conley is an independent, accomplished sound engineer, producer and guitarist from Nashville, Tennessee, naming Cubase, Nuendo and WaveLab as his music software of choice when it comes to mixing and editing. In the many years he’s been pursuing his line of profession, Conley has been sharing the studio with many of the top producers.
Polka Star and Producer Joey Miskulin Sounds Better with Steinberg
August 14, 2009 - Nuendo user Joey Miskulin is a renowned accordionist and producer, inducted into the International Polka Hall of Fame in 1997. Collaborating with a host of well-known artists including U2, Paul McCartney and Frankie Yankovic, Miskulin has produced Grammy Award-winning and gold and platinum albums plus numerous internationally successful recordings.
Cubase and Nuendo Championed by Celeb Producer David Kahne
August 7, 2009 - Kelly Clarkson, The Strokes, Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney are among the impressive list of artists who have been produced by David Kahne. Employed by some of the biggest record labels throughout his career, Kahne has simultaneously been working on various projects, producing songs for TV shows, the latest blockbusting movie and for various artists.
Zombie Nation Goes Zombielicious Using Cubase
July 31, 2009 - The man behind Zombie Nation, Cubase user Florian Senfter, is also known under further guises such as John Starlight and Splank! Way back in the ’90s, Senfter propelled himself into the spotlight of the electronic dance scene, landing a smash hit with "Kernkraft 400". Zombie Nation, meanwhile, has evolved to become one of the most famed German techno acts around, having recently released his fourth album Zombielicious, a 14-track long player jam-packed with quality tunes in typical Zombie Nation fashion.
Powerwolf on the Prowl
July 17, 2009 - The German-Romanian band Powerwolf released their third album Bible of the Beast at the end of April. The long player was not only critically acclaimed by the press but also their first album to find its way into the German charts. Obviously this was a good reason for Steinberg to interview guitarists Charles and Matthew Greywolf, two long-time Cubase aficionados.
Erran Baron Cohen Scores Brüno with Cubase
July 9, 2009 - Erran Baron Cohen, producer, film score composer and founding member of ZOHAR, is best known for his scoring of the TV series Da Ali G Show and the movie sensation Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Now in 2009, Erran is back with the score to Brüno, the new movie by his brother Sacha. Steinberg took the opportunity to ask the long-time Cubase user a few questions.
John Morales in the Mix
July 1, 2009 - New York-based producer John Morales is acknowledged as being one the early pioneers of remixing as well as being a special Steinberg endorser of the very first hour. Kicking off his musical career as a local disco DJ, Morales started creating edits of his favorite tunes while continuing to spin decks in the NY area. Later on, John Morales was remixing the great names like Jocelyn Brown, Chaka Kahn and Marvin Gaye.
Leading Post-Studio Blautöne Relies on Nuendo
June 24, 2009 - Situated in the heart of Vienna, post-production studio Blautöne has made a mark on Austria’s TV and advertising landscape. Not only restricted to these fields of work, Blautöne recently worked on Let’s Make Money, one of the most successful Austrian documentaries by Erwin Wagenhofer who has been awarded the culture price Special WorldShift Award for his film at the Cannes film festival. Blautöne was responsible for the entire stereo mix, surround mix in several formats and the SFX.
Making It Happen for Fred Coury
June 19, 2009 - Already a veteran of the music business, WaveLab and Nuendo user Fred Coury remains fully committed to his musical career. His taste has undergone many changes though, leaving Coury with a potpourri of different styles from which he continuously draws, affecting his music to this present day.
The Vibrant Musical Force of Delain
June 12, 2009 - After leaving Within Temptation, Martijn Westerholt formed his new band, Delain, back in 2002. Three years later, their debut album Lucidity was released, making Delain one of the Netherlands’ most interesting new metal acts to date. Now, their second album April Rain has been released worldwide. We interviewed Martijn who has been a Steinberg user long before Delain first saw the light of day.
Brotherly Music with Cubase
May 27, 2009 - London-based duo Anna Stubbs and Robin Mullarkey are Brotherly. These two highly accomplished professional musicians clearly understand their trade by emphasizing the passion they feel for their music par excellence, also influenced by collaborations with renowned artists the likes of Roisin Murphy and Zero 7. Brotherly's latest single "Spin Down", released on iTunes in March this year, forecasts the upcoming album to be a massive success.
What Do Madonna, Moby and Ministry of Sound Have in Common?
April 22, 2009 - Andy Bolleshon, founder of Time Tools Mastering & Publishing, has devoted his life to music, working as a producer, musician, mastering engineer, label owner and music publisher for over 15 years in the music industry. Since then, many internationally acclaimed musicians, including Fat Boy Slim, Moby, Timo Maas and Mousse T., and superstars like Madonna and Tom Jones have turned to him.
Cubase, Electropunk and James Rushent of Does It Offend You, Yeah?
March 13, 2009 - With You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into, the four members of Does It Offend You, Yeah?, James Rushent being the lead singer and producer, celebrated the release of their successful debut album on March 24, 2008. By playing a blend of electro, dance and rock, the band from Reading, England, not only manage to impress the fans at their outrageous live shows.
We've Got a Situation Here
February 20, 2009 - Having come to fruition with their eleven-track debut album entitled Glaxo on Alison Records, this Cubase-mad foursome from the north of Germany trumps in the alternative scene by distilling a slew of different music styles into their very own energetic brand of music under the name Situation Leclerq.
Steve Lamm: Grammy for Nuendo-Produced Album
February 13, 2009 - Recording engineer, producer and Nuendo aficionado Steve Lamm recorded, together with fellow Nuendo user Bryan Lenox, TobyMac’s Alive and Transported which has been awarded a Grammy in the category Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album. Nuendo was used to record, edit and mix the entire album.
Gabry Ponte Uses Cubase with Great Gusto
January 28, 2009 - Gabry Ponte, long-time Cubase user, is one of Italy’s finest DJs and a former member of the Italian eurodance trio Eiffel 65, best known for their international hit single "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" back in the ’90s. While continuing to work on projects as remixer and producer for his record label Worldbus Records, Ponte has released three albums under his own name.
Underwater Surround Recording with Nuendo
January 21, 2009 - Last year, SAE lecturer and sound engineer Timo Klinge embarked on the Aldebaran research expedition and made the first-ever underwater multi-channel recordings off the coast of Belize. Read more on why Timo chose to use Nuendo 4 by Steinberg for this one-of-a-kind project.
Holy Moses and Steinberg Software
October 17, 2008 - For over 25 years Holy Moses have been playing a key figure in the thrash metal scene of Germany and abroad. After their hiatus in the ’90s, the band resurfaced in 2001 with a new line-up around lead singer Sabina Classen and guitarist Michael Hankel to pick up where they had left off.
Ricky Garcia Releases Solo Album
October 15, 2008 - Guitar virtuoso and Cubase user Ricky Garcia has recently opened a new chapter in his career with the release of Let Sleeping Dogs Lie. Musically talented and technically impeccable, Garcia manages to convey the energy and fervor for the music he plays. Apart from rising in prominence with the launch of his solo career, Garcia is no newcomer to the rock music scene. He graduated from Berklee College of Music — a Berklee alum to have been endowed with a scholarship — and has moved through a succession of bands before settling down with LaFee, a pop/rock band boasting multiple gold and platinum awards.
Samuel L. Jackson’s Lakeview Terrace Wins US Weekend Box Office
October 14, 2008 - Lakeview Terrace, starring Samuel L. Jackson, recently won the US weekend box office on 21st of September with a revenue of 15.6 million dollars. The whole sound design and the extensive audio effects for that movie were done with Nuendo. We had the chance to talk to post-pro legend Ronald Eng from Gig-Eng Productions, who has worked on Lakeview Terrace with Steinberg’s dedicated post-production software.
European Post Scene Embraces Nuendo
October 2, 2008 - Steinberg‘s Nuendo has increased its outreach throughout the post production industry in Europe, with a number of new installations of the latest generation of Steinberg’s Advanced Audio and Post Production System in the last few months. Several studios have installed their first Nuendo-based workplaces, with others expanding the number of licenses at their facilities.
Tony Doogan and Cubase: Doomed to Success
June 11, 2008 - Scottish producer Tony Doogan has been one of the creative forces behind the independent music movement that saw Glasgow blossom into one of the world’s commercial and artistic hotbeds for indie music. In our exclusive interview, Tony talked to us about his use of Cubase, his love for early Neil Young records and his hesitation in replacing all his much-cherished analog gear.
Julio Awad's New Album Produced on Cubase and Nuendo
May 9, 2008 - An established name in music scenes on both sides of the Altlantic and one of the Spanish-speaking world’s leading Jazz pianists and musical theatre composers, Cubase and Nuendo user Julio Awad has recently released a new CD produced with Steinberg’s production software. Thousand Miles is the latest full-length album from the Argentinean-born pianist, who has worked together with many leading Spanish-speaking producers and artists from the worlds of Jazz, Rock and Pop, including double Grammy®-winner Paloma San Basilio, Juanjo Domínguez, Nestor Marconi and Juan Alberto Pugliano, to name but a few.
Remote Recording – Interview with David W. Hewitt
April 4, 2008 - The Academy Awards, the Rolling Stones, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Madonna are just some of the famous names on his list of references; many of the world’s best known producers and engineers swear by his sound. His tour career goes back 25 years. 7-time TEC Award winning David W. Hewitt from Remote Recording is a legend in live recording. We had the chance to talk to him about his career and why he relies on Nuendo in his day to day production work.
Fernand Bos & Nuendo: Audio Post Editing on The Pink Panther 2
February 15, 2008 - Fernand Bos is one of the most in demand audio editors with a huge amount of experience working on Hollywood-movies. His references include successful films like Cold Mountain, The Ladykillers and We Are Marshall. Currently he’s working on The Pink Panther 2 which will be released in 2009. We had the chance to talk with Fernand about his career and why Nuendo is his post production software of choice.
Randy Lane & Nuendo: Recording Dream Theater Live
January 10, 2008 - For years, Randy Lane has been among the best-known live-engineers in the USA. Through his work with the The Spin Doctors, Bush, Fuel and Three Doors Down, he has gathered a huge amount of experience in live recording situations. Currently he’s on the road with legendary progressive-metal formation Dream Theater on their 2007/2008 World Tour. Randy talked to us about his career and the experiences of using Nuendo in live-recording situations.
Steinberg Software Powers Noroff Audio Production Education Centers
November 2, 2007 - Noroff Institute is among the big success stories of audio production education in Scandinavia. Founded in 1987, Noroff has advanced to become Norway’s premiere educational institution for media, sound and music production, with a wide range of courses covering media and sound design, music production, web publishing, graphic art, film production and much more. Steinberg software products form a core component of Noroff’s curriculum, providing the next-generation audio production tools to complement the forward-looking and innovative syllabus of Noroff’s educational facilities.
Clay Duncan Transforms with Cubase 4
August 15, 2007 - One of the most in demand programmers and composers, Clay Duncan has recently contributed his signature sound to crafting edge of your seat moments in such movies such as Déjà Vu and The Number 23. But make no mistake, the biggest movie of the summer and possibly the year is finally here and you better believe that Transformers is an amazing visual experience, the music and sound design is just as impressive.
Michael Fakesch’s Solo LP on Cubase
August 3, 2007 - Michael Fakesch’s name has until now been almost exclusively been associated with the German electro duo Funkstörung. After Funkstörung decided to split last year, Michael has been concentrating on his solo projects. On top of his work for film and TV projects, Michael’s second solo LP, dos, has just been released on Berlin’s ultra-trendy !K7 label.
Peter Baldock & Nuendo: A BAFTA-Winning Team
June 13, 2007 - Peter Baldock is among the UK’s most sought-after audio post professionals, with a long list of credits including Bladerunner, The Beach, Cracker and Severance. Peter was awarded the UK’s highest honor in the film industry in 2007, scooping the BAFTA award for his role as sound effects editor and supervising sound editor on 9/11: The Twin Towers, the acclaimed BBC documentary dealing with the terrorist attacks on the USA in 2001. Peter talked to us about his career, his Art4Noise post facility and his experience as one of the UK’s first post production professionals using Nuendo — since version 1.0.
Ruff & Jam
May 31, 2007 - Ruff & Jam, otherwise known as Jean Marie Moens and Luke Mourinet, are among the most talented remixers around. The long list of artist to get the Ruff & Jam treatment include Kylie Minogue, Robbie Williams, Scissor Sisters, The Killers, Sugarbabes, Sophie Ellis Bextor and Polyphonic Spree, among many others. Ruff & Jam’s own instantly recognizable blend of electronic pop, urban and dance can be heard not only in their work for others; their own productions, film scoring and compositional work also carry their hallmark sound. Jean Marie and Luke told us why Cubase plays an essential part in their production environment.
Mark Zonder and Slavior
May 16, 2007 - After a long period as the drummer of the progressive metal band Fates Warning, Mark Zonder has been focusing on other projects like Cans and Warlord. End of March, his new band Slavior has finally released its self-titled debut album — produced with Cubase.
Paul Davies: Nuendo, The Queen and the Oscars®
March 2, 2007 - Paul Davies is founder of the award-winning PD Sound Design, a London-based multi-role post facility. PD Sound Design’s successes have including winning Best Film Soundtrack of the Year under £10m at the inaugural Conch Awards for their work on the UK comedy Kinky Boots. When he was looking for a Sound Supervisor for the Oscar®-winning The Queen, director Stephen Frears quickly settled on Paul and his experienced staff at PD Sound Design, who he’d already worked with on several projects. We talked to Paul about Nuendo, The Queen and the state of the UK post industry.
Avenue Audio Chicago Post Facility Relies on Nuendo
December 12, 2006 - Chicago’s Avenue Audio is one of the leading US post houses, providing first-class audio post services for a huge range of projects, including TV ads, feature-length films, corporate videos and much more. With a distinguished client list including JC Penney, Hallmark, ESPN, Oldsmobile among many others, Avenue’s Nuendo-based state-of-the-art facilities and people are among the most sought-after in the industry. Avenue’s Ryan Pribyl talked to us about their experiences using Nuendo as the backbone for Avenue’s audio services.
Swedish Rockers Backyard Babies with Cubase on Latest Album
November 14, 2006 - Backyard Babies have been rocking stages throughout Europe and the US since the late '80s. Swept upwards into the industry limelight by their intense live performances, Backyard Babies soon found themselves touring as support for Velvet Revolver, AC/DC and Social Distortion. Long-time Cubase user and BYB founder member Peder Carlsson talked to Steinberg about the making of their new album, People Like People Like People Like Us.
Trip Art-Movie Produced on Nuendo
November 10, 2006 - This unsual multimedia project is the brainchild of two Hamburg, Germany-based artists, Frank Otto and Bernt Köhler-Adams. Together with video artists, designers, music video producers as well as documentary filmmakers, the two have created a fascinating piece of visually and aurally stunning art that combines several films with a soundtrack that cleverly links all of the various video material used. The 5.1 surround soundtrack was produced entirely within Steinberg’s Nuendo Media Production System.
Find out more on www.trip-movie.com
Doug DeAngelis: The Evidence on Nuendo and Cubase
July 27, 2006 - Currently one of the hottest talents in theme music composition for TV, Doug DeAngelis has been a Cubase and Nuendo user for many years. The latest hit US show to get the DeAngelis treatment is The Evidence, a one-hour crime drama from Executive Producer John Wells (ER, West Wing, 3rd Watch) starring Orlando Jones, Rob Estes, and Martin Landau. The show has already aired in Spring 2006 on ABC in the US, and is due to hit screens across Europe in the autumn of this year.
Lakewood Church Nuendo Installation
July 6, 2006 - The weekly 16,000-capacity services at the Lakewood Church in Houston incorporate many audio-visual elements, with high demands on the audio production crew. These demanding and multifaceted tasks include not just live mixing of the choir and big band as well as the pa system, but On Air and Audio Post for the TV and internet streaming broadcasts. Steinberg talked to Reed Hall, Lakewood’s Director of Audio and Technical Production and Brian Tankersley, Director of Audio Technologies, about their work with Nuendo during the weekly services.
John Ross: The Cutting Edge of Mixing
June 13, 2006 - John Ross is one of the biggest names in Hollywood’s audio post scene. His latest project, Take The Lead starring Antonio Banderas, was the first that John completed in his impressive new post facility in West Hollywood. Equipped with cutting edge technology including two Nuendo systems integrated into an 80-fader Euphonix System 5-MC controller console, the new facility is among the most technologically advanced post production houses anywhere. In our video interview, John gives an inside view of his new facility and his work with the new system based around Nuendo and System 5-MC.
Danny Lewis: Between Pro DJ and Music Teacher
May 26, 2006 - Danny Lewis has long been a name on the UK dance scene. Since his debut single, the club chart number one and national top 30 hit "Spend the Night", Danny has been supported by the likes of MAW, Giles Peterson, David Morales, Kenny Carpenter, Todd Edwards, Todd Terry, Danny Rampling and the Dreem Teem to name a few. His new album, Balistica!, has recently been released on Defected, and is already receiving a lot of attention both within the dance scene and without. But he also teaches at Point Blank, one of the UK’s most esteemed music colleges. He talked to us about Cubase, teaching music and getting to grips with logical editing.
Annihilator with New Cubase-Produced Album
April 24, 2006 - Annihilator have for many years been one of the most revered bands in metal, setting the scene alight in 1989 with their now legendary debut Alice in Hell album. Not ones to rest on their laurels, the band recently completed their 11th studio album, which was produced by frontman Jeff Waters at Watersound Studios — on Cubase SX3.
Steve Tushar with Euphonix MC and Nuendo
April 7, 2006 - Audio post and sound design professional Steve Tushar (Lion King, Jungle Book, Wicker Man) has recently added a Euphonix MC to his Nuendo-based poduction facility. In a recent video interview, Steve commented on the "staggering" integration between the two, citing speedy, creative worklfow as one of the main benefits of his current set-up over his previous system.
Nuendo Audio Post System Powers The Wicker Man
April 4, 2006 - Supervising sound editor and Nuendo user Ron Eng has recently begun work on two new film projects: First Snow and a Hollywood remake of the '70s cult classic The Wicker Man, which stars Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn and Molly Parker.
The Mission of Wayne Hussey
March 15, 2006 - The Mission were and continue to be one of the most influential bands the UK has ever produced. Formed in 1986 by singer Wayne Hussey and bassist Craig Brown, The Mission were one of the brightest lights of the cultural movement that quickly became known as Goth, and were one of the most commercially successful bands of that genre in music history. Long-time Steinberg user Wayne Hussey took his Nuendo system through its paces on the latest Mission CD/DVD release Lighting The Candles, taking time to answer a couple of questions about The Mission's past and present and his mixing technique along the way.
Joe Cocker Tour 2005: Live Recording with Nuendo
January 12, 2006 - CJ Vanston has not only been a close friend of Joe Cocker for many years, but in his capacity as Cocker's Musical Director, arranger and keyboardist has played a big role in shaping his sound over the last few years. Having got to know Nuendo from mixing the last Joe Cocker album, Vanston wanted to check out the live recording capability of the software. In collaboration with Jens Skwirblies (Ian Cussick, Bobby Kimball), he recorded several shows of Cocker's current Heart and Soul tour.
In Extremo: Cubase and Nuendo Go Medieval
August 3, 2005 - With their unique blend of exotic instruments, medieval German lyrics and modern rock music, In Extremo are one of the few very original bands in the German music scene. But how do you produce a modern rock album if the instruments aren’t fully chromatically playable? After years of awkward, complicated workarounds, the new Cubase SX3 features brought the band the solution. But this wasn’t the only way in which the switch to Steinberg software proved to be a good thing for all those involved in the production of the new In Extremo album.
Junkie XL: Expanding Limits with Cubase
May 2, 2005 - Tom Holkenborg, better known as Junkie XL, is a very busy man. Besides his successful progressive dance project Junkie XL, Tom is a renowned remixer for top-acts like Britney Spears or Depeche Mode. He is doing scores for Hollywood blockbusters, music for computer games and commercials for international top brands. The name Junkie XL stands for quality electronic music that cross over between different genres. Known as a real junkie when it comes to work, Tom always tried to expand musical limits. From the Pro 24 on Atari about 20 years ago to Cubase SX3 nowadays, Steinberg software always helped him with that.
