Steve Silverstein

I’ve had an original one channel hardware Eventide Omnipressor for years, so it’s been exciting to try the new 50th Anniversary Reissue Omnipressor...

Several pieces of gear in my studio experienced vacuum tube failures. After I found myself spending money for maintenance and parts, I realized that...

When I moved my mix setup out of my living room and into a large shared studio space, I sensed that it would be helpful to have a larger pair of...

No matter how many amazing equalizers that I buy, I find that I never have enough great outboard EQs for everything I need. In my opinion, the...

The Phoenix Audio DRS-EQ/500 is a 4-band equalizer in 500-series format, loosely comparable to the API 550b. Each band offers fewer frequency points...

Before we get to Steve Silverstein's opinion on the newest speaker offering from PreSonus, let me butt in. After reading the first draft of...

One day, while listening to Roxy Music's Manifesto, I noticed that it was recorded at Ridge Farm Studio in England, and I did a bit of Internet...

New Zealand gear manufacturer Buzz Audio is best known for its REQ-2.2 mastering EQ , which some have compared to a classic Sontec. This...

The Opticom XLA-3 uses a photocell-based detection circuit coupled with tube make-up gain. The first famous compressor with this topology, of course...

     I’ve learned the hard way that small, powered monitors are ideal for my mobile recording work. As the mix setup in my apartment...

Mic'ing a snare drum is always a challenge, because it's hard to avoid bleed from the hi-hat. I've developed a preference for not very...

I trusted Tekserve in New York when they recommended the Glyph GT 050Q. It definitely ranks among the best recommendations I've ever received...

A recording console is arguably one of the toughest pieces of gear to review. Connectivity to other gear, internal routing capability, build quality...

If a microphone helps me learn about how other mics in my collection sound, then it is worth spending time with it for this reasons alone. The KEL...

I always like having a lot of options in my mic closet. There are times that I lean heavily on my most expensive microphones, but I often find it far...

The M 88 is an easy microphone to overlook. It lacks the instantly-recognizable visual profile of its closest competitors, the Electro-Voice...

I first heard about Class-T amplifiers not from recording engineers or audiophiles, but from friends seeking my vaguely "professional"...

For a recent mix, I wanted to blend a crushed-and hopefully slightly damaged-version of a vocal in with the original. Conventionally one might use a...