Pensado Awards 2015 Preview: 5 Questions with Herb Trawick and Dave Pensado
Thomas Alva Edison’s tinfoil phonograph? Nope. The player piano? Guess again: (l-r) Dave Pensado and Herb Trawick are set to preside over The Pensado Awards 2015. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images...
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View ArticleDestination Studio Sweet Spot: Sono Luminus Studios – Boyce, VA
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View ArticleTascam Announces Celesonic US-20×20 Audio Interface and VL-S3 Monitors
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