WINTER 2002 ISSUE

RECORDING ENGINEER'S QUARTERLY^{^{^TM}}

WINTER 2002

FROM THE EDITOR

it's about recording

When I started Recording Engineer's Quarterly more than 5 years ago I had a commitment to the readers to keep it a free magazine as long as possible. Because of this and because of the quality of content that we post, we have regular readers and good numbers. We are working to keep it a free publication and still bring in enough dollars to pay for the space and the bandwidth charges to stay alive.

Our approach, starting this year, is to reward our regular readers with even more. You will be seeing many articles that are available to registered readers for a limited time. Our parent, Alexander Magazine, will be publishing technical articles each issue that can normally only be accessed by paid subscribers. Access to registered REQ subscribers will be granted for a short period. As soon as the next publication date the articles are reset to "paid subscriber only" status. With this system regular readers will get access to in-depth articles at no charge.

We are doing this to promote paid training (such as the Alexander/RID Pro Audio Specialist training for $69) and paid advanced training subscriptions to Alexander Magazine. Every time you access an article that you like, realize that there are literally hundreds more like that one which paid subscribers can access. A paid subscription to Alexander Magazine gives you access to more than 8300 posted files for two full years.

The technical articles for this issue cover studio set up techniques and, because of reader demand, about signal processing parameters and techniques. Many of these articles will be reset to paid subscriber access by the next REQ publication date. Our technical editor, Frank G, has written a review article on a Tascam unit that many PC Recordists will drool over. This is the premier article for a new REQ article category entitled "PC Recording." We've asked Frank to do at least 4 articles on this subject this year for REQ.

Michigan Music has two features this issue, with powerful photographs by our contributing editor, PT Quinn. In our Recording Connection article, www.recordingjobsconnection.com announces posting the studio e-mail lists for registered users.

Bob