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Artist stories
Musicians we've recorded with, in their own spaces and in their own words.
Guides
Learn your mic
Where to start if you're choosing a microphone, a screen or a sound.
The workshop
From the workshop
How the mics get made in East Los Angeles, and what else happens in the shop.
Longer reads
Shape
Your Sound
Pieces from the team on making music, making things and making room.
June 2026The Colors We Keep
Every act of expression carves out a little more room for someone else to arrive as themselves.
December 2025Honoring the Cracks That Made You
On flaws, kintsugi and the cracks that show where something has been lived in, from mic bodies to the people who make them.
June 2025Not Another Rainbow Microphone
If the tool you’re speaking through was never built to reflect who you are, it will always distort the signal no matter how technically accurate it is.
August 2023There are no audio emergencies
As audio engineers and music producers, we must learn to navigate the unpredictable nature of our work with grace and equanimity. The truth is that no single project or deadline is worth sacrificing your mental health and well-being for.
Reviews and press
What reviewers said
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Videos
Performance videos we've made with artists.
WatchOHMA "Everything & Nothing"
May 2025
WatchVictoria Canal "Black Swan"
December 2023
WatchOHMA "Between All Things"
November 2023
WatchVictoria Canal "Company"
September 2023
WatchMoorea Masa & The Mood "Joyful"
August 2023
WatchBartees Strange "Hennessy"
May 2023
WatchEmily Elbert "For Free"
April 2023
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