Freddy Gerngross

Freddy Gerngross is a musician, educator, writer, and audio nerd based in Brooklyn, NY. A writer of reviews, guides, and announcements for the Pro Audio division at B&H, his other bylines can be found at Wirecutter and elsewhere. He can be found throughout Brooklyn and Queens shredding bass and synths for psych-rock, dream-pop, and hip-hop outfits, tearing up jam sessions, and reading surrealist novels in the park.

Latest Articles

Hands-On Review: The Beyerdynamic DT270 Pro Headphones

3 days ago

As a musician and mixing/mastering engineer on the go, I was excited to be able to get my hands on the newly released compact Beyerdynamic DT 270 PRO studio headphones—but I must admit, I haven’t been the biggest fan of Beyerdynamic’s sound profile. Don’t get me wrong,…

Headphones

The Best MIDI Keyboards at B&H

1 week ago

Whether you're a hobbyist making beats for fun or a seasoned professional producing music for your adoring fans, you'll want to have a MIDI keyboard to control your software synthesizers, drum machines, and maybe your whole DAW. In this shopping guide, we'll go over some of the best and most popular MIDI keyboard controllers we have in stock at B&H, their important features, and what kind of…

MIDI Keyboard

Studio Recording

A Guide to Classic Studio Gear: Compressors

1 week ago

Among the many tools audio engineers use to sculpt and shape raw audio into a final work, most would say that compressors are in the top two most ubiquitous and useful. In concept, compressors are simple tools: they make the loud parts of sound quieter and the quiet parts louder, reducing dynamic range so that everything can be heard more clearly. They were first developed out of necessity,…

Audio Compressors

Amplifiers

Hands-On Review: The Denon Home 200, 400, 600 Wireless Multiroom Speakers with…

2 weeks ago

Denon is best known for their professional A/V systems, home theater gear, audio receivers, and turntables, but with the competition in the home-speaker market heating up over the last few years, Denon is looking to redouble their efforts in the home audio marketspace with an impressive refresh of their previous “Home” speaker lineup. The…

Speakers

Home Theater Systems

What Is a Tube Microphone and When Should You Use It?

3 weeks ago

Tube microphones (also known as “valve mics” to those who refer to the subway as “the tube”) are something of a venerated patrician class of microphone technology known for their euphonic sound characteristics and historical pedigree, along with exorbitant prices that induce nightmares for recording studio accountants—discontinued models like the Telefunken ELA M 250E command upward of $30,000,…

Microphones & Accessories

Tube Microphones

Ribbon Microphones

Eight Tube Microphones That Won’t Empty Your Bank Account

3 weeks ago

With their history and pedigree, tube microphones have built a reputation for being the delicate, rare, and expensive stuff only the wealthy or most prestigious of recording studios can afford to have in their arsenal. While that was true in the past (and still is for some tube mics…

Tube Microphones

Studio Recording

SSL Announces the SSL 1: Their Answer to Solo Audio Interfaces

1 month ago

Solid State Logic has announced the new SSL 1, a compact and affordable audio interface with the same form factor as the powerful and popular SSL 2+. The new SSL 1 promises to be perfect for those with small home studios doing personal projects to those wanting to…

Audio Interfaces

Home Studio

Allen & Heath Introduced the Updated SQ+ Mixing Console Lineup

Allen & Heath Introduce the Updated SQ+ Mixing Console Lineup

1 month ago

Allen & Heath announced an updated lineup of their SQ series of digital mixers with the all-new SQ5+,…

Audio Mixers

Mixing Consoles

Wireless Microphones for Every Occasion

1 month ago

Wireless microphones are an incredibly popular and convenient solution to many of the problems that come with traditional wired setups: they require far less cabling, and that means fewer issues with shorted wiring, lowered chances of cable-related tripping, and a higher number on the “Days Since Last Incident” sign. While they can be a bit more difficult to onboard, once the system is up and…

Microphones

Wireless Audio Systems

Live Sound Part 2: Passive Speakers and Pro Rigging

1 month ago

Now that we’ve discussed the basic gear you need to put on a live show, lets look at the specific kind of gear and knowledge you’d need to set up a professional event at a large venue, stadium, or arena. Whether you want to gain more knowledge in pro live sound or you’re just curious, you’re in the right place! If you’re a beginner or want more context for this article, go ahead and check out the…

Live Sound

Event Audio

A Guide to Building Your PA System

1 month ago

The PA system is the linchpin of any venue or event space, whether it’s the hottest new night club, this weekend’s big house party, or the screening of the next indie film sensation. It’s integral to the experience of social activity—and because music and sound deserve to be clear, coherent, and exhilarating, the PA system needs to serve up the goods by being powerful, reliable, and properly…

PA Systems

Live Sound: What You Need to Put on a Show – Basements, Backyard, and DIY

1 month ago

When it comes to putting on a live show, knowing the specific gear to get and how to use it can be a daunting prospect. There are tons of different microphones, speaker systems, monitoring setups, and mixer environments, all of which are suited for different types of performance settings. And that's not even including power distribution, cabling, and other miscellaneous equipment you'll need to…

Live Sound

Event Audio

Hands-On Review: Sonos Play

1 month ago

As a new product that caters to an underrepresented segment of the home/portable speaker market, the release of the somehow simultaneously big and small Sonos Play looks to represent the culmination of Sonos’s reconciliatory pilgrimage. During the development…

Portable Speakers

Wireless Home Speakers

A Guide to Classic Studio Gear: 10 Studio Legend Reverbs and Effects Processors

1 month ago

Realistic artificial reverbs and other time-based processors are commonplace in today’s music technology, so it’s easy to overlook how much of a technical marvel it was when reverberation could be divorced from the physical location of a performance, and how quickly it transformed recorded music. From Bill Putnam’s reamping technique using physical echo chambers, to the Brobdingnagian 600-pound…

Effects Processors

Reverbs

Studio Recording