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BURL BLACK Summer Sale

BURL BLACK Summer Sale

Jul 16, 2026 | , ,

BURL BLACK Summer Sale: 15% Off Through Labor Day WeekendStarting July 20 and running through Labor Day weekend (September 7), the entire BURL BLACK line is 15% off — every daughter card, every complete B16 bundle.What Is BURL BLACK? BURL BLACK delivers a higher...

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Jon Mychal

Feb 12, 2020 | ,

Artist/Producer/Mixing & Mastering and owner of 'The Sonic Spa - Boutique Audio Experience' Tafari Anthony, Bryan Crouch, FACTOR (the Foundation Assisting Canadian Talent On Recordings), Lindsay Schoolcraft"I'm sure you hear this all the time, but I'm officially...

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Lizzy McAvoy

Feb 4, 2020 | ,

Lizzy McAvoySinger/Songwriter/Producer "Borrowed Time" Thompson Square (featured in the Major Motion Picture), Nicholas Spark's "The Best of Me", "Live, Love, Learn" Sondr ft Peg Parnevik (Certified Gold in the UK)http://www.lizzymcavoy.com/

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TapeOp Review of B4 MIC/LINE Daughter Card

TapeOp Review of B4 MIC/LINE Daughter Card

Nov 1, 2019 | ,

As BURL's Mothership B80 [Tape Op #84] has gained popularity with serious recordists as a flexible system to build your own AD/DA converter interface, there's been need for more daughter card modules in order to add flexibility. I've had my BURL stocked with 8-channel...

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TapeOp Review of BDA4 Daughter Card

TapeOp Review of BDA4 Daughter Card

Jun 18, 2019 | ,

This "daughter card" works with the BURL B80 Mothership [Tape Op #84] and B16 Mothership configurable audio I/O systems. When the B80 Mothership was introduced, the BDA8 was the choice for D-to-A output conversion, but it was not transformer-balanced like the BAD8...

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B16 BMB5 Mothership

B16 BMB5 Mothership

Sep 13, 2018 | ,

The BMB5 features USB connectivity.  Designed exclusively for the B16, the BMB5 provides an easy interface to any computer via USB.  If you don’t need high channel count, the B16 with the BMB5 is a great way to go with a BAD8 and BDA8. Check it out here > The BMB5...

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Allison Piccioni

Nov 30, 2017 | ,

Allison PiccioniComposer/Songwriter/Producer/OrchestratorBA in Filmscoring, Berklee College of Music, MA in Composition for Screen, Royal College of Music, LondonMulti-instrumentalist studio musician and performer: vocals, keys, saxophone, guitar, and bass

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TapeOp Review of BAD8 Daughter Card

TapeOp Review of BAD8 Daughter Card

Nov 18, 2017 | ,

We recently did a session here at Panoramic House with Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads, Live) producing a great band called Le Butcherettes. Jerry has a studio near us with a mix/edit room and a separate tracking room; and both rooms have Burl Mothership converters...

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Fantasy Studios Event

Fantasy Studios Event

Mar 21, 2017 | , ,

 BURL Audio announces2017 Flight of the MOTHERSHIP World Tour   First Stop: Berkeley, CA   Further dates for the US, Europe and Asia TBA soon.     BURL Audio is having an A/B Listening Event in the Bay Area in April 2017! The event will be held at...

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Michael James

Jan 30, 2017 | ,

Michael JamesMix Engineer/Producer New Radicals, Hole, L7, Robben Ford "The B2 Bomber ADC is a lovely tone generator and detailed converter. The design of the signal path encourages artistic exploration. By placing the input gain attenuator after the transformer (and...

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Chris Dugan

Jan 27, 2017 | ,

Chris DuganEngineer/Mix Engineer Green Day, Norah Jones, Toy Guitar“We love the MOTHERSHIP because it’s not a sterile sounding converter. It has a familiar musical sound. It adds glue and depth to everything. Tracks sound ‘juicy’!”

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Sonicscoop Review of B16 Mothership

Sonicscoop Review of B16 Mothership

Jan 12, 2017 | ,

Early in 2016, Burl Audio announced its new B16 Mothership, the little brother to their flagship B80 interface. The original B80 Mothership—an enormous, upscale, transformer-based AD & DA converter—was very well received, and I read nothing but good reviews about...

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DHDI ZR Live! // Gear Expo 2016

DHDI ZR Live! // Gear Expo 2016

Oct 11, 2016 | , ,

DHDI ZR Live! Thursday, October 20, 2016   RSVP ZR Live! is a series of live music events in an everyday space recorded in a ZR Pop Up Studio.  ZR Quantum Devices only 1” deep create an environment in which every nuance and detail is clearly audible to everyone:...

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Jeff Balding

Sep 14, 2016 | ,

Jeff BaldingEngineer/Mixer/Producer“I did a tracking date thru the Mothership at Blackbird Studios in Nashville and was knocked out with the vibe, the depth & clarity, and the great bottom end I got from it.  And if that wasn’t convincing enough at the end of the...

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The Soul Power Behind Burl Audio by Vintage King

The Soul Power Behind Burl Audio by Vintage King

Jul 21, 2016 | ,

From Left to Right: Rich Williams (Owner and designer, Burl Audio), Robert Carranza (Producer), Will Kahn (Sales Manager, Burl Audio), Bristin Millard (Marketing Manager, Burl Audio), Chris Karn (Vintage King Sales) in Studio 2 at EastWest Studios in front of their 48...

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Clifton David Broadbridge

Jul 13, 2016 | ,

Clifton David BroadbridgeEngineer/Musician/Producer/Songwriter"After starting a new recording studio and production company with Eddie Kramer (El Mocambo Productions, Toronto) I picked up a Mothership for my room. The improvement in depth, low end, top end, punch...

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MIX Magazine Review of B80 Mothership

MIX Magazine Review of B80 Mothership

Jul 1, 2016 | ,

Burl Audio is a company with a unique approach, one that embeds personality into the design. Based in Santa Cruz, Calif., the company makes a range of gear including two 500-Series preamps, a monitor controller, and a 32×2 summing-mixer, but when somebody says “Burl,”...

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Featured Vinyl – Kind of Blue

Featured Vinyl – Kind of Blue

Apr 20, 2016 | ,

Born on May 26th 1926 in East St. Louis, Miles Davis has been named The Greatest Jazz Trumpeter of all time. Davis grew up in an upper-middle class home with a father who was a dentist and a mother who taught music. As he grew older, he began playing trumpet with St....

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X:144

Mar 30, 2016 | ,

X:144Artist/Producer/Mix & Mastering Engineer Ms. Lauryn Hill, Qusai, EA Sports, Alchemist, Aesop Rock & Blueprint, Solillaquists of Sound"I’ve spent the better part of this year looking for converters that meet my expectations of what I think the source...

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Jim Kaufman

Mar 15, 2016 | ,

Jim KaufmanComposer/Producer Beware of Darkness, Anti-Flag, Helmet, Danny Worsnop "Everything about the digital platform that inhibited the creative mind is gone. Burl gives me absolutely pristine clarity and punch. One of the most important audio technology...

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Sir George Martin 1926 – 2016

Sir George Martin 1926 – 2016

Mar 10, 2016 | ,

Here at Burl Audio, we have vinyls that we always have on hand to play throughout our workdays. The Beatles' records are always in arms reach; in fact, each of our offices up here on Burly Acres have at least one copy on hand. Because of the true "Fifth Beatle",...

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Tim Hatfield

Mar 10, 2016 | ,

Tim HatfieldEngineer/Mixer The Misfits, Death Cab for Cutie, Butthole SurfersBurl Audio Interview with Will Kahn 2011: Please tell me a little about yourself, what you’ve been up to and a brief recording history. Well, I’ve been working in recording studios for a...

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Musikmesse 2016

Musikmesse 2016

Feb 25, 2016 | , ,

BURL AUDIO will be at Musikmesse April 7th - 10th. Will, with BURL AUDIO, will be in Hall 9, Level 1, Booth F33. Come visit us to hear about our new gear! To make an appointment, email will@burlaudio.com.

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TapeOp Review of B1/B1D

TapeOp Review of B1/B1D

Jan 18, 2016 | ,

Burl Audio is already well known and loved for its two-channel B2 Bomber AD/DA converter [Tape Op #79] and multi-channel B80 Mothership [#84], but maybe less so for its boutique all-analog audio gear. A while back, I bought a pair of Burl Audio B1D 500-series mic...

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Featured Vinyl – White Christmas

Featured Vinyl – White Christmas

Dec 21, 2015 | ,

When we hear the name, Bing Crosby, we think of his smooth, jazzy voice singing "White Christmas". Being that it is that time of year, we chose the single "White Christmas" as performed by none other than Crosby as our Featured Vinyl of the Week. Written by Irving...

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Ryan Hewitt

Dec 5, 2015 | ,

Ryan HewittEngineer/Producer Red Hot Chili Peppers (Grammy Winner), Blink-182, Bob Dylan"Put a B1, a B2, and a ribbon mic in front of a guitar amp, and the midrange is so good it will make you cry." - Ryan Hewitt Recording/Mix Engineer & Producer Credits: Red Hot...

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Greg Landau

Dec 5, 2015 | ,

Greg LandauProducer/Engineer Susana Baca, Fryed Bros with Willie Neslon, Omar Sosa, Sistema Bomb, Maldita Vecindad…Greg Landau interview by Will Kahn, 2012 Greg, please give me a brief background of your work. I’ve been a musician and producer since the late 70’s.  I...

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Alan Evans

Dec 5, 2015 | ,

Alan Evans Drums/Guitar/Songwriter/Producer/Mix Engineer “The B2 helps me attain that intangible vibe heard and felt on all of the albums that have influenced me. There’s no turning back now!!”

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Noel Zancanella

Dec 5, 2015 | ,

Noel Zancanella Producer/Songwriter Maroon 5, One Republic, Ellie Goulding, Demi Lovato, Gavin DeGraw “The Burl stuff is top tier. These are the ballsiest converters I’ve heard.”

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Michael Wagener

Dec 5, 2015 | ,

Michael Wagener Michael Wagener Engineer/Mixer/Producer Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, Extreme, Janet Jackson, Skid Row Interview with Will Kahn for Burl Audio, 2012 You’ve been making large label records for many years now. You were born in Germany, could you talk about...

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Fabian Marasciullo

Dec 5, 2015 | ,

Fabian MarasciulloMix Engineer Lil Wayne, Michael Jackson, T-Pain, Rianna, Mary J Blige, Flo Rida Interview by Will Kahn for Burl Audio, 2011 I've been listening to some of the stuff you did recently, including Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter IV"(mixed through the B2 Bomber...

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Vance Powell

Dec 5, 2015 | ,

Vance PowellEngineer Chris Stapleton, The White Stripes, The Dead Weather, The Raconteurs Vance Powell Interview with Rich Williams for Burl Audio 2011: Rich Williams: We love what you guys are doing, you and Jack. We love the Dead Weather, the Raconteurs, and we love...

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Paul Leary

Dec 5, 2015 | ,

Paul Leary Recording/Mix Engineer Sublime, U2, Butthole Surfers, Meat Puppets, Passafire PAUL LEARY INTERVIEW Interview with Will Kahn for Burl Audio 2012 We found Paul through the band The Expendibles. I saw them at the Vans Warped Tour and was telling them about...

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Peter Lyman

Dec 5, 2015 | ,

Pete LymanPete Lyman Infrasonic Mastering “I love my B2 DAC's. I have them in both of my rooms. Cutting vinyl lacquers from the B2 is amazing…more focused low end, better stereo field. It seems easier to cut using the B2, and everyone loves the results. One of our...

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Chris Rakestraw

Dec 5, 2015 | ,

Chris RakestrawEngineer/Producer“The Mothership is such a huge step up from converters I have used in the past. I’m not a big gear nerd and I don’t normally flip out about the latest and greatest, but these converters are something special. It’s not often you find...

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j.viewz

Dec 5, 2015 | ,

j.viewz Musician, Music-innovator “The Mothership reveals layers of depth and clarity that I’ve never experienced. it’s like getting your mix a bigger apartment.“

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