Music attorney Mark Quail was interviewed by LANDR this week and spoke at great length about what to look for and avoid in a record contract. Quail has worked with artists like Richie Hawtin, Dubfire, Art Department, Shaun Frank, and more. Needless to say, he knows a thing or two Read more...
Ian Vargo of the Pro Audio Files rounds up six great plugins for mixing drums and provides a useful mixing tip for when using each device. Processing a full drum kit requires a wide range of tools and each plugin Vargo mentions is usable both on your individual drum tracks Read more...
While everyone was busy writing Black Friday buyer guides this week, LeoMakes created a DIY plate reverb out of a Bror storage unit from IKEA, and it only cost him $100. A plate reverb is essentially a sheet of metal that’s vibrated by a transducer and recorded with two pickups. Read more...
Adam Crute of MusicTech rounds up 7 of his essential mastering tools this week.
I’m particularly fond of this list because it offers up some less commonly used mastering gear.
Surprisingly, you won’t find any iZotope products here, so keep reading to find out what made the cut.
Crute starts Read more...
Matthew Weiss has another insightful article out this week, called “Audio Engineers: You Care About The Wrong Stuff.”
It covers 4 critical areas in which you should be focusing more of your attention as an audio engineer. This one shreds apart some of the most often debated topics on audio Read more...
