This is a guest post by Wessel Oltheten, a producer, engineer and author of the new book Mixing with Impact.
I recently took part in a blind comparison between the work done by various human mastering engineers and a popular ”artificial intelligence based” algorithm.
While the algorithm did a Read more...
Two of the most common questions we get from musicians here at SonicScoop are:
“How much should I budget to record a full length album?” And, “If I want to record my next album myself, how much do I really need to spend on gear?”
On a similar theme, one Read more...
This story first appeared in Trust Me, I’m a Scientist, December 2, 2013.
For musicians of my generation, our first experiments with turning two cassette decks into a makeshift multi-track recording device—by dubbing the output of one deck into the input of the other while playing a new instrument—could Read more...
This story first appeared in Trust Me, I’m a Scientist October 7th, 2013
When I was just above child-age, and not at all close to being a prodigious musician, stories of musical child prodigies seemed to pop up like clockwork.
There I would be: 12 years old, just having finished Read more...
This story first appeared in Trust Me, I’m a Scientist, October 3, 2011.
Advertisers will have you believe that condenser microphones are the key to quality recordings. In the past, these super-sensitive transducers were the elite of the microphone world and commanded high prices. In recent years, it seems there’s Read more...
