Steve Albini earned a lifelong cult following of music fans and music producers after his work on Nirvana’s In Utero.
But what made his mixes and productions unique?
And what can we learn from his approach in the studio, and in the mix?
That’s what we’ll analyze today. Read more...
Chris Lord-Alge or “CLA”, is one of the most famous mixers on the planet.
Almost everyone in the music production game has heard his name… or at least his initials!
The man’s face is everywhere, and his name is on countless plugins used by other great engineers.
He has built Read more...
Yesterday, I went live with a demo of some of the most useful and unusual plugins I’ve encountered recently.
Aaron Carey of AIXDSP was integral with the launch and early development of the Reaper DAW, and he’s been designing plugins for YEARS under the name AIXDSP.
But they’ve flown a Read more...
This week, our friend Kyle Mathias of Audio University has a new post out that takes a deep look at what saturation is, and why subtle distortion is so commonly added in the mixing process to this day.
He takes us for a tour of some of the common types Read more...
A little while back, our friends at Toybox audio came out with a totally FREE plugin called Thump One.
This little mono synthesizer and sampler can get some CRAZY big low end sounds.
Now, they’re at it again, and this week, they’ve just released the new Buzz Zone plugin Read more...
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