Flatiron District, Manhattan: Driving into the city with my writing partner Erik, speeding through tons of traffic, I first laid my hands on Geist, the new drum machine sampler by FXpansion.
Sitting in the passenger seat, I loaded Geist onto my MacBook Pro and started playing with every single Read more...
WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN: We veteran New Yorkers know better than to put too much stock in the fantasies of eager new-arrivals. You know the type: They come to us from small towns, accustomed to finding a monthly room to rent for little more than the sum of our daily coffees Read more...
In the world of music and audio production, the nature of dynamic compression can mean many different things to many different engineers. From subtle level riding to drastic bone-crunching limiting, a compressor’s job is as varied as the genres of music that we tackle on a daily basis.
In Read more...
I finally had to concede that it was time to buy a new computer. It seemed wasteful to get rid of a perfectly good machine, but Pro Tools 9 had just been released, and my Quad Core G5 was a full version behind and losing ground in the endless cycle Read more...
As we get further into the new year, savvy studio owners clear out closets, take stock of what tools have been collecting dust, and decide what to repair, what to jettison, and what to sell to help soften their tax burden. Today we explore a fourth option: Gear Mods. Read more...
