Monitoring is everything. I’ll say it again, and I want you to shout it out with me while you’re reading. MONITORING. IS. EVERYTHING.
I’ve had a few revelations along my career that have confirmed this time and time again. Getting my first pair of good monitors and finally hearing moves Read more...
The world of drum machines, just like the world of analog synths, is considerably more fun now than it was a few short years ago. Then, your choices were slim—hard-to-find vintage gear, high-end offerings from Elektron or Dave Smith, or a slew of 90s drum machines that always left you Read more...
Slam XL is a new channel and bus “fattener” from Beatskillz, owned by Beatfactory Academy, one of the top music production and sound engineering schools in the world.
It is based on Beatskillz’ best-selling Slam Pro plug-in, and offers controls for EQ, saturation, compression, limiting, and stereo expansion in one Read more...
Many film composers, music editors, sound designers—really anyone working with audio in post-production—often need a reliable way to play back video. While many DAWS offer the ability to import video directly into your session, they often don’t interact well with certain video formats and codec types.
For instance, I have Read more...
Tegeler Audio Manufaktur is a boutique manufacturer of rack effects, started and led by developer Michael Krusch and based in Berlin, Germany. The company embraces a less-is-more approach, choosing to focus on only the most essential controls and streamlining the user interfaces of their effect units. All of their products Read more...
