How many hits and hit artists has producer Oak Felder been behind? How much time do you have?
Writing down the whole platinum discography for this two-time GRAMMY winner – a Turkish expatriate who came to the US in 2001 with no plans for being a music producer – would Read more...
In today’s video post, you can go behind the scenes at MixCon 2017 to talk gear, mixing, and MixCon highlights with the exhibitors at the event’s audio gear expo.
Get event highlights from Mitch Thomas of Soundtoys, some serious knowledge dropping from Dirk Ulrich of Plugin Alliance, headphone buyer’s tips Read more...
When do you go for it? Mike Ferretti had a feeling the time had arrived to go solo with his skills, so he built a studio.
As a result, there’s a fresh facility — Self-Titled Sound Studios — in Ringwood, NJ, dedicated to mixing and tracking overdubs. Armed with his Read more...
If characteristics like “punch”, “aggression”, “energy”, “color” and versatility are what you look for in a compressor, you’d be doing yourself a disservice by not getting your hands on some form or another of the classic API 2500 bus compressor, whether it be hardware or software.
Until recently, those of Read more...
Neal H Pogue is NOT the General Motors of mixing.
Even though we’re talking about a GRAMMY award winning mixer who’s made his mark across multiple genres, this LA-based maestro isn’t up for just anything. The project has got to turn him on, and once it does watch out, because Read more...
In this MixCon Master class, 3-time GRAMMY-winning producer/engineer Marc Urselli walks us through the most important part of the mix: Your session setup.
Great mixers know that mixes are won or lost before you move even a single fader. In walkthrough after walkthrough, MixCon presenters almost unanimously agree that getting Read more...
Whenever a musician or fledgling recording engineer decides to create his or her own studio, the journey seems to begin by poring over gear catalogues to choose the sexiest mics, preamps, compressors and EQs.
It’s a common tendency to want to outfit one’s studio with the most glamorous and coveted Read more...
The name Eventide holds quite a bit of weight in the audio production world.
Unlike a previous generation of professionals—many of whom were immersed in studios outfitted with Eventide’s classic hardware tools—my own experience with their products was limited prior to the release of Quadravox, their new harmonizer plugin. Read more...
There’s a pattern taking shape around LA.
Record labels’ interest in in-house studios has been rekindled, leveraging their scale and real estate to construct their own writing/recording/mixing complexes. Besides keeping their creative talent closer, these under-one-roof facilities streamline music production costs.
Jersey City, NJ-based Criterion Acoustics is one of the Read more...
Rich Chycki, a master mixer for the likes of Rush, Dream Theater, Aerosmith and more, takes us for a tour of a real progressive rock mix, with a special emphasis on emulating the iconic and organic sounds of classic analog consoles in the box.
Many thanks to Plugin Alliance for Read more...
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