Is audio industry consolidation accelerating? With so many M&A activity announcements in the last two years, it would certainly seem so.
In late November of 2021, guitar giant Fender acquired PreSonus. Earlier that year, iZotope and Native Instruments merged, becoming one in the form of a new parent company Soundwide. Read more...
Justin Colletti shares the top 10 ways you can dramatically speed up your progress in mixing.
Thanks to Lauten Audio for sponsoring this episode. Lauten Audio’s LS-208 Mic, used in this episode, is $50 off this month! Buy it new on Sweetwater, B&H or Amazon.
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Justin Colletti shares the top 10 items you need in our studio that you might not have thought of. Having these simple. inexpensive items in your studio makes you seem like a mindreader, have smoother sessions, and keep clients and collaborators coming back again and again.
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One of America’s classic music towns is the natural home for a classic recording and mixing studio:
What to think of first when the words “Asbury Park, N.J.” hit your consciousness? It could be the wide sands that make this a beloved Jersey Shore beach town, the deep live music Read more...
Matthew Wang transforms some flat, direct guitar tracks into synth-like pads, synth-style basses and more using nothing but Soundtoys plugins. Check out their big guitar processing sale at Soundtoys.com
Rick Rubin is one of the most successful music producers in the history of modern music, having worked with Johnny Cash, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jay Z, Kanye West, Metallica, Slayer, Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, The Strokes, Danzig, System of a Down, Tom Petty and so many more.
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Time for something different! Ryan Earnhardt stops by the SonicScoop channel to show off a handful of creative mixing techniques for electric guitar that you need to try.
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Want to get your music discovered and actually heard on YouTube? Justin Colletti shares the top 4 tips that will get the algorithm to pick up your music so you can gain real world fans.
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Seemingly out of nowhere, electronic producers looking to take their music beyond their studios and onto stages and clubs are faced with a plethora of choices in approach and gear. While there will always be the flexibility in using an Ableton-based setup, more and more gearheads are taking the—dare I Read more...
In this binaural microphone review, expert sound designer/audio post pro Frank Verderosa evaluates the Sonic Presence SP15C and SP15PRO.
As a commercial audio mixer, I have suggested to my clients for years that they take advantage of the world of increasingly headphone-consumed content. Buzzwords like “spatial audio” and “3D sound” Read more...
