Ryan Freeland is the classic audio triple threat: A recording engineer, mixing engineer, and producer.
“Each day is really different, which I really appreciate,” he tells me on a call from his personal studio. “I don’t know if I’d want to just do one or the other.”
His legacy to Read more...
Sometime in the past few years, I’ve noticed what I like to think of as a “third wave” of DAW-based processors emerging.
What started years ago as the promising possibility of plugin-augmented mixing has morphed into a full-scale “console-in-the-box” situation, where mixing entirely within your DAW can finally save time Read more...
Do you consider yourself a true audio warrior? If so, then jump into that foxhole with the founders of the Long Island City studio MONOLisa.
That would be the team of Denise Barbarita and Rich Kulsar, who cannot be stopped in their mission of providing top-level tracking and mixing – Read more...
Whether you call it dirt, grit, drive or anything else, you need some of it in your studio—and not only for guitars.
There are countless flavors of saturation and distortion out there, and over the years, some terms have taken on very specific connotations. If you’ve ever wondered what the Read more...
Anyone who has spent some time in the music business would probably agree that it’s a pretty strange way to make a living.
But even in spite of all its strangeness (or maybe because of it) I can think of no better and more fulfilling way to carve out my Read more...
Are you looking to upgrade your bedroom microphone setup? Or, maybe you’ve got a small professional tracking room in need of an additional tube microphone to round out your locker? Are you looking for something with a balanced, neutral response that will sound great in most situations? Perhaps the new Read more...
Goldfrapp. If ever there was an onomatopoeia of an artist’s name, that’s the one.
The English vocal and synth duo of Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory routinely give their fans something precious and rare when they deliver an album, a sonic gift to be unwrapped by the ears. And Goldfrapp Read more...
I recently moved to Singapore with my wife for a job opportunity, which meant getting to know a whole new recording studio scene in a new and foreign city.
We had heard and read enticing things about this dynamic city-state, and now that we are finally settled in here, we Read more...
While it’s true that many large, multi-room recording studios are going the way of the dinosaur, and there are potentially fewer entry-level gigs at big studios to be had, for many audio pros, a big part of who they are as engineers stems from the valuable learning experiences that came Read more...
Released near the end of spring in 2016, IK Multimedia’s Saturator X is a new take on several classic saturation effects, mostly derived from tried-and-true analogue recording gear. It offers a diverse range of sounds and styles of analogue grit to help add warmth and color to any musical element, Read more...
