This is a guest post by Ethan Winer, co-founder of RealTraps and author of the book The Audio Expert. This story first appeared in Trust Me, I’m a Scientist on June 4, 2012.
“I have a tax refund check coming soon, and I plan to upgrade my home studio. Read more...
I’m usually a bit skeptical when claims are made about how “original” a new plugin is, but Brainworx bx_panEQ is something truly different.
With three uniquely flexible bands of EQ that give you control over both the spatial and frequency elements of your mix, chances are you have never seen Read more...
There’s always been something magical about Deerhoof. Formed in San Francisco, but now separated by state lines, the band has carved their own path for more than two decades.
Though often lumped into the noise pop genre, Deerhoof’s musical unpredictability makes it unusually difficult to pin them down. Past records Read more...
This story first appeared in Trust Me, I’m a Scientist, on April 15, 2015.
In 1954, on his 5th birthday, Robert Sprinkle was given a choice by his father, Leland Sprinkle: have a traditional birthday party, or take a tour of one of Virginia’s most famous caves, Luray Caverns. Robert Read more...
Vocals are the most important part of your mix. The vocals sell the music. Whether they’re a seasoned pro or your tone deaf aunt, everyone listens to the vocals.
When you focus your mixing energy on the vocals, you are focusing on the one part of the mix that every Read more...
Just as summer begins, a major Midtown recording studio has reached the end of the road: MSR Studios is closing its doors at the end of June.
Ultimately, this 14,000 sq. ft. heavy hitter couldn’t escape the unkind realities of doing business in New York City’s famed Times Square neighborhood. Read more...
Things are heating up in Long Island City.
That’s where you’ll find The Ice Plant, the newly hatched second generation of the recording/mixing facility that aims to be “a destination studio for local musicians.” What do founders Wayne Silver and Adam Zirkin mean by that?
In other words, this bright Read more...
This story first appeared in Trust Me, I’m a Scientist, June 3rd, 2013.
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
– Aristotle
The modern musician cares about time, probably because we’re so often reminded, in ways both funny and sad, of how Read more...
Pro Tool’s Beat Detective is a powerful tool to have under your belt. From editing audio and MIDI tracks, to generating complete tempo maps and groove templates based on a performance, Beat Detective can be a real life and time saver.
Contrary to popular belief, the results need not be Read more...
As a musician, producer and engineer who lives in New York City and uses public transport, I have become very familiar with the happy world that is created in my head whether I am monitoring on high quality IEMs (such as the Grado GR10e) en route to some midtown appointment Read more...
