Analog and Digital have their pros and cons. For this MixCon workshop, Charles Hoffman walks us through a direct comparison of hardware and software compressors on several real world audio examples.
Big thanks to Empirical Labs for hooking us up with their Distressor analog compressor and Arousor digital compressor to Read more...
As a touch of autumn hits the air, our instincts tell us that the annual AES New York Convention is near. Unlike the last two years that went fully virtual due to Covid, 2022 sees the gathering happening again in real life.
The AES New York 2022 Convention is taking Read more...
Todd Burke is a producer and engineer who has been recording and mixing records and underscores in Los Angeles for over 25 years.
His album credits include Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, M83, Belle and Sebastian, Fitz and the Tantrums, Norah Jones, and Sondre Lerche and many more.
More recently, he’s Read more...
There are secret norms and unwritten rules to making rock records sound like rock records. If you want powerful, impressive, inspiring rock sounds, Justin Colletti has the answers. (And the pitfalls to avoid.)
Whether it’s hard rock, punk, metal, grunge, thrash, classic rock, grindcore, post-rock, post-punk, garage rock revival or Read more...
The Covid pandemic has pushed the audio world further down the road of using remote audio collaboration tools faster than anyone may have expected or been ready for.
The ability to gather musicians together, and hopefully capture that magical energy that is released into the room when players interact, is Read more...
It’s that time again! The news we’ve all been waiting for is here: MixCon 2022 is officially coming your way this September and October.
MixCon is the world’s only convention that’s all about music mixing, and videos from past shows have been seen millions of times the world over.
This Read more...
Paul “Willie Green” Womack takes us for a trip into the world of creative filtering this week, sharing tips for crafting more intriguing mixes.
Discover novel and effective ways to use lopass, hipass, bandpass, resonant cutoff filters, comb filtering and more for vintage analog style character for all sorts of Read more...
It goes without saying that Universal Audio is a household name in the world of pro audio. I’ve seen their products in heavy rotation in every corner of the music industry—in studios both large format and small, on stage, in the production and writing rooms of producers beginner to pro Read more...
Should your EQ come before your compressor or after? Should your compressor go after your saturator or before?
There are so many different orders you could put your effects in. Which are best and why? And how are you supposed to remember them all?
Justin Colletti gives you the principles Read more...
Where are you on your immersive music production learning curve?
I had some interesting revelations when I attended a recent all-day event hosted by Mix Magazine at BerkleeNYC Powerstation. “Immersive Music Production” featured speakers and innovators in Dolby Atmos, spatial audio, and beyond, who all had thought provoking insights and Read more...
![Hardware vs. Software Compressors: Which Are Better? [MixCon Workshop]](http://sonicscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-14-at-9.46.57-PM.00_00_12_03.Still006-1.jpg)
![Soundtrack Mixing Masterclass: From Stereo to Atmos with Todd Burke [Donnie Darko, M83, Ben Harper] | MixCon 2022](http://sonicscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Todd-1.jpg)
