(Or at least, in the history of American popular music)
This post was first published in Trust Me, I’m a Scientist on December 5, 2011.
Every culture that has developed far enough from the equator to take the idea of “four seasons” seriously, has developed some kind of festival of Read more...
2018 was a great year for synthesizers.
After attending the recent Synth Expo in LA, I realized that, though the world of software synthesizers is booming, there’s still a huge fan base for hardware synthesizers.
In addition to standalone units, the ongoing resurgence of the Eurorack seems to be getting Read more...
The most expensive time of the year is finally upon us, and you’ve started using your bank statements as kindling for your fireplace. Your desire to get your hands on new music gear is asphyxiating, but you just spent your last paycheck on holiday gifts for friends and family. Read more...
Vinyl is making a comeback, and so is the process known as half-speed mastering. Bobby Owsinski states that “This is where the playback speed of the tape and disk cutting lathe are slowed down by half to cut the lacquer master in order to improve the sound quality. This unusual Read more...
This is Part 2 of a new series on mixing by Wessel Oltheten, author of the book Mixing with Impact.
Recently, I wrote a post about the importance of expressiveness in any great music production. Artists will often bring a good deal of expression to a performance— though they Read more...
The holiday season is here. Store aisles hum with the sounds of shopping carts as shoppers hurry to grab the games and toys that are most coveted this year. A cacophony of conversations create strange music in the air.
Amongst all of this holiday spirit, there are musicians hoping their Read more...
Revoice Pro 4 by Synchro Arts is a program that allows you to control the timing, pitch, intonation, level, and sibilance of vocals.
It aims to excel at corrective and creative audio manipulation, allowing you to clone and apply the pitch and time of one performance to another; this can Read more...
When composing music, be it an instrumental track for a TV spot, or a full song with vocals for an album release, an unwanted interruption in workflow can really be detrimental.
There’s not much worse in the songwriting world than having your creative flow slowed down or even stopped cold! Read more...
Dave Pensado showcases some great plugins this week on Into The Lair that he uses to control an 808 to fit within a Pop song. He starts off with a real dirty 808, like the kind you might find in 808 Warfare. Pensado takes us through his workflow without saying Read more...
Graham Cochrane from The Recording Revolution recently spent a day in the studio as a performer, enlisting the help of three-time Grammy-winning producer Jacquire King, and studying his approach from the other side of the glass.
Cochrane noticed that King’s recording process was quite long, but the result was that Read more...
