This is Part 1 of a new series on mixing by Wessel Oltheten, author of the book Mixing with Impact.
“Expression” is the language used by all good musical performers, whether they are musicians in a band or programmers of beats.
As a producer or an engineer, you could Read more...
A MIDI keyboard is an essential piece of studio hardware, whether you’re using one daily or only on rare occasions. Having one on hand allows you to interface with your digital sounds in a more human way, enabling you to perform musical ideas rather than program them.
Many MIDI keyboards Read more...
A decade ago, if you were in the market for a new dual-oscillator analog synthesizer, your choices were likely dictated by what was listed on eBay at the moment.
These days, that is no longer the case, as the market for modern desktop synths continues to expand.
But that variety Read more...
“Oh bop, fashion, Fashion!” David Bowie gushed. And while the once-in-a-generation megastar broke countless boundaries at style’s forefront…even the great David Bowie could be a servant to fashion.
Enter Never Let Me Down, his 17th studio album. Released in 1987, it was a record that achieved decent commercial success but Read more...
Ian Vargo of the Pro Audio Files shared 11 things that he does on every master this week. Mastering is the process of formatting audio for distribution, and there’s a lot of work that goes into this seemingly simple process. Vargo includes a handful of suggestions in his article that Read more...
Hainbach is an Ambient artist from Germany, and he released a video this week explaining how he managed to splice tape loops together. I don’t own a tape machine, and I’m sure that many people reading this don’t have one either, but the process is exciting none-the-less. Walking you through Read more...
Finding a real job in the music industry can seem like a monumental and almost insurmountable task, even for those who have studied for years to do just that.
Not only does it require you to be incredibly skilled in a specialty, but it also needs you to make connections Read more...
Hearing hip hop history has never been easier. Between Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, YouTube and all the other streaming services, hip hop fans can simply pull monumental albums out of the air and indulge their ears to excess.
But seeing hip hop history? That’s proven much, much harder— until the Read more...
In 1981, Eventide released the SP2016 multi-effects rack processor, a unit that arguably helped coin the term plugin as we know it today.
The original SP2016 came with various algorithms, including both a Room and Plate reverb, and a little later, the Stereo Room algorithm was released as a “plug-in” Read more...
So here we are again… it’s gear-buying time again.
Will you save yourself from buying stuff you don’t need just because it’s nice and shiny and on sale? How do you evaluate gear to know that it’s going to bring you value over the years? What types of things do Read more...
