If you’re looking for a simple, sleek audio interface that you can take on the road with you, the Arrow by Universal Audio may be a good choice.
The Arrow is specifically designed for mobile use and even works off of bus power alone. It provides access to UAD’s coveted Read more...
If you had the power to go back in time, what would you change?
Ask a music artist, producer, mixer, or mastering engineer that question, and you know exactly what the answer would be: They’d return to the studio and improve a treasured song from their past catalog. Whether it’s Read more...
Richard Devine works as a sound designer by day and an artist by night. He’s recently finished an album called SortLave and went about creating it using an elaborate modular synthesis rig. Synthtopia’s Synthhead locked down an interview with Devine and asked him about his creative process and the unique Read more...
Dave Pensado sat down this week with Dave Malekpour to talk about 6 important things you should know about studio monitors.
Malekpour works with Augspurger, a company that develops high-end studio monitors in the $20,000-40,000+ price range. It goes without saying that he probably knows a thing or two about Read more...
There’s no question that mixing drums can be a difficult task. If you type “mixing drums” into Google, you are rewarded with 34 million results which will offer you varying degrees of usefulness. There are so many conflicting opinions on this subject that wading through all of them can be Read more...
This post was originally published in Trust Me, I’m a Scientist, October 1, 2012.
In keeping with the season, let’s talk a little bit about what is perhaps the most typecast instrument in the history of film scoring: the theremin.
You know it the instant you hear it—that flesh-tingling, blood-chilling, Read more...
Backed by unanimous support in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, the Music Modernization Act became law this past October 11th.
Soon the MMA’s presence will be felt in force as it ripples through the industry. In addition to the new royalty allocations, there will be Read more...
Segun Akinola is the new composer of the BBC’s hit show Doctor Who. He’s been working on the show in secret for the better part of one year. MusicTech managed to secure an interview with him that covers his come up in the music industry, what led him to his Read more...
Every now and then a brand new list of free plugin synths is released containing the latest and greatest free software synthesizers. Philip Mantione from The Pro Audio Files has rounded up a list of his favorite free synths and mentions that, “Some of these instruments were released as prototypes Read more...
If you’re like me, you start making panning decisions for instruments early on in the music production process.
Many of us assign each new element to an initial starting point in the left-right spectrum as early on as the recording stage, planning to tweak positions later on during mixing.
Once Read more...
