I read the news today oh no…
For a long time, I’ve kept a mental list of people that I was particularly glad are among us. Just knowing that they were out there, somewhere, walking the Earth at that moment made me feel good. Members of my private club include Read more...
Our guest today is one of the hottest young mixer, producer, entrepreneur triple threats in the music world: GRAMMY-winning producer Jordan Young, known professionally as DJ Swivel. By age 26, Swivel had already engineered for legendary contemporary artists including Beyoncé, Fabolous, Jay-Z, Whitney Houston, Britney Spears, Kanye West, the list Read more...
Oscar Öberg started Softube in 2002 with the goal of creating the best-sounding guitar amp simulation to date. Ever since, Softube has been continuing on in pursuit of developing unparalleled signal processors.
Most recently, Softube released Volume 2, a collection of powerful EQs, compressors, channel strips and more, inspired Read more...
How do you escape your past? Keep on reinventing the future.
Professor Thomas Dolby knows this as well as anyone. His credentials today reveal a mind that’s been laser-focused — probably even obsessed — with what’s next for audio. Throughout his multi-decade career, Dolby has emerged as pioneer in all Read more...
Spotify is alive and well, showing steady revenue growth over the past year. However, their per-stream payout rate has steadily declined over the same time period.
Wait…what? As the company’s revenue grows, per-stream payout rates should be increasing along with it, right? Unfortunately, it’s not quite that simple.
As we’ve Read more...
In our newly-expanded “Outside Scoop” section, we highlight some of the very best posts of the week on audio and music production. This time, a roundup of 3D Audio and virtual reality mics from Peter Kirn.
Microphones have come quite a long way since their inception. First, microphones recorded in Read more...
Whether you call it a bass drum, kick drum, or just “the kick,” this instrument is the anchor of the rhythm section in most styles of popular music.
Since nearly everything else revolves around this central element in some way, the sound of the bass drum can shape a song Read more...
Shortcuts make navigating, organizing, and effecting your sessions dramatically faster and easier, helping to increase your productivity and give you more time to focus on making creative choices.
Ableton Live 10, released earlier this year, added a host of new key commands to make working in Live even faster and Read more...
Designed by the Yamaha Corporation, Vocaloid 5 is a tool for creating digital vocals; it allows you to write melodies using MIDI notes, and then assign lyrics to your MIDI arrangements. These lyrical compositions are then performed by the digital vocalist that you select.
Digital vocalists aren’t an entirely new Read more...
Do people drive technology, or is the other way around?
In the audio realm, the cycle of invention and inspiration is always clearly on display. Engineers and artists develop hardware, software and apps to fulfil creative visions for themselves and others. Real-world uses of these innovations – expected and unexpected Read more...
