Three years ago this month, I reviewed the McDSP 6030 Ultimate Compressor plug-in. The 6030 consists of ten uniquely different 500 series style compressors all bundled into one plug-in. And it has since played a big role in a number of my mixes. So, needless to say, I was excited Read more...
Surround sound made its first public appearance in 1941, when Disney released its groundbreaking animated musical, Fantasia.
Ever since then, surround systems have increasingly been used to enhance the emotional impact of films (which George Lucas has famously, and accurately, declared are “50% sound.”)
In the mid 1990s, a Read more...
The fourth and fifth in a multi-part interview series. Click to watch Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 of Power Sessions: Chris Lord-Alge.
Our Power Sessions interview continues! In Part 4, Chris Lord Alge and artist/engineer Erica Glyn discuss some of the realities facing musicians, mixers and producers in Read more...
HARLEM, MANHATTAN/JOPLIN, MO: Sometimes you go looking for a story. And then, every now and again, a story finds you. I think John Lennon put it best when he said, “Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans.”
So in that spirit, meet Ross Gipson, a songwriter and Read more...
