This week, our friend Kyle Mathias of Audio University has a new post out that takes a deep look at what saturation is, and why subtle distortion is so commonly added in the mixing process to this day.
He takes us for a tour of some of the common types Read more...
Join Mitch Thomas of Soundtoys for this fun and informative workshop on mixing with creative effects like delay, saturation, modulation and more.
Hear a mix completely transform in real time as Mitch shows off some useful and lesser-known techniques for bringing new life to almost any track.
Filmed live at Read more...
As the recording world pushes towards digital, the need for solid tape emulation plugins goes up immensely among any engineers, producers and musicians looking to recreate the kind of tones they grew up loving.
Sure, owning an actual tape machine would be nice, but as they become more scarce and Read more...
“It is always darkest just before the day dawneth.” – Thomas Fuller
Things were not going so well for Rob Kolar, not so long ago. The multi-instrumentalist producer/composer’s hand had been badly mangled, and his bank account was dead in the red. Morale, as you might expect, was at an Read more...
Soundtoys, founded by a luminary effects designer who defected from Eventide after helping to develop some of their most iconic products, got its start making plug-ins that were a bit left of center.
Early gems like Crystallizer and Filter Freak were truly different, both sonically and creatively. They weren’t plug-ins Read more...
