A friend of mine in the mixing/producing game refuses to use anything but the Waves CLA 76 on his vocal chain. Even though he believes other emulations of the famed hardware piece trounce the CLA—the UAD versions, the Softube mod found within Guitar Rig 5’s suite, the emulation issued with Read more...
This is the second in a series by Andrew Maury. See his first article, “How and Why Distortion Can Replace the Need for EQ & Compression.”
Something I’ve started doing is EQing very sharp, carefully placed boosts to sub and/or bass frequencies on close-mic’d drum channels or samples. By finding Read more...
Don’t hesitate to judge this album by its opening track.
LA post-hardcore/soul punk/progressive band letlive. arrests listeners immediately with the extreme intensity of “Banshee (Ghost Fame)”, an enthralling rock performance that leads off their latest Epitaph release The Blackest Beautiful.
Give the lion’s share of the credit to the group Read more...
Massive. It’s the only way to describe the lead single “Shadow Moses” from British metalcore band Bring Me the Horizon and their new album Sempiternal.
A 4:12 journey, “Shadow Moses” is a feast for those in search of rock that’s as advanced as it is emotional. The searing vocals, intensive Read more...
How does a producer get to grow along with an artist, when they work together on consecutive albums? As it turns out, the return experience can be enormously enlightening for parties on both sides of the glass. That’s certainly true of NYC’s The NowhereNauts, which have blasted off 2013 with Read more...
