Mixing Engineer Archives

New Gear Alert: Ember Mic from Blue, Drumshotz Library by Drumforge, Leapwing’s StageOne & More

January 11th, 2019 by Dan Gluszak

Blue introduces the Ember microphone.

Ember is a premium cardioid XLR condenser microphone designed for pristine capture of vocals and instruments. It is ideal for multitrack recording, and capturing professional sound for YouTube video production and live-streaming. Featuring premium components and precision design, Ember is perfect for on-camera applications.

Featuring Read more...

New Software Review: SP2016 Reverb by Eventide

December 4th, 2018 by Matthew Wang

In 1981, Eventide released the SP2016 multi-effects rack processor, a unit that arguably helped coin the term plugin as we know it today.

The original SP2016 came with various algorithms, including both a Room and Plate reverb, and a little later, the Stereo Room algorithm was released as a “plug-in” Read more...

New Gear Review: PreSonus FaderPort 16

September 4th, 2018 by Rich Crescenti

Mixing methodology is sacred amongst engineers.

Ask any 10 of them how they set up their workflow, and you’ll get 10 different answers—all of which are valid.

Even as plugins and summing algorithms have improved, I still know a great many engineers who prefer working on consoles.

If great mixes Read more...

New Gear Alert: UAD-2 Live Rack, M-Audio Updates Keystation Series, Mobile Mixing with MOTU & More

August 3rd, 2018 by Dan Gluszak

Universal Audio ships UAD-2 Live Rack MADI effects processor.

UAD-2 Live Rack is a 16-channel MADI effects processor for live sound engineers, allowing them to apply realtime UAD processing with MADI-enabled digital consoles. UAD-2 Live Rack provides a hardware and software system for integrating the entire library of UAD powered Read more...

New Software Review: Universal Audio EL8 Distressor

July 17th, 2018 by Rich Crescenti

The Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor, designed by Dave Derr (previously part of the famed Eventide team), has long been a studio staple.

Originally released in 1993, the Distressor has gone on to sell many thousands of units, and is amongst the most ubiquitous pieces of outboard gear around.

While the Read more...

Posts Tagged ‘Mixing Engineer’

New Gear Alert: Ember Mic from Blue, Drumshotz Library by Drumforge, Leapwing’s StageOne & More

New Software Review: SP2016 Reverb by Eventide

New Gear Review: PreSonus FaderPort 16

New Gear Alert: UAD-2 Live Rack, M-Audio Updates Keystation Series, Mobile Mixing with MOTU & More

New Software Review: Universal Audio EL8 Distressor