Audio Education Focus: Are High End Workshops Worth It?
It’s the Wild West in audio education right now. From all-you-can-eat free advice on YouTube to online course subscriptions and no shortage of audio trade schools and colleges, there’s more sonic...
View ArticleThe Art of Layering: 5 Principles for More Powerful Drums
Image by Flickr user Joshua Davis. We all know how important your drums are to your track. They’re the foundation of your groove, they’re what makes your listener dance. Limp drums can suck the life...
View ArticleNative Instruments Introduces FLESH – Improv-Inspired Synthesizer for REAKTOR 6
Native Instruments teamed up with musician, producer, and inventor Tim Exile to produce FLESH – a performance-based synthesizer. FLESH out performances with NI’s improv-inspired synth. Live...
View ArticleSoftware Review: The Foundry by Sonicsmiths
The Foundry by Sonicsmiths. In the world of virtual instruments, it’s safe to say that the number of choices out there has become overwhelming, especially once you realize just how deep and malleable...
View ArticleNovation Will Fly You To Berlin to Perform Live for Free…
…If you are the lucky winner! Novation has partnered with hello LIVE, Producertech.com, and Loopmasters to present the opportunity to anyone who is willing to answer a simple question. Prizes...
View ArticleSlate Digital Releases FG-Bomber – Impact Enhancer Plug-In
Slate Digital’s new plug-in promises to enhance depth, and impact of your sounds. The FG-Bomber is an abstracted signal chain that includes analog-modeled compressors, filters, harmonic generators,...
View ArticleMix Analysis: How Nic Hard Mixed “Shofukan” by Snarky Puppy
Who wouldn’t want the best of both worlds? Every Snarky Puppy performance is unique. Mixer Nic Hard certainly does, and realized he could have it via an intriguing project for Grammy Award winning...
View ArticleNew Gear Review: Apollo 8p Interface by Universal Audio
The Apollo 8p by Universal Audio. Selecting the right recording interface is a crucial task for any studio, as choices here can significantly affect your entire workflow. At high level professional...
View ArticleMixCon Recap: Photo Diary
Our first ever “MixCon” went off without a hitch this week! Over 1,000 RSVPs and video crew was there to capture it all. Look for video highlights from this unforgettable event coming soon. In the...
View ArticleSonnox Releases Oxford Envolution – Envelope Shaping Plug-In
Sonnox has utilized their expertise of mixing plug-ins to create the Oxford Envolution. Envolution introduces spectral control over the attack and sustain of an audio source. A versatile envelope can...
View ArticleSoundtoys Offers “Pay What You Wish” Plug-Ins to Benefit Charity
‘Tis the season for giving the world better mixes — and a whole lot more: Soundtoys is offering “Pay What You Wish” to help benefit charity from December 10th – 31st. Give a little, get a little. The...
View ArticleMUTEC Releases MC-3+ Smart Clock USB
MUTEC’s MC-3+ Smart Clock USB serves as for the clocking and reproduction of digital audio. MUTEC’s proprietary 1G-Clock-Technology re-clocks incoming audio signals for an audible difference in D/A...
View ArticlePro Tools Pricing is Changing — The New Avid All Access Plans Explained
Like it or not, Avid refuses to sit still. Pro Tools will continue to change in terms of what, when and how you get it. Pro Tools users now must get their heads around the new Avid All Access plans,...
View ArticleStudio Manager Spotlight: Rolff Zwiep — Blackbird Studio, Nashville
Many things define a studio. While a facility’s engineering talent, gear and reverb times often get the spotlight, the studio manager is an important part of the picture. Blackbird Studio, one of...
View ArticleNew Gear Review: iZotope RX 5 Audio Editor
iZotope’s RX 5 Audio Editor iZotope’s RX line has become a virtual must-have for post-production audio editors and mixers. It’s been a little over two years since I first reviewed the iZotope RX bundle...
View ArticleMix With The Masters Launches Members-Only Online Music Community
Mix With The Masters – it’s not just for world travelers anymore. Members can spend a day with Andy Wallace… The famed series of seminars that’s drawn scores of attendees to Studio La Fabrique – in the...
View ArticleOp-Ed: How the Audio Grinch Whacked Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Clan, no strangers to turning a phrase or two in their long career, have managed to flip another old saying on its head: let the seller beware. The wizened hip-hop group from Staten Island are...
View ArticleInside Adele’s “25”: How Tom Elmhirst Mixed a Masterpiece
This is where it all comes together. The official crossroads for the rest of the world are about 40 blocks uptown in New York City’s Times Square, but the current center of the audio universe is at...
View ArticleAudio on The Go: 4 of the Best Last-Minute Stocking Stuffers for 2015
Been putting off your holiday shopping? If you hurry, there’s still time to grab a stocking-stuffer or two for the musicians and producers in your life. Check out these four low-cost, small sized, easy...
View ArticleHoliday Shopping List: 4 of the Most Innovative Audio Gadgets Coming in 2016
With Christmas and New Year’s quickly approaching, there’s not much time left to find the latest and greatest gifts for the musicians and audio pros in your life. However, if you’re willing to stuff a...
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