If you’ve not heard the latest big audio news by now, here it is – Fender is buying PreSonus. In a press release sent out on November 1st, both companies announced their intention, although not many specifics were provided. The deal will not be final until it earns various U.S. regulatory approvals. Users Are Scared […]
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My guest on the podcast this week is Guillaume LeNost, who started in the R&D department at L-Acoustics in 2009 and has risen to Managing Direct in the UK. He’s also in charge of the company’s Creative Technologies division, which includes development of the L-ISA immersive audio system. Prior to that Guillaume researched industrial environmental noise and […]
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I think we’ve finally run out of vintage gear to digitally emulate, so developers are now forced to think beyond the analog sound that fewer engineers and producers seem to care about anymore. Thankfully that revolution started a few years ago, and now we’re really starting to see plugins that think way outside the box. […]
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Most reverb plugins concentrate on the 3 parameters that count the most; type (hall, room, plate, etc), predelay and decay. If you really want to get tweaky with your effect though, there’s often another parameter that can be as important, and that’s reverb diffusion. What Is Reverb Diffusion? Natural reverb is made up of reflections […]
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My guest on the podcast this week is Adreana Gonzalez, who’s the founder of HVS Conservatory, a post-secondary school for aspiring professional vocalists. HVS is led by some of the most prominent vocal coaches and artist development professionals that give their students practical and actionable advice that goes beyond just technique. During the interview, we spoke about […]
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All analog gear has its sonic quirks, but once engineers learned them, they turned them into an asset. Such is the case with the famed Harrison 32C console made famous by engineer Bruce Swedien on the many Michael Jackson albums he worked on. Move ahead to today and Harrison has duly recognized what really made […]
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If you’re like many people in the music business, you love audio and you love gaming. You might have thought to yourself, “Why can’t I combine the two?” Yes, you can, and it’s more possible than ever to make a career out of game audio than ever before. Before you make the leap though, here […]
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My guest on the podcast this week is Andreas Wagner, who’s the head of software development for Rebeat Innovation. Andreas is the main developer for the company’s Perfect Groove software, which allows mastering engineers to emulate a fully cut vinyl lacquer. This allows mastering studios to optimize and prep audio files for the master disc cutting process, […]
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Equalizers have been around almost since the beginning of recording and although they can take many forms, they all have more or less the same operation. You pick a frequency, either boost or attenuate it, and sometimes select the bandwidth. What if that paradigm was redrawn a bit? I think that’s what you’ll find with […]
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Scientists are able to mathematically extract sound information from just about any natural event these days, from the weather to even Covid. Even if you know nothing about astronomy, you’ve no doubt heard of a black hole. It’s the ultimate destroyer of stars and planets, that still has astrophysicists scratching their heads. What happens to […]
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My guest on the podcast this week is Robin Leboe, founder and CEO of the production collaboration platform Sessionwire. Sessionwire solves the main challenges associated with remote collaboration of having to cobble together different audio, video and file transfer services to re-create a realistic virtual recording environment. The platform’s all-in-one seamless integration of high quality audio and […]
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Most vintage mics are from the golden era of the 50s and 60s, but one relatively new mic has become a staple of hip hop and R&B – the Sony C-800G. This unusual mic came out in 1992 and took those genres by storm, and would probably have even more traction today if it wasn’t […]
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I’ve received quite a few questions lately on the knee parameter of a compressor and what it does, so hopefully this post will provide the answers. You don’t see this control on all compressors (especially the vintage favorites), but it can be quite useful in getting a dynamics processor to do what you want. What […]
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My guests on the podcast this week are Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss, founders and of Flavorlab, an award-winning audio production company that composes, records, mixes and masters music and sound for the biggest brands in the world. Flavorlab offers a complete set of audio solutions through its three divisions. Flavorlab Score is dedicated to composing original […]
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I’m always on the lookout for the ultimate de-esser. Thankfully, many new ones have come out lately that have upped the ante over the old analog versions that we’ve been accustomed to. One of these is the brand new T-De–Esser Pro plugin from Techivation. Let’s take a look. More Sophisticated Most traditional de-essers just have […]
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