New Music Gear Monday: Kali Audio SM-5 Powered Monitor Speaker

It’s not unusual for a home studio owner to realize that it’s time to improve their monitoring, but not have the room for a larger speaker. When that happens, it’s still possible to stay in the 5 inch woofer range yet still jump up a few steps in playback definition. Such is the case with […]

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Voice Cloning With Kanra Hua On My Latest Podcast

In this week’s podcast episode, I sit down with the brilliant Kanru Hua, the founder of the music software company Dreamtonics which created the Synthesizer V and Synthesizer V Studio voice synthesis applications. A cumulation of years of AI research, signal processing, and musical passion led to Synthesizer V, which faithfully replicates the nuances of […]

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New Music Gear Monday: Waves Equator Resonance Suppression Plugin

Going back to the days when equalizers were first used on recording sessions, engineers had to train their ears regarding the frequencies that required adjusting. Obviously that takes time to gain enough experience, something that novice engineers were more than willing to do. Thanks to a new generation of smart plugins, even experienced engineers can […]

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Now’s Your Chance To Own The Abbey Road Album Console

If you have a bag of cash lying around, then now is your chance to purchase the console that The Beatles Recorded their Abbey Road album on. The one-of-a-kind EMI TG12345 console custom-built by the boffins at EMI specifically for Abbey Road Studio Studio 2 is up for auction next week on Reverb. This is […]

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Classical Violin To Fiddle To Pedal Steel With Andrea Whitt On My latest Podcast

In this week’s podcast episode, I speak with the amazing Andrea Whitt, a pedal steel, fiddle, and viola player. Andrea has toured with Shania Twain, recorded on Grammy award winning albums, and performed and recorded with dozens of other musicians including Journey, Deep Purple, Stevie Wonder, John Legend, Halsey, and Phil Lesh. An accomplished visual […]

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New Music Gear Monday: PSP Datamix A567 EQ Plugin

If you own a DAW then chances are you own a ton of plugins. For many it’s gotten to the point where they won’t even consider another unless it’s really something different, especially when it comes to EQ. While it’s true that almost all of the hardware equalizers of note have been modeled already, there […]

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The End Of An Era – Guitar Player Magazine Ends Print Edition

If you were a guitar player any time during the last 58 years there was probably a period of your life where Guitar Player Magazine was your bible. When I was a kid in my first bands I couldn’t wait to get my hands on a new edition, where I knew I’d learn about the […]

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Life, Jingles, And New-Age Music With Cheryl Engelhardt On My Latest Podcast

In this week’s podcast episode, sit down with the brilliant Cheryl Engelhardt, a Grammy-nominated singer, composer, speaker, and career coach. Cheryl began her music career as an advertising and film composer in New York City, creating jingles for national ad campaigns. She then pursued a career as a pop/rock singer/songwriter and had songs in television […]

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New Music Gear Monday: Freqport FreqInOut F01 Outboard Gear Interface

I’m sure there was a time or two when you thought, “I’d really love to use this lovely piece of outboard gear on my mix, but it’s such a pain to connect.” Depending on your computer interface, connecting analog outboard gear might be a tangle of connectors and adapters, or maybe not even possible. That’s […]

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Why Reference Tracks Are So Important

The use of reference tracks is a topic that has been popping up a great deal lately and there seems to lots of confusion as to how to select and use them. Here’s a quick guide that will tell you all you need to know on the subject. Why Use A Reference Track? The reason […]

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Ethical AI In Music With Mike Kiely On My Last Podcast

In this week’s podcast episode, I sit down with the founder of IAIAI Technologies, Mick Kiely. IAIAI Technologies uses ethical AI technology to protect music copyright holder’s interests. Its GeanAI produces an AI fingerprint that profiles and tracks copyrighted works, while its QuiBot is an AI composer that is responsibly trained on music theory rather […]

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New Music Gear Monday: iZotope Aurora Intelligent Reverb Plugin

AI sometimes gets a bad rap, but when it helps you to do a job faster and better, it’s difficult to argue that it’s not useful. Such is the case with the new iZotope Aurora intelligent reverb plugin. Even going back to the analog days, mixers have always tuned their reverbs by adding EQ to […]

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Producer And Technologist Marcus Bell On My Latest Podcast

In this week’s podcast episode, I sat down with producer, technologist and entrepreneur Marcus “Bellringer” Bell. Marcus has marketed, promoted, produced, remixed, written for, and mentored some of the world’s superstars and brands. His list of credits includes Nicki Minaj, Snoop Dogg, and Beyonce, as well as Discovery Network, Amazon, and Warner Bros, just to […]

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New Music Gear Monday: Acustica Secret Channel Strip Plugin

Back in the 1970s, many recording studios chose to build their own consoles rather than purchase one from Neve or API. These one-offs often sounded much better than the production units by the big manufacturers, and helped these studios crank out the hits, and as you’d expect, most have been modeled into a plugin already. […]

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A Mix Doesn’t Always Have To Start With The Kick

Despite what you might think, there is no standard mix element to start and build a mix from. Modern mixers employ various techniques and they’re all valid, especially in different genres of music. For instance, here are the places from which a mix can be started: Then there are some mixers that just push up […]

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