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New Music Gear Monday: PSP BinAmp Preamp Emulator Plugin
When I was young and playing in club bands, our most prized piece of gear was a Binson Echorec. It gave everything such a beautiful professional sheen, and I so wish that I still had it. A big part of the Echorec’s sound was its wonderful class A analog preamp, and that’s the sound that […]
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Basic Tips For Any Drum Miking Setup
While drum sounds depend so much on the drummer and the drum kit, there are some simple techniques that an engineer can use that go a long way to capturing the best sound. Here are some basic tips that work for any drum miking setup from my Recording Engineer’s Handbook 5th edition. “As a general […]
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New Music Gear Monday: SSL G3 MultiBusComp Plugin
The sound of so much of modern music can be contributed to one processor – the famous SSL Buss Compressor. Starting first as a standard feature on the company’s consoles to emulate the sound of the radio compression, the In/Out button of the processor soon became known as the “Good Button” because it did indeed […]
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Maybe It Wasn’t The Tonewood That Made A Stradivarius Sound Great
Through the years, specific woods have been the basis of fine acoustic and electric stringed instruments. Sitka spruce, Brazilian rosewood and swamp ash were just some woods that have been used to achieve excellent sounding instruments, all of which are endangered today. If you were to name an all-time excellent sounding stringed instrument, one made […]
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New Music Gear Monday: Melda Production MDrumStrip
Getting really good drum sounds can take some time, even for experienced engineers. That’s why many resort to samples to speed things along. But what if there was a smart channel strip dedicated just to drums that could do much of the work for you? That’s what Melda Production MDrumStrip is – a smart dedicated […]
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5 Recording Session Tips Every Musician Needs To Know
When you’re recording basic tracks, especially in an expensive commercial studio, it’s easy to get off track in a way that not only causes you to waste time, but money as well. These 5 session tips from the latest edition of my Music Producer’s Handbook will ensure that not only your tracking session, but all […]
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New Music Gear Monday: Teenage Engineering TP-7 Field Recorder
I think every musician has a field recorder these days because they’re so useful. Recording song ideas, rehearsals, personal memos – it pays to have one to catch those moments that you don’t want to forget. While Tascam and Zoom (with Sound Devices on the high end) have dominated the market for quite a while […]
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New Music Gear Monday: Wavesfactory Equalizer Plugin
Using the EQ can be one of a mixer’s most in-depth exercises, and it’s not uncommon for engineer’s to fiddle with at least one channel throughout the entire course of a mix. One of the coolest things about the latest generation of EQ plugins is that their operation is becoming easier, as a lot of […]
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New Noise Reduction Method Uses Ionized Air And Not Much Space
I love to present news about acoustics breakthroughs and there are plenty of them every year. Very few make it out of the lab though, and even the ones that do don’t usually become a commercial success. While this new ionized air noise reduction method might fall into the lab-only category, I feel it’s my […]
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New Music Gear Monday: Nugen Audio Aligner Phase And Polarity Plugin
Phase cancellation is the killer of good sounds, and once it’s happened it’s difficult to straighten out. Yet phase alignment is too often overlooked by recording engineers of all skill levels, especially if you’re in a hurry to get a session up and running. Worries about phase alignment and polarity might be thing of the […]
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Let’s Bust The 10 Biggest AI Music Myths
There are a lot misconceptions about AI music, mostly because of all the click-bait headlines about AI that one sees almost every day. After working with more than 100 AI apps, plugins and platforms, there are a number of things that I’ve learned that definitely bust some of the AI music myths that you might […]
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New Music Gear Monday: Waves MV2 Dual High/Low Level Compressor Plugin
One of the big differences between mixes done by a pro and those done by someone just learning is the vocal level. A pro will know to make sure that the listener can hear every word of the vocal, while the mix of a beginner will have the words and phrases dipping in level so […]
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New Sound Absorbing Wallpaper Is Based On A Moth’s Wings
Sound absorption material used in recording studios is thick by necessity, but that cuts down on the available room space as a result. Because most studio space is at a premium, the race has been on for many years to come up with thinner, more efficient sound absorption materials, which for the most part have […]
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New Music Gear Monday: Schwabe Digital Gold Clip Mastering Processor Plugin
Many plugins come to life because an engineer wants to emulate the sound of an analog processor that can’t yet be duplicated in the digital domain. The latest of these is the new Gold Clip mastering processor plugin from Schwabe Digital that features the pleasant overload saturation of some favorite digital convertors, and then adds […]
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More Changes In The Audio Industry As The Consolidation Continues
We’re seeing more and more revered companies in the audio and musical instrument business fading away as they’re soaked up by conglomerates or holding companies. Some of the latest to experience those type of big changes are Moog Music, Blue Microphones, iZotope, Plugin Alliance, and Sonible. which now join the consolidation ranks. Brands Acquired For […]
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