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New Music Gear Monday: Strymon Deco Tape Saturator And Doubletracker Plugin
Way back in the early days of studio audio, effects boxes or plugins were nowhere to be found, and weren’t even a dream yet. About the only thing you had back then was an echo chamber (if you were lucky) or your trusty tape deck. It didn’t take long for clever engineers to understand that […]
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You Know Your Mix Is Finished When It Has These 8 Things
One of the hardest things for many mixers to determine is when a mix is finished. In fact, engineers new to mixing may think a mix is ready in an hour, but a pro will usually take considerably longer in most cases. How much longer? Well, some big hit maker mixers that I know may spend up […]
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Holistic Artist Coach Wendy Parr, Ai Copyright, And Wireless Studio Monitors On My Latest Podcast
On my latest podcast episode: Listen to it at BobbyOInnerCircle.com, or on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Stitcher, Mixcloud, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Deezer, TunIn Radio, and RadioPublic. Enjoy the show!
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New Music Gear Monday: UAD Hitsville Reverb Chambers Plugin
Reverb is one of those things that when you finally get a setting that works, you keep going back to it time and again. If you played with any of the modern reverb plugins you know they can be sophisticated, and it can take more time than ever to dial in something you like. But […]
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Distorted Guitar Guitar Editing Made Easy
I don’t know about you but I’ve always found that it’s really difficult to do precise edits on a distorted electric guitar track. Here’s a great guitar recording tip that I got from Richard Chycki, engineer for Rush, Dream Theater, Aerosmith and many more that easily solves the problem. I liked it so much I’ve used […]
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New Music Gear Monday: Rhodes V8 Electric Piano Plugin
I know what you’re thinking after reading the headline – “I already have about 6 electric piano plugins that all sound pretty good.” I bet if you’ve played a real Rhodes electric piano for any length of time you probably can’t wait to try this new plugin though, since it’s right from the source. Introducing […]
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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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