New Music Gear Monday: AIR Music Technology Delay Pro Plugin

In today’s music production world, delay is more than just an effect. It’s a tool for creativity, a bridge to new aural landscapes, and a path to truly unique soundscapes. As any seasoned pro will tell you, not all delay plugins are created equal. And that’s where the new AIR Delay Pro comes in – […]

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Choose The Right Microphone With This Microphone Selection Checklist

I’ve posted this before but I still get this same question on a regular basis – “What microphone should I buy for my vocals?” The expectation is that I’m going to say, “Definitely buy XYZ because it’s going to make you or your clients sound like a million bucks!”, but unfortunately things are never that […]

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New Music Gear Monday: SoundonDigital Mix To Mobile App/Plugin

I know this has happened to you. You’ve mixed a song that sounds great in the studio, but now you want to give it the earbud test from your phone. There are lots of ways to do that, but all of them involve multiple steps that include uploading to a service, then searching for the […]

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New Music Gear Monday: Sonible smart:reverb Plugin

AI-driven plugins have been with us for a number of years now, although they’ve not had the hype that the current batch of non-audio AI apps (like ChatGPT) have been getting. That doesn’t make them any less effective, and in fact, they provide not only a new way to interface with the plugin but the […]

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Why The Sound Of Vintage Reverbs Still Retain Their Allure

Just like with almost any plugin category, you don’t have to look very hard to find a reasonably good reverb plug these days. Name a developer and they probably have a reverb that’s more than usable. Even though many developers have tried to think outside the box making reverb parameters more sophisticated, the sound of […]

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A New Streaming Scam, Vacuum Tubes Made In The US, And Musician Doug Legacy On My Latest Podcast

On my latest podcast episode: Listen to it the 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: Musik Hack Master Plan Limiter Plugin

There sure are a lot of master buss limiters on the market these days. The way I look at it is that now there’s something available to fit almost everyone’s budget and tastes. A new one that touches all the bases is Master Plan from Musik Hack. It used to be that buss processors were […]

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The Harrison Acquisition By Solid State Logic Is A Good Fit For Both

When I first got into the recording end of the music business MCI was a much-used console brand, especially on the East Coast. I can’t say that they sounded as good as the Neves and APIs of that era, but they were affordable and professional. MCI audio designer Dave Harrison broke from MCI in 1975 […]

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New Music Gear Monday: Softube Bus Processor Plugin

We’re using more and more processors all the time, and not only is it taking time to set them all up, but they’re taking up precious computer horsepower as well. That’s why there’s a trend towards all-in-one processors that let you do it all with just one plugin. Softube’s Bus Processor plugin is one of […]

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A Singing IBM 7904 Computer Launched Computer Music Way Back In 1961

I’ve been posting a lot about how things that we think are modern today actually were created in the past. One is sound design, and another is a computer generated voice and singing. That’s something that an IBM 7094 computer actually did as an experiment way back in 1961, and it influenced a blockbuster movie […]

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New Music Gear Monday: Acustica Fire The EXP Expander Plugin

Loops and samples can sometimes sound lifeless thanks to over-processing, but if you’ve got the perfect beat for your song then you need something to add that life back in. An expander is a good choice, but sometimes they’re complicated and difficult to set up. Acustica has gone to great lengths to make setup for […]

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Sound Design In 1941 Was Amazing

The DAW has helped us in so many ways when it comes to audio production of just about any type. We can manipulate sounds to an amazing degree and the precision of when they occur is many times beyond what a person can do. That said, there is the performance aspect in the process that […]

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New Music Gear Monday: Ian Sampson Hush AI-Driven De-Noise App

Today’s artist is more concerned with getting the performance recorded than how it sounds, as it should be. That means that the recordings could be made on a noisy iPhone or in a home studio filled with background noises so you’re left scratching your head what to do when it comes to mixing. There are […]

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Waves Reinstates Perpetual Licenses And The Waves Upgrade Program

The beginning of the week saw plugin developer Waves Audio instituting a new subscription model called Creative Access and canceling all previous programs. That meant that if you previously purchased a Waves plugin, it would still work, but you could no longer update it unless you migrated to the subscription model. The backlash was fast […]

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New Music Monday: Warm Audio WA-MPX Microphone Preamp

Old Ampex 351 tape machines have been sought out for many years not so much for their tape aspects but for their warm sounding microphone preamps. While most other vintage pieces have been cloned already, the 351 preamps have not been – at least until now. Warm Audio has introduced its version of the preamp […]

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