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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The End Is Feared Near For Legendary United Recording Studios

One thing we all know is that real estate, especially in the middle of a big famous city, is expensive and grows more so every day. That’s why it’s never a surprise when a classic studio closes – the revenue generated doesn’t come near the value of the property it sits on. And such is […]

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New Music Gear Monday: KIT Plugins BB N73 Plugin

The Neve 1073 module is considered to be one of the most musical sounding preamp/EQ modules ever built and it’s been the subject of countless imitations and plugin emulations since it debut in 1970. The question is, “Does the world really need another 1073 plugin?” You’re not wrong for thinking that, but you really should […]

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Quantum Computing And Music

Quantum computing is mysterious. We know that it’s the future but except for a few researchers, we’re not exactly sure how. Does it apply to music? Maybe, at least a number of scientists at The Goethe-Institut in London are trying to find out. The results are. . .ah, listen for yourself. Remember, it’s early yet.

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New Music Gear Monday: HoRNet VHS Virtual Headphone System Plugin

Mixing on headphones has always been hit or miss (mostly miss), but recently we’ve seen some excellent room compensation plugins come on the market that make headphone mixing a viable alternative to speakers for the first time. Most of these are somewhat expensive and the setup can be a little more involved than plug and […]

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TrackStage Founders, Tidal New Royalties Canned, And The Importance Of Studio Furniture 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: Antares Auto-Tune Vocal Compressor Plugin

We live in an audio world of almost too many choices. The fact that there are so many versions of the same type of compressor, EQ or effect makes many of us long for just one go-to plugin that we’ll use all the time without ever needing to experiment again. There are companies that are […]

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New Music Gear Monday: Cloudlifter X Mic Activator

There are so many microphones that we love that have a low output gain, which means it’s time to crank up the preamp to get the level to where it needs to be. Sounds good in theory, but what that often means is adding noise that’s just unacceptable in quiet recording situations. The original Cloudlifter […]

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To Click Or Not To Click, That Is The Question

I can remember when I first started to work in the studio how much musicians resisted using a click track. “It’s unnatural. Speeding up and slowing down gives the music a better feel,” was what you heard all the time. The thing is, they were not wrong, but the world has gone to a click […]

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New Music Gear Monday: Acustica Audio Magic Flow Multi-Processor Plugin

If you typically use a lot of plugins, you know that it becomes pretty time consuming adding and tweaking them all, even if you use a template. Channel strips help but they usually don’t have all the features that modern mixers need. Award-winning mixer Josh Gudwin (check out Inner Circle Podcast #138) wanted an all-in-one […]

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Let’s Solve Your Mixing Problems In Mix Lab 2023

Over my 30 years of teaching mixing I’ve heard a lot of the same problems over and over in mixes I get to critique, usually having something to do with mix balance or EQ. The good news is that they’re all fixable! That’s what we’re going to cover during my upcoming FREE three day Mix […]

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New Music Gear Monday: Waves Magma Tube Channel Strip Plugin

One of the things we like about vintage gear is that even though most pieces don’t have a lot of parameters or versatility, there’s a sound that’s undeniably good. In fact, the lack of versatility can often work in your favor as it keeps you out of trouble. I think Waves new Magma Tube Channel […]

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The Top 10 Mixing and Mastering Engineers According To Jaxsta

I don’t know if I ever thought who the top 10 mixing and mastering engineers were. You usually get an idea of who’s hot by watching the charts to see if the same names come up over and over, but that’s pretty unscientific. We do live in an age of data though, so finding out […]

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