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Producing Wall-Of-Sound Vocals
Mixers are frequently presented with 2 dilemmas when it comes to background vocals – make just a few tracks sound like a lot more, and how to deal with a huge number of tracks. In this video, musician/producer Devin Townsend explains how he turns a few of his vocals into a massive wall of sound, […]
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Yes, You Can Turn Weather Data Into Music
It seems like if we have a data set on just about anything, we can turn it into music. Weather is a little different though in that it’s very organic and changes frequently, sometimes to the extreme, making for an interesting output. Hydrodynamics scientist Graeme Smart for New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric […]
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Get That Gig With These 6 Audition Tips
It’s the dream of many musicians to get a gig with the touring band of a major artist, but getting the audition is a lot easier than getting the gig. Here’s an excerpt from my Touring Musician’s Handbook that provides some great audition tips from some of the top touring musicians. “Depending on how you look at […]
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Music Will Be Taken Over By Drones, Not Robots
I’ve posted here a lot in the past about music made by various robots. Some of it was pretty good, some of it was marginal, but all of it was amazing in terms of the programming required. Same goes for artificial intelligence – there are some results that are totally acceptable in certain situations and […]
Continue readingTop Session Guitarist Tim Pierce On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast
My guest on the podcast today is Tim Pierce, who’s one of the most widely used and respected session guitar players in Los Angeles today. Tim has a client list a mile long that includes superstars like Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, Rod Stewart, Don Henley, Faith Hill, Dave Mathews Band, Mylie Cyrus, and many more. Simply put, he’s the […]
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Sony Announces A New Immersive Audio Format
One of the big announcements at CES so far is the introduction of Sony’s new immersive audio format called 360 Reality Audio. As in past efforts to launch a new format, numerous companies have signed on such as Warner Music Group, Sony Music, Deezer, nugs.net, Qobuz, and TIDAL, and LiveNation, among others. The technical details […]
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The 10 Traits Of A Great Assistant Engineer
You may never work in a studio that has an assistant engineer, and if you own your own gear, you may never be one yourself, but it’s good to find out what an assistant in a major facility such as the Record Plant, Capitol, or United Recording really needs to know. Some of these tips come […]
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In Session With Al Schmitt
The work of Al Schmitt is and always has been the gold standard for recording engineers. Capturing the natural sounds going down in the studio isn’t always easy, but Al is the master and makes it look a lot easier than it looks. Here’s a great video which shows Al prepping a big band session. […]
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Do You Hear Yanny Or Laural?
You probably looked at the title of this post and thought I lost my mind so early in the new year, but actually there’s a very interesting acoustic phenomena that’s been going around where some people hear the word “Yanny” while others hear “Laural. Let’s give it a try. If you heard “Yanny” like I […]
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The Different Types Of Compressors And When To Use Them
There are a number of different types of compressors that every engineer is familiar with, but there’s not a lot of information available about the differences between them and what they’re good at. Most compressor plugins today are based on the four different electronic building blocks that could be used to build a compressor back […]
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Happy New Year, And A Look At The Year Ahead On My Inner Circle Podcast
Happy New Year and thank you again for your support! Here we are on the cusp of a new year again. That’s why its time to gaze into the crystal ball to see what awaits us. In this week’s Inner Circle Podcast episode I’ll take a look at some of the things that we can expect in […]
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New Music Gear Monday: Fabfilter Pro-Q 3 Equalizer Plugin
Fabfilter’s Pro-Q 2 EQ plugin is one of the great joys of mixing. Clean, easy to use, great visual feedback – it’s difficult to believe that it could get any better. But it has! The new Pro-Q 3 update adds a number of features that you probably didn’t realize that you needed to make the […]
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AI Is Good At A Lot Of Things, But Not Writing Lyrics
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is being used everyday for a wide variety of uses online, so it’s no surprise that music is being generated using it. While it might not win any awards, in most cases it’s at least passable. But music is mathematical by nature, which makes it a good candidate for AI creation. […]
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Just When We Thought It Was Over, Gibson Runs Into Bankruptcy Trouble Again
I’m pretty tired about writing about Gibson Brands, but the company keeps on managing to stay in the news, usually not in a positive way. Gibson was sailing through bankruptcy and looked like it was about to exit when it ran into trouble again. To recap, the company got into a big financial hole trying […]
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Here’s One Reason Why Vintage Instruments Sound Different
A Gibson PAF Humbucker A number of readers recently asked some questions regarding the sound of vintage instruments, which prompted me to think about this excerpt from The Ultimate Guitar Tone Handbook (written with writer, composer and good buddy Rich Tozzoli) that describes some of the intangibles that went into manufacturing Gibson humbucking pickups in the 50’s and 60’s. As […]
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