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New Music Gear Monday: Royer Flexbar Dual Microphone Utility Mount
When it comes to studio gear we tend to obsess over the bigger purchases but take the smaller ones for granted. Yet, sometimes its these smaller purchases that we use every day, and if we choose poorly, we suffer accordingly. Mic stands and mic stand hardware fall into this category, and I bet everyone who’s […]
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After We Finally Got The Computer Cables Straight, Thunderbolt 5 Is On The Way
Most audio professionals just got over the panic and resignation of changing out cables again after Thunderbolt 4’s inclusion on a host of newer computers and peripherals. We all ran out and bought expensive adapters and cables in the hopes that things would settle down on that front, and they did for a few years. […]
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New Music Gear Monday: Master The Mix Fuser Plugin
If you were to ask mixers what they spend the most time on, most would tell you it’s EQing to gain clarity for each mix element. The round-robin nature of going back and forth between groups of similar sounding elements takes a lot of time, at least when you’re setting the EQs manually. Thanks to […]
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When A Song Isn’t Working, Here’s What To Do
You may have been here before. You’re working on a song but it just isn’t coming together. If you’re experienced you probably know exactly what to do, but even after a couple of steps you might hit a dead end. This excerpt from my Music Producer’s Handbook provides 10 questions to ask in order to troubleshoot a […]
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New Music Gear Monday: Waves Magma Springs Reverb Plugin
There was a point in audio history where the only way to get cheap reverb was by using a spring-based unit. But while spring reverbs have their own sound, they also have drawbacks, like being susceptible to handling noise. In the age of plugins we don’t have to worry about that anymore, so spring reverb […]
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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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