As anyone who’s serious about playing acoustic guitar knows, no matter how good the guitar, it can sound rather bland in certain environments. As a result, players have resorted to bringing a small amp and a pedalboard to a gig in order to inject more life into the sound. You might want to rethink that […]
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If you’ve ever said to yourself, “Music just isn’t as good as it used to be,” it could be that you’re either really old and stuck in the past, or you’re noticing a change in music but didn’t know how to express it. It’s a known fact that our musical discovery begins to stagnate after […]
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In this week’s podcast episode, I sit down with engineer, mixer, and podcaster Matt Boudreau. Matt’s musical journey began in the late ’80s as a band member and drummer, eventually transitioning into the world of audio recording in 1994. Since then, he’s developed expertise in Stereo and Dolby Atmos mixing, with credits including Alanis Morissette, Death […]
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What if there was a plugin that would do all the compression and EQing for you without much effort on your part? I think most engineers would be into that, but until now it’s been pretty much a dream. Even the newest AI signal processors mostly concentrate on one process at a time. Waves new […]
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It’s very easy to take microphone technology for granted, but it’s been with us since the 1860s or so. The initial invention by Emile Berliner, Thomas Edison, and David Edward Hughes was based on a carbon element that was fragile and really didn’t have much fidelity. It took around another 60 years until there was […]
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In this week’s podcast episode, I sit down with Grammy-nominated producer, songwriter and music tech entrepreneur Sidney Swift. Sidney is a 10x platinum producer with major credits like Beyoncé, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Drake, Sabrina Carpenter, and many more. In 2019, he started Defient to bridge the gap between music, pop culture, and next-gen technologies. This […]
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If you’re in any way familiar with the recording industry, you know the name of the Hit Factory Recording Studios. Originally based on of New York City, the company eventually built studios around the world that have hosted legendary artists like The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, John Lennon, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, and too many […]
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As you can imagine, I get a lot of questions about recording and mixing. In fact, during a recent workshop I received 236 questions over three days. I couldn’t possibly answer them all during the Q&A, so I’m answering them now in a series of YouTube videos. The latest one is dedicated to recording, where […]
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In this week’s podcast episode, I sit down with music attorney Mimi Camara. With a background in business and legal affairs at major labels like Atlantic, Warner Brothers, and Encore Records, Mimi has transitioned to focus on helping independent artists navigate the complexities of the music industry while building sustainable careers. We kicked off our conversation […]
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Every now and then you see a piece of gear where you go, “Brilliant! Why didn’t anyone think of that before!” Such is the case with the Triton Audio inline JFET Opto Kompressor, a quick and easy way to get smooth compression while you’re recording. Kompressor is made to be connected inline between your microphone […]
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It’s amazing to me that some gear that we disregarded back way back when has come back to become the secret weapon of mixers today. One such example is the Shure M62 Level Loc that first introduced in 1967. This FET limiter was meant for PA systems or broadcast situations of the day, and while […]
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In this week’s podcast episode, I sit down with Grammy-nominated producer/mixer/composer, Richard Tozzoli. Rich may be the most prolific television composer anywhere, as his work has appeared in an astounding 1800 TV series, 20,000 episodes, in 40 countries. His unique style has been featured on CBS Sports, NBC Olympics, Counting Cars, Pawn Stars, Duck Dynasty, Trading […]
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Of every technology that we use in audio, the ones that haven’t changed in over a hundred years involve capturing a signal and reproducing it. Loudspeakers especially have seen fantastic improvements during that time but the method of moving air is still more or less the same. With new discoveries in the realm of quantum […]
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In this week’s podcast episode, I sit down with enowned musician, composer, and inventor of the groundbreaking Mutantrumpet Ben Neill. Ben’s Mutantrumpet is a hybrid electro-acoustic instrument that combines 3 trumpets and a trombone into one. It then incorporates interactive computer technologies that produces a sound that blurs the lines between acoustic and electronic music. Ben […]
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There are a load of computer audio interfaces available in all shapes and sizes but most are of the 2 and 4 input variety perfect for the home studio. If your needs are greater than that, usually the price shoots up considerably, but then again it’s likely that you’ll also find something that will fit […]
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