Do you ever feel that the world is being taken over by hedge funds and large corporations, giving you a faceless experience by wiping out the small stores and manufacturers that once gave you personalized service? Yeah, it’s happening everywhere, but the last place anyone ever thought it would happen was in the music gear […]
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In this week’s podcast episode, I sit down with the brilliant hip hop artist, producer, and designer James ‘Homebwoi’ Maddox. Homebwoi’s work has been featured on 10 major label albums, 2 major motion pictures, and 3 commercially released video games. Not only that, he’s also the head of product design for his company Metro Southern Media, […]
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You would think that every analog device from the past has already been emulated, but now we’re digging down to the more obscure “secret weapons” that hit engineers of the past used. One of the most obscure is the little known one-off box known as the Frequency Translater that was hand-built by Abbey Road tech […]
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Every audio engineer needs at least one reference recording as a baseline for what sounds good, and although that’s a personal preference, some recordings have become standards in different industries. If you haven’t picked your reference recordings yet, the ones used by some of the pros is a good place to start. Selecting A Reference […]
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In this week’s podcast episode, I sit down with the amazing Norman Varney of AV RoomService. Norman is an acoustic consultant who has designed over 500 critical listening rooms around the world, starting back to when he owned an audio retail store. After that, he became director of the Custom Installation and Home Theater divisions at […]
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If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time you know that I don’t post about musical instruments very much, mostly because anything new is just a modern rehash of something rather old and traditional. The new Sine electric guitar from Verso changes all that, as it’s the most innovative take on electric guitar […]
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In most years prior to the pandemic, the press releases for the January NAMM show in Anaheim would begin to heat up at the beginning of December. By the second week in January they would reach a crescendo as music gear and audio manufacturers would attempt to blast the word out about a multitude of […]
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In this week’s podcast episode, I sit down with Chan Kinchla, the guitar player for Blues Traveler and his new band W4RHORS3. Born in Ontario, Canada, Chan moved to Princeton, NJ where he met his Blues Traveler bandmates. After graduating high school, the band moved to New York City where they gigged around town until they […]
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FabFilter has a stellar name in audio processing, with so many of its products central to the workflows of mixers all over the world. Probably foremost in its offerings has been its Pro-Q equalizer, which has steadily improved feature-wise with every version. Its new Pro-Q4 may be its best design yet, boasting so many new […]
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If you follow my podcast, you know that I mentioned that Samsung and Google were talking about teaming up for a new immersive audio format way back in Episode 500 about a year ago. Now both companies are rolling out the new format but with a new name – Eclipsa Audio. The big news of […]
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In this week’s podcast episode, I sit down with singing coach to the stars, Eric Vetro. Eric has a client list that’s a “who’s who” of music celebrities, including Ariana Grande, Katy Perry, Rita Ora, John Legend, and Shawn Mendes, as well as the lead singers from bands like Haim, Weezer, Incubus and Muse. He’s […]
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Today when so many artists are recording their vocals at home, the inevitable room and background noises rear their ugly heads. While there are a lot of very good AI-enabled de-noise plugins available, most of those are geared to dialog, with singing not being a priority. Sonible’s new prime:vocal plugin, on the other hand, is […]
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Happy New Year everyone! Let’s have a safe, happy and prosperous 2025 together. As always, I’m very grateful and thankful for your continued support!
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In this week’s podcast episode, I’m solo once again. Last week, I broke down every single important (and interesting) piece of music news for 2024. And today, like last year, I’ll be making my own predictions for music in 2025. Listen in to learn all about them, from why I think young audiences will push back […]
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When it comes to revered audio gear, just about everything that came out of the original Neve factory in the 1960s and 70s fell into that category. While most of the most popular Neve gear has been emulated in plugins, there’s one console module that’s be sorely overlooked – the Neve 2254 compressor/limiter. Finally a […]
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