No matter how far away from the glory days of analog that we get, there’s still a yearning to go back for a piece of that sound. You’d think that all the tube emulations from that era have been mined by this time but there’s still more to be found to provide that valve lushness […]
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Just like 1 to 3% of the population, I have tinnitus. It rages in the morning, but I’m one of the lucky ones in that I’m able to tune it out by around 10AM. Not so for many others, as the high pitched sound drones on all day and night, becoming a major distraction to […]
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Modulation refers to an external signal that varies the sound of an instrument or vocal in volume, timing or pitch. This includes effects like chorus, flanging and phasing, which are pretty standard mixing tools, to tremolo and vibrato, which are used mostly on guitars, synths and electric pianos. Between reverb, delay and modulation, modulation is […]
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My guest on the podcast this week is drummer Daniel Glass, who has worked with a wide variety of artists that range from Brian Setzer to Bette Midler, to the Budapest Jazz Orchestra, to KISS front man Gene Simmons. Daniel has been voted one of the top five R&B drummers in the world by readers of Modern Drummer […]
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We don’t think about it very much, but a computer keyboard is our central and most used input device in our every day professional lives. If you’re like me you probably quietly suffer with the keyboard that came with your current computer, or maybe you have an old one that you really like that is […]
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Many thanks to Feedspot for naming my Inner Circle Podcast at #2 in their list of Top 10 Audio Podcasts. After 300+ episodes I think we’re getting the hang of this podcast thing! Seriously though, thank you for your support as that’s what keeps me going. I make no money from the podcast so it’s […]
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Contrary to what many recording novices might think, just having great recording gear doesn’t automatically guarantee a great recorded sound. It’s easy to believe that just having a high-quality mic or preamp is automatically going to provide a stellar recording, but there’s much more to it than that. This excerpt from the 4th edition of […]
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Vinyl record sales have been impressive lately, featuring double digit gains over the last 10 years. Although the figures for 2019 have not yet been released, it’s expected that the number of vinyl albums sold would crack 20 million. The vinyl success story is likely over now though thanks to the recent fire that burned […]
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My guest on the podcast this week is the legendary producer John Boylan, who started in the business as a member of the burgeoning folk scene in the Village in New York City that set the tone for the explosion in the music business to unimagined heights. He then went on to become a songwriter in the famed […]
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Sunset Sound in Hollywood is one of the oldest and most iconic recording studios anywhere. There have been so many hits recorded there that at its 25th anniversary party they played for 4 hours straight without repeating one. Van Halen, the Stones, the Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin, the Doors and hundreds of other music giants […]
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Don’t look now but MI giant Behringer has something new up its corporate sleeve. It’s a brand new gear marketplace called Music Tribe and its designed to go up against the likes of Reverb.com and Ebay. Music Tribe is free and, according to the company, “is an online marketplace where buyers and sellers interact about […]
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There are certain frequencies that can definitely ruin the sound of a mix. Get too much of one of them and the result is some unpleasantness that is difficult to describe, but engineers try anyway. We’ve come up with a lingo that should identify a certain frequency band, but since the names aren’t truly universal, […]
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My guest on the podcast this week is Jay Gilbert, who’s love of taking concert photographs eventually translated into being on the cutting edge of digital sales and marketing as an executive with Universal, Sony and Warner Music Groups. Jay has created and executed unique online marketing plans for a wide variety of artists, including Elton John, KISS, […]
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Dave Pensado has been a superstar mixer from the time he entered the Los Angeles music scene more than 20 years ago. During that time he’s worked with some of the most revered artists (Michael Jackson, Christina Aguilera, and Beyoncé among them) but the fact is that every mix Dave does is a masterpiece regardless […]
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The words “Fender has a new owner” will put fear into the hearts of musicians as memories of the CBS acquisition and the debacle that followed loom large. The quality control went out the window and new instrument duds nearly doomed the company then, so don’t look now – Fender has a new owner once […]
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