TransAudio Group To Distribute Bettermaker’s Analog EQ’s With Plug-In Remote...
Bettermaker is behind a few of the most unique analog equalizers that have been produced in our modern age — starting now, US distributor TransAudio Group can get Bettermaker’s latest and bestest into...
View ArticleHow to Make a Production Music Library in 10 Steps — Lessons From The Vault
We’ve been making music for a long time. And we’ve been lucky enough at Stephen Arnold Music to produce branded music packages for some of the largest networks in the world. Volumes from...
View ArticleG-Sonique Releases Pultronic EQ-50M Mid-Range Vacuum Tube EQ
Based on the design of their popular EQ-110P plug-in released a few years ago, G-Sonique is taking their Pultronic design to the mid-range with EQ-50M. The plugin focuses to add more color and harmonic...
View ArticleStewart Copeland, Jeff Beal To Keynote 1st Annual Production Music Conference...
If its masterful mentors you seek, look no further. Stewart Copeland (picture) will keynote the afternoon session of the PMC, and Jeff Beal will keynote in the morning. The first annual Production...
View ArticleDrums Anywhere Debuts – Turns Any Surface Into a Drum Kit
This may be a drum dream come true. Of course, nothing stands in for a real drum kit. But for any personal studio producer or composer tired of trying to bang out a natural rhythm on a MIDI keyboard,...
View ArticleMix with Maury: How and Why Distortion Can Replace the Need for EQ & Compression
Get a sharp idea of what distortion can do for your mixes. (Image by Shutterstock) As mixers, two of our main objectives are to achieve a balance in both the frequency response and the dynamic range....
View ArticleXILS-lab Releases DeeS – Transparent De-Esser Plug-In
DeeS from XILS is the first of a new plug-in line designed to provide phenomenal production possibilities. DeeS promises to rid your precious recordings of sneaky sibilance with ease – Removal is...
View ArticleMix With The Masters Announces Michael Brauer – November 9-15
Want to close out 2014 in style? Your ears and eyes will be opened by Michael Brauer. The year’s finale for Mix with the Masters assures it, hosting mixing superstar Michael Brauer from November 9-15th...
View ArticleReview: Blue Cat Audio Patchwork 1.4 – By Bassy Bob
Recently I was introduced to quite an amazing and innovative plugin tool for DAWs, called Patchwork by Blue Cat Audio. When I saw it, it immediately reminded me of the Dangerous Liaison, which allows...
View ArticlePropellerhead Announces Reason 8 – New Workflow & Additional Content
The melody, beat, processing beast has officially received a makeover. Propellerhead has announced Reason 8, allowing better workflow and expanded content through a massive restructuring. The new...
View ArticleDevil Technologies Launches DTouch for Pro Tools V1.2 – Powerful Multi-Touch...
Has multi-touch Pro Tools control for the rest of us arrived? Devil Technologies, which released DTouch for Pro Tools in Spring of this year, is making a bigger noise with the launch of V1.2. The...
View ArticleCareer Corner: Three Big Tips for Aspiring Assistant Engineers
I write this as a follow-up to Andrew Koss’s excellent article, “Recording Studio Internships: How NOT to Get One — and How to Get 10 Offers,” which advises would-be interns on what it takes to get in...
View ArticleBock Audio Announces Bock 407 – New Tube Microphone With Vintage U47 Sound
David Bock, the man behind Bock Audio, has designed a series of microphones to reproduce the stunning characteristics of vintage microphones we’ve all come to know and love. Bock’s design goals are to...
View ArticleMaking the Mix Room: Matt “Linny” Linesch – Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood
It’s exhilarating to catch a rising star – and that’s exactly what’s captured here in the latest “Making the Mix Room.” Matt “Linny” Linesch and his treasured Trident are a tight musical team. What...
View ArticleThe ABC’s of…EDM In The Studio: The Music Behind The Dance – The Chemical...
The latest in a series by Michael Haskoor — also see the ABC’s of Avant Garde Rock, Electronic Rock, Punk/, Reggae, and Blues Rock. EDM is big in every way — The audience digs into a concert at Sonar...
View ArticleVideo Tutorial: Editing Trills in Melodyne with Shortcuts for Speed and...
Modern production and pop music in particular often involves a lot of editing. I’m a big fan of spending more time on tracking and less time on edits – and only when needed. When edits are needed I...
View ArticlePrism Sound Announces SADiE Version 6.1 – Recording and Editing Software
Producers of high-end analog gear and digital plug-ins Prism Sound have announced a new update and pricing structure for their DAW SADiE. The intent of SADiE is to serve as a platform for Mastering,...
View ArticleReview: Retrospec Squeeze Box
The Retrospec Squeeze Box As a longtime fan of their Juice Box DI, I’ve been eager to get my hands on Retrospec’s Squeeze Box tube compressor pedal for some time. So when I heard that it was being...
View ArticleATC Launches the ATC SCM20ASL PRO MKII – Small-Format, 2-Way Active Reference...
ATC has done one of its top monitors one better. The ATC SCM20ASL Pro MKII features new dual-suspension 15mm tweeters. TransAudioGroup, the US rep for ATC, today announced the arrival the ATC SCM20ASL...
View ArticleMoby Masters “Innocents” at Joe Lambert Mastering
The eleventh studio album from Moby may have been recorded in LA, but the electronic songmeister stuck to his East Coast roots for the mastering. Entitled Innocents, the record was finished at Joe...
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