Are You Using Too Many Plugins? | FAQ Friday
Studio DMI Grand Opening & Tour with Luca Pretolesi
Are these the Best Value Small Diaphragm Mics? (Only $149!)
Nugen Audio Focus Bundle Demo & Giveaway
Static-X’s “Push It”: Inside the Song with Ulrich Wild
The Pros of Earning a Sound Engineering Degree
There are a lot of perspectives and opinions on whether going to college for audio engineering is worth it. One of the biggest arguments against working on a sound engineering degree is that it’s really no substitute for real-world experience…
How to Mix Vocals to a 2-Track Instrumental
Mixing vocals to a 2-track instrumental is something every engineer will encounter at some point. It’s especially common in hip hop/pop, where artists routinely download pre-mixed instrumentals online and bring them to a studio to record. The challenge with learning…
The Best Way To Learn How To Mix | FAQ Friday
Superbooth 2019 (Video Tour)
Foo Fighters – The Colour and the Shape: Inside The Mix with Chris Sheldon
Chris Sheldon is a producer and mixing engineer who’s done amazing work with a number of artists including Foo Fighters, Biffy Clyro, Feeder, Twin Atlantic, Therapy?, Bloc Party, and Skunk Anansie to name a few. He started in the music…
Recovering the Satellites – Counting Crows: Inside the Album
I recently sat down with my good friend Bradley Cook and had a rather wonderful chat! A couple weeks ago, we talked about his time engineering Foo Fighters’ “Everlong.” This time around we got to talk about his work on…
How to Mix Songs Efficiently and Manage Sessions for Clients
For the average recording engineer working with independent artists, sessions include both tracking and mixing. A client anticipates taking home their recording at the end of the day, so this puts a lot of pressure on the engineer to work…
The Best Synthesizer Apps for iOS Mobile
Making music on the go has never been easier! We’ve already covered some of the best DAWs for iOS and Android, and now it’s time to take a look at best synthesizer apps to go along with them. Mobile synthesis…
Do you gain stage tracks before mixing? | FAQ Friday
The World Famous Hansa Studios in Berlin (Studio Tour)
Rediscovering the 1970’s Resynator Synthesizer
Recording with JZ Microphones V67 (Demo & Giveaway!)
Jane’s Addiction – “Been Caught Stealing” Inside the Song w/ Dave Jerden
Copyright in Music: Sample Clearance vs. Fair Use
Like any artist, songwriters have a tendency to borrow from their influences. Especially in hip hop and related genres, producers will sample music from another artist to flip it and make it their own. The issue with this, though, is…
The Best Wavetable Synthesizers
Wavetable synthesis is a technique used in certain digital music synthesizers to produce natural, note-like sounds. An existing instrument’s note can be sampled and parsed into a sequence of wavetables. Wavetable synthesizers differ from subtractive, additive, and FM/AM synths. In wavetable…
Making Programmed Parts Sound Human | FAQ Friday
Brian May’s Legendary Red Special – Then and Now
IK Multimedia SampleTank 4 Demo & Giveaway
Audient Nero Desktop Monitor Controller Demo & Giveaway
20 of the Top Waves Plugins for Mixing
Waves plugins have been around since 1992 when the company first introduced its Q10 Paragraphic EQ. The Q10 broke new technological ground as the first audio plugin ever, with sound quality comparable to, or better than, its hardware equivalents. Over…
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Top Drum Software for Realistic Sounding MIDI Drums
Using drum software is one of the quickest and easiest means to lock down your song’s backbone. As a matter of fact, drum software has gotten so good that it isn’t uncommon for solo artists to release finished albums with…
Dealing with Distractions While Mixing | FAQ Friday
