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Get Stadium Sound With This Affordable Acoustic Guitar! – Yamaha FG-TA TransAccoustic
Imagine an acoustic guitar that plays great and sounds like you're onstage! The Yamaha FG-TA TransAcoustic acoustic-electric guitar is just that and will inspire you by giving you one of the most engaging guitar experiences imaginable, all without having to…
Have 9x Grammy-Winner Darrell Thorp Mix Your Track!
Do you want your track mixed by a 9x Grammy-Winning producer who has just had two consecutive Billboard Number 1 albums with Barry Gibb and the Foo Fighters!? We are excited to offer the opportunity to an artist or band…
Songs That Changed Music: Donna Summer – I Feel Love
Donna Summer is famous for her disco and pop career, but before she hit the big time she was already an accomplished singer who sang in musicals, folk opera and in the studio as a session musician. The Boston-born singer…
What is a Noise Gate? | Studio Essentials
Unwanted noise tends to creep into our recordings. Sometimes it’s in the form of electrical buzzing, and sometimes it’s a consequence of sound sources bleeding into one another (especially on drums!). A noise gate is a helpful audio processor that…
Moving A Recording Studio From Arizona to Nashville with Catherine Vericolli
Catherine Vericolli is a recording and archival engineer, and an outspoken analog purist. She opened Five Thirteen Recording Studios in Phoenix, AZ in 2006, where for nearly fifteen years she’s dedicated herself to keeping the traditional analog recording process alive…
Mixing In Dolby Atmos with Dave Way
Dolby Atmos is a new and very exciting way of mixing in surround sound! As opposed to 5.1, which was the surround format for quite a while, Dolby Atmos creates a 360-degree field of space for you to work with.…
Recording and Mixing with Only Drums, Guitar & Bass?
We’re back with another episode of FAQ Friday! We have some marvellous questions to answer this week! Today's feature question is: What are your tips on recording and mixing a track with only drums, guitar, and bass? When it comes…
Are There Differences in Converters?
Are there differences in different A/D converters? Marc Daniel Nelson shares with us his thoughts on this question, as well as some of his favourite converters! Benchmark ADC1 The barrier between analog and digital should not limit the listening experience.…
Mixing with Waves CLA Plug Ins Only!
CLA plugins have been powering countless mixes by countless producers, mixers and musicians. To test the plug ins, I've mixed an entire song using ONLY CLA plug ins! I used the new CLA Everything collection, where you get all twelve…
Songs That Changed Music: The Police – Every Breath You Take
The Police were old hands at the chart-topping game by the time they released their fifth album. They named the new one after a philosophical concept by the psychiatrist Carl Jung. Synchronicity, released on 17 June 1983, became their fourth UK No. 1 LP…
The Police & Split Enz Producer: Hugh Padgham
From Peter Gabriel to XTC to The Police, Hugh Padgham has always been the right man at the right place and time, helping many of the world’s most revered musicians find their own musical magic. With millions of album sales…
Top 5 Plugins with 4x Grammy Winning Producer Dave Way
Dave Way has a new course: Mixing Louise Goffin with Dave Way!With this course, you have the chance to discover the secrets of one of the most brilliant minds in music: 4x Grammy-Winning Producer Dave Way. And mix TWO sets…
Songs That Changed Music: Run DMC & Aerosmith – Walk This Way
Run DMC and Aerosmith were in as different stratospheres as could be. The Boston rock band — made up of Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer and Brad Whitford — were music legends who had hit a rockstar midlife…
Audio Technology Genius: Rupert Neve
From his earliest memories, Rupert has always had a love for music and for electronics. These two passions, and a dedication to creating the most musically beneficial audio paths turned him into the third person ever to receive a technical…
Blur’s “Modern Life is Rubbish”: Album Breakdown with Graham Coxon
Modern Life is Rubbish, released in May 1993, is the second studio album by English alternative rock band Blur. The album was a moderate chart success in the UK, peaking at number 15, while the singles from the album charted…