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Denise Audio DRAGON FIRE Plug In: Demo & Giveaway
Dragon Fire introduces a monstrous new and easy way to tame and colour the dynamics of your tracks called tonal compression and on top adds Shape technology to finely shape the sound and behaviour of your compressor. The Dragon Fire…
Simon Phillips: Interview & Studio Tour
Simon Phillips is by far one of the world's most renowned and respected drummers, whose style not only reflects his technical gift but also his distinct musical sensibility. Whether it is Rock, Fusion, Jazz or World, Simon applies the same…
Graham Cochrane: Creativity is the Secret Sauce
Graham Cochrane is a Tampa, Florida-based freelance mixing engineer and founder of one the world's most loved audio recording and mixing blogs, The Recording Revolution, with over 200,000 readers each month. Graham is the founder of The Recording Revolution, whose…
Linda Taylor Home Studio Setup
Linda Taylor was born and raised in Southern California. At the age of four, she began playing the guitar. Although she had several teachers early on and participated in the typical school programs, she is primarily self-taught. Before joining Drew…
The Beatles – Please Please Me: Album Breakdown with Jerry Hammack
In a follow-up to the popular “Let It Be” album breakdown, author, producer and mixer Jerry Hammack is back to discuss the making of The Beatles’ very first album, “Please Please Me”. Jerry devoted nearly 12 years of his life to…
Top 5 Plugins With Matt Lange
Matt Lange is a Grammy nominated, multi-platinum selling DJ, Producer and musician, who is known to push musical boundaries. He has DJed in major festivals such as Tomorrowland, created music for movies such as Ready Player One, and Blade Runner 2049, as well…
The Most Unique Reverb in 20 Years?
In this episode of MakeMineMusic, Marc Daniel Nelson dives deep into his personal gear collection to talk about one specific unit that creates incredibly unique sound spaces. The Tegeler Audio Raumzeitmaschine Reverb is a unique style reverb that is analog…
Songs That Changed Music: Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
With its distinctive 16-notes-to-the-bar bassline and unashamedly honky sax solo (played on two saxes at once), Ian Dury and the Blockheads’ signature hit was certainly one of the more idiosyncratic Number 1s of the 1970s. The same could be said of their…
The Greatest Production Duo: Jack Douglas & Jay Messina
(Photo by Rich Rosen) Arguably known as one of the best production teams of all time, Jack and Jay have worked with some of the most influential artists of our generation, including John Lennon, Cheap Trick, Patti Smith, and more!…
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.…