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Recording Live to Vinyl with Reid Shippen & Pete Lyman
While we were in Nashville recently, we had the pleasure of capturing Reid Shippen and Pete Lyman recording an artist live to disc. The artist literally was playing in the other room, while Reid mixed the track and it was sent…
Tony Buchen Interview & Studio Tour
I was very recently turned onto Coil Audio amplifiers and Tony Buchen was the recommended user that I talk with to hear more about their amazing products. So when we had the opportunity to visit Tony Buchen we couldn't pass…
Augustana’s “Sweet and Low”: Inside the Song with Warren Huart
Augustana is a rock band perhaps best known for the song "Boston" off their debut album, All the Stars and Boulevards. They also had a tremendous hit with "Sweet and Low" from their follow-up record Can't Love, Can't Hurt, which Warren co-produced and…
David Gilmour’s Guitars Fetch $21,500,000 at Auction to Fight Climate Change
In what will most certainly go down as one of the most historic instrument collections of all time, 120 of David Gilmour’s guitars were auctioned this week at Christie’s in New York City. All of the proceeds from the auction will…
How to Use a Compressor – Intermediate Techniques
We’ve talked a lot about how to use a compressor in various stages of the recording and mixing processes. The best way to learn is to get your hands dirty, which you’ll be able to do with some of these…
Make your home studio sound like Abbey Road Studio 3
Imagine if you could mix your music in one of the finest sounding controls rooms in the world. Well, that is what Waves have done here with Abbey Road Studio 3. They’ve taken their NX Technology and combined it with…
Vance Powell: Multi GRAMMY Winning Engineer, Mixer, & Producer
Vance Powell is 6x GRAMMY winning recording/mixing engineer and record producer. He's based in Nashville where he works out of Sputnik Sound alongside studio owner and fellow GRAMMY-winning producer, engineer, and songwriter, Mitch Dane. We met with Vance to talk about…
Room Calibration at Echo Bar Studios (The Moving Mic Method)
Today I'm sitting with two great friends Charles Sprinkle from Kali and Erik Reichers from Echo Bar Recording Studios. We’re here to talk about room acoustics, this is an important subject that I get asked about at least 10 times…
Audio Test Kitchen Has Revolutionized the Microphone Shootout
We recently met with the fantastic Alex Oana at Gold-Diggers in Los Angeles to check out his rather amazing endeavors with Audio Test Kitchen! Audio Test Kitchen is a free online resource aiming to change the way we audition microphones. They’ve…
Should Your Studio Be Climate Controlled? | FAQ Friday
In this week’s FAQ Friday we have a lot of very very wonderful questions including, “How much can climate control in your room affect your recording?” The reality is, you don’t want to be in an incredibly dry room, obviously,…
Recording Drums at Blackbird Studios
As you know we recently had a Masterclass in Nashville, TN at Blackbird Studios! While we were there we had the wonderful Nate Onstott with us and we tracked with two completely different drum setups in studio A! - The…
Jacquire King: GRAMMY-Winning Producer, Engineer, and Mixer
Jacquire King is an amazing producer, engineer, and mixer based near Nashville, Tennessee. Over the course of his career he’s worked with: Kings of Leon, Tom Waits, James Bay, Kaleo, Modest Mouse, You Me At Six, Buddy Guy, Norah Jones, Of…
McDSP APB-16 Demo with Founder Colin McDowell
Today I am sitting with the wonderful Mr.Colin McDowell founder of McDSP! Colin has just driven 6 hours to show off the new APB-16 - The worlds first programable analog processor! Colin is a pioneer and the first person I…
Kings of Leon “Use Somebody”: Inside the Song w/ Jacquire King
Jacquire King is an immensely talented producer, engineer, and mixer based near Nashville, Tennessee. Over the course of his career he's worked with some amazing artists: Kings of Leon, Tom Waits, James Bay, Kaleo, Modest Mouse, You Me At Six, Buddy…
Should You Be Hybrid Mixing? | FAQ Friday
We’re big we’re bad and we’re back for another Frequently Asked Questions Friday! Today’s featured question is "Given the choice, would you rather mix through a console, summing or in the box? Why would you choose any one of those…