Category: Engineers

Into The Lair #54 – Top 10 Mix Mistakes (Part 1)

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNfd-APQUfo] In the 54th Into The Lair, Dave Pensado goes over 5 of the 10 top mixing mistakes he sees when judging mix competitions.


Sundance 2013: The Sound of Your Story

[vimeo 57934665 w=560 h=315] Dolby Presents: “The Sound of Your Story” at Sundance Film Festival 2013 Ben Burtt (Lincoln, Star Wars, Wall•E, Indiana Jones, Star Trek) Randy Thom (Flight, How to Train Your Dragon, Cast Away, Apocalypse Now) Erik Aadahl (Argo, Tree of Life, Transformers: Dark of the Moon) Will Files (Cloverfield, Star Trek Intro…


Sonic Touch 19: AudioBus and iMPC

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVU3g1ABEL8] In our pre Christmas show, Gaz Williams and Nick Batt take a look at the newly released AudioBus inter application audio routing app, plus Akai’s new iMPC app.


Beat Thang Tips – Sequencing a beat with MIDI controller input

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVXQ0EI8fBo] Just a quick video showing the workflow of Beat Thang with a MIDI controller hooked up for recording melodies and chords.


Sonic TALK 300 – Happy Birthday

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gMpxvHla0M] 300 episodes – makes roughly 12 and a half days of listening should you choose to tackle it. First show in June 2006 and here we are. Joining me in the studio to mark this milestone are Dave and Chris plus a couple of bottles of bubbly – thanks guys! On the line…


Inside Hans Zimmer’s Studio

Music technologist and author Peter Gorges shared these photos of the absolutely amazing studio of Hans Zimmer. Not only is the studio a cathedral for music, but, if you look closely, you’ll see that one wall is a giant modular synthesizer. “It takes HDR to capture this room – conventional camera sensors fail miserably. The whole room is…


Engineer Chris Baseford – Pensado’s Place #101

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KTJM2Iw6mM] Chris Baseford, engineer for the likes of Rob Zombie, Tommy Lee/Motley Crue, Fuel joins Dave and Herb on the 101st episode of Pensado’s Place! Chris reveals some of his favorite techniques for recording a great rock guitar sound, as well as Chris’ work re-constructing mixes of classic tracks for the Rock Band and…


Quincy Jones, Al Schmitt Honored at Grammy Producers & Engineers Party

From left: Quincy Jones, Recording Academy Chairman/CEO Neil Portnow, Al Schmitt (Photo: WireImage) Jazz provided the backbone for the sixth annual Producers & Engineers Wing Grammy Week Celebration that honored Quincy Jones and Al Schmitt on Wednesday at the Village recording studio in West Los Angeles. The two men have had success throughout their lives…


Into The Lair # 53 – Advanced Parallel Compression Techniques

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcXj6OMU0Gs] In the 53rd Into The Lair, Dave Pensado goes over some Advanced Parallel Compression Techniques using Bass and Vocals as an example


Sonic Touch 18 – Liine and Touchable – Ableton Control

Gaz focusses on controling Ableton’s Live software using Liine’s Griid and Touchable, Nick takes a look at Caustic 2 for Android.