Category: Engineers

Sonic TALK 299 – Post NAMM 2013 Wrap

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp6iQYCSERE]  


Open Mic: Is The Prophet 12 The Best Polyphonic Synth Of All Time?

One fo the biggest surprises of the 2013 NAMM Show, was the new Prophet 12, which Dave Smith calls “my best synth yet.” Some of the key features: Twelve voice polyphony – the greatest polyphony of any instrument Dave Smith has designed. Powerful voice architecture features four oscillators, capable of generating classic and complex waveforms, a sub-oscillator, resonant…


Into The Lair #50 – Mixing Pro Lead Vocal Tracks

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snSVt5qJU1E] In the 50th Into The Lair, Dave Pensado goes over some of his favorite techniques for getting a professional lead vocal sound!


Korg Intros New Kaossilator Pro+ Synthesizer & Loop Recorder

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob2zSVggIgI?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent] At the 2013 NAMM Show, Korg introduced the latest member of their Kaoss family: theKaossilator Pro+ Dynamic Phrase Synthesizer/Loop Recorder. The Kaossilator Pro+ offers 250 programs, based on intuitive control of multiple parameters by moving a finger across the X-Y touchpad. Features: Freely playable synthesizer; simply touch the touchpad to play notes and manipulate…


The Sound of The Hobbit

[vimeo 55341369 w=560 h=315] Movie Studio Sound Studio Director Original Music New Line Studio Park Road Post Production Peter Jackson Howard Shore In this exclusive SoundWorks Collection sound profile we visit Park Road Post Studios in Wellington, New Zealand to talk with the sound team of Director Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit. Featured interviews include Re-recording…


WNAMM13: Dubreq Stylophone Preview

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_3uOET6Pro]


Mastering Engineer Pete Lyman – Pensado’s Place #100

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW_0NWFaiks] Pete Lyman, Mastering Engineer and co-owner of Infrasonic Sound (http://infrasonicsound.com/) joins Dave and Herb on the 100th episode of Pensado’s Place! The trio talk about the resurgence of vinyl (including what you need to know if you want to have your mix mastered for vinyl), answer common mastering questions, and talk about Pete’s…


Applied Acoustics Swatches library and AAS Player review – SoundsAndGear

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFKzmE5mujk] Checking out the Swatches library for the AAS Player from Applied Acoustics. It’s a free player and patch library that allows you to try out sounds from all of their available sound libraries for the AAS Player.


The Korg Mini MS-20 Analog Synth Is For Real

Remember the images that leaked out at Christmas last year of a new Korg Mini MS-20 synth? We can confirm now that the Korg Mini MS-20 is for real, that it’s a new analog mini-synth and that Korg’s engineers have tried to faithfully recreate the circuitry and sound of the original synth classic. The synth’s structure features two…


Sonic Touch 17: Gestrument, iDensity and iPulsaret

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqmp5ICeQWk] The show dedicated to making music on touch devices – this time we look at Gestrument – a brand new App for generative music/intelligent arpeggiator and two new Granular synthesis apps from Apesoft