Category: Engineers

Presonus Faderport DAW controller review

http://soundsandgear.com/presonus-faderport-daw-controller-review showing how the Presonus Faderport works for hands on control of volume, pan, and transport in your host. I show it in Studio One and Cubase 6


Pensado’s Place #75 – Engineer/Mixer Justin Niebank

In the 75th episode of Pensado’s Place, Dave and Herb are joined by multiple GRAMMY award winning Engineer and Mixer, Justin Niebank (Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts, Vince Gil, Taylor Swift, Bon Jovi) via Skype from his room in Blackbird Studio in Nashville, TN.


Friday Forum Live! – 6th July – Deep House Chords in Ableton

Welcome to Friday Forum Live! The session will kick off at 1pm (BST). This week we welcome Point Blank course developer and tutor Ski Oakenfull; keys maestro who plays with The Bays and has written and produced with many artists including Incognito and Joey Negro. The aim of the sessions is to give you a…


Heavyocity DAMAGE percussion from Native Instruments review

full review here: http://soundsandgear.com/heavyocity-damage-from-native-instruments-review checking out the brand new cinematic percussion library from Heavyocity and Native Instruments called DAMAGE for Kontakt 5 and Kontakt 5 Player


Pensado’s Place : Into The Lair #11 – High-end mic preamps with Mark Loughman of BAE Audio

In the 11th “Into The Lair”, Dave takes an in-depth look into the world of high-end mic pre’s with BAE Audio’s own Mark Loughman. They discuss the history of the venerable 1073 mic pre, and how Mark has managed to not only recreate, but improve upon this industry classic!


Phil Gitomer (Tech Supervisor at Remote Recording) On Being a Tech Supervisor

In this clip from www.artistshousemusic.org – Remote Recording is the definitive name in location recording, providing top quality mobile solutions for the most demanding production requirements.From the Academy Awards to The Rolling Stones, 7-time TEC Award winning enginner David Hewitt and his crew have brought professional and reliable service to the industry for over 20…


Sonic TALK 273 – M-Audio and Bitwig

A lot to talk about this week – we are temporarily joined by Rich Hilton who’s in the UK and about to do a Chic gig at Kew Gardens in London. Sadly the hotel bandwidth is just not up to it. But nevertheless, we first discuss Avid’s recent sale of M-Audio and AIR Software 06:45…


Studio Life: Big Sant Finishing Up M.F.O.G.

3 Little Digs finds Big Sant putting some finishing touches on his verses for his upcoming project M.F.O.G. before he begins the “Live From The Underground” tour.


In the Studio With… Melé – Deconstructing His Remix of Disclosure ‘Tenderly’ in Logic

http://www.pointblankonline.net/sample-a-course/ We were delighted to welcome Melé to the Point Blank studios recently when he kindly agreed to give us an exclusive behind the scenes deconstruction of his recent remix for Disclosure which he put together using Logic Pro. In the video he chats about his overall approach to production, A-Bing with other tracks as…


The Beat Junkies – For the Record

The World Famous Beat Junkies, comprised of members J-Rocc, DJ Babu, D-Styles, DJ Rhettmatic, DJ What?!, Mr. Choc, Icy Ice, Curse, DJ Shortkut, Melo-D, Symphony and DJ Havik have been putting in work on the turntables since they were first established in 1992. Known internationally as the premiere DJ crew, their longevity is a testament…