Firstly we riff on the upcoming Glastonbury festival and related tales, then we discuss the transition from using vinatge electronics in the studio to live as inspireed by the Depeche Mode Access focussed stage tour, then the Presonus video shot with Oasis UK and their use of StudioLive 16:4:2 leads to a discussion on wether…
Synth.nl Apollo Documentary Looks At What Drives Us To Make Music
This short documentary film looks at Dutch synthesist Michel van Osenbruggen, the events that have inspired him and what led him to producing his own electronic music. Readers may be familiar to Osenbruggen’s series of albums, released as Synth.nl, including Apollo, Atmosphere and Primitives. Osenbruggen is also the man behind ‘the ultimate synth-cave‘, Apollo Studios….
Ableton Live Tutorial: Techno Fundamentals Pt 2 – One Note To Rule Them All – Synth + Macros
More info: http://bit.ly/16e1sAw In the second installment of Techno Fundamentals, electronic music producer and Dubspot instructor John Selway looks at the “one note lead” idea using Ableton Live’s Analog instrument. Commonly used in techno and other styles of electronic dance music where melody takes a backseat to rhythm, the “one note lead” is a simple…
Bob Owsinski’s 4 Tips For A Great Recording
It’s book excerpt time again, this time from How To Make Your Band Sound Great, a particular favorite of mine. This excerpt contains 4 tips for a great recording, but it’s aimed at artists and bands that don’t have much recording experience and may have unreal expectations of exactly what’s supposed to take place. “Whether…
The Sound of Monsters University
SoundWorks Collection: The Sound of Monsters University from Michael Coleman on Vimeo. Synopsis Take a trip back in time to when star Monsters, Inc. employees Mike Wazowski (voice of Billy Crystal) and James P. “Sulley” Sullivan (voice of John Goodman) were just two promising young students at Monsters University in this frightfully fun Disney/Pixar prequel….
Ocean Way Plugin Review
Ocean Way Plugin from Universal audio, a brain dump from Ocean Way room expert Allen Sides with the DSP convolution and Dynamic Room Modelling from UA. How does it sound? [Sonic State]
MacBeth Nexus Synthesizer Inspired By Bowie & Eno’s Berlin Trilogy
Designer Ken MacBeth tests out the prototype of his upcoming MacBeth Studio Systems Nexus touchpad synthesizer. Here’s what he has to say about the demo: As I finalize the design of the NEXUS synthesizer for production- I took it the prototype through to the work bench. Basically- the work/refinements are complete. This recording has no…
Zoom H6 Digital Recorder
A number of years ago I presented the specifications for a pro level handheld digital recorder I designed to a respected manufacturer of electronic devices. “There’s not a big enough market. Not enough people have a need,” I was told. They should have listened. Flash forward about ten years and the hand-held recorder has become…
Alex Da Kid on Renman Live!
Watch Alex Da Kid on RenmanMB! Alex talks about Sound Design, Song Writing, Running a Record Label and more! [RenmanMB]
The Concept Of EQing The Mics
We’ve all been taught that in order to get the most natural sounding recording, we should move the mic first if it doesn’t sound right, then change the mic if that doesn’t work. Most experienced engineers will only resort to EQ (at least more than a touch) as a last resort. But there is another…
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