Category: Engineers

Pensado’s Place – #28 – Ron Fair

March 19, 2012
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Veteran A&R executive, producer, and songwriter Ron Fair joins Dave in studio in the 28th episode of Pensado’s Place. Ron Fair has worked with and mentored artists such as Christina Aguilera, Keyshia Cole, Travis Garland, Lady Gaga, U2, Vanessa Carlton, Ashlee Simpson, and The Black Eyed Peas. Ron dishes his creative insight into songwriting and…

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Tip Top Audio Drum Module Using the Original 808 Drum Circuits and Polyphonic VCO – Namm 2012

March 19, 2012
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Ger from Tip Top Audio shows us his drum machine using the original circuits of the 808 drum module. He also showcased a PVCO (Polyphonic VCO) analog synth. Great product!

Dan Snow of Media City Sound On Operations Management

March 18, 2012
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Alan Ett Music Group is a full service music productions company catering to the needs of the various aspects of the entertainment industry. Their personnel includes composers, producers, music supervisors, engineers, sound designers and a superb production support staff. Media City Sound is a full service audio post production facility located in Studio City, CA….

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PRACTICE & TRAINING: Creative Visualization Techniques

March 17, 2012
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Andrew Wasson of Creative Guitar Studio answers a viewers question. The question asked is “I purchased one of your Accelerated Learning eBooks and was hoping you could run through (in more detail) the whole concept of Visualization applied to learning guitar. In the eBook, it discusses the concept as being based upon memory recall and…

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Pensado’s Place: #25 – Engineer behind 5150 studios, George Saer

March 17, 2012
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In the 25th episode of Pensado’s Place, the engineer behind 5150 studios, George Saer, joins Dave to talk about his career and share insights about working with Eddie Van Halen. But before that, this week’s “Into The Lair” is a continuation of last week’s, where Dave explains how he starts to build a mix. Later…

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Setting up Traktor Scratch Pro and the Audio 8 DJ soundcard

March 17, 2012
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This official tutorial video shows in detail how to wire up the Audio 8 DJ soundcard with your turntables (or CD decks) and your DJ mixer, using the Multicore cables included in Traktor Scratch Pro.

Leslie Ann Jones: Director of Music, Engineer and Sound Mixer

March 17, 2012
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Leslie Ann Jones, Director of Music at George Lucas’ Skywalker Sound, engineer and sound mixer. She knows her stuff!

Analog Versus Digital Compression

March 17, 2012
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In this video-blog mini, Jonathan Wyner of M-Works Mastering (David Bowie, Nirvana, Aerosmit) speculates as to why analog compressors still have their place in mastering studios, while digital limiters seem to be more common.

Mastermind Behind “Layla” – Tom Dowd

March 16, 2012
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Tom Dowd was a musician, engineer, producer, physicist, mathematician, and everyday genius. Along with Eric Clapton he discusses how the album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs came together with Clapton, Duane Allman, and Derick and the Dominos. Mr. Dowd’s credits include recording sessions with Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Otis Redding and Lynyrd…

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Maschine 1.7 missing samples, plugins, and presets

March 16, 2012
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Watch as they explaining some of the issues that have been asked about in regards to missing samples, kits, presets, and plugins after the Maschine 1.7 update install. Also discuss what you SHOULD see from your komplete products. Enjoy!