Category: Engineers

Prism Tutorial

This introduction provides an overlook of this new Reaktor instrument. It also gives a short glimpse into the basic principles of modal synthesis, its underlying structure.


Guitar Amp Modeling with Paul Reed Smith: The Making of GTR3

Guitar guru Paul Reed Smith and producer Peter Denenberg in an exclusive behind the scenes look at the techniques used for modeling PRS’ amps and cabinets for Waves GTR3. Amazing!


The Live Sound of Linkin Park – an interview with Ken ‘Pooch’ Van Druten

In this interview brought to you by the folks at Waves Audio, front of house engineer Ken ‘Pooch’ describes how he mixes Linkin Park on the road. From ‘A Thousand Suns’ tour.


Mixing Music with Waves Native Power Pack & GTR3

An introduction to mixing music in a home studio using Waves Native Power Pack & GTR 3. Great plug ins, listen in!


Eddie Kramer – Making Music History (2 videos below)

Legendary producer/engineer Eddie Kramer on the making of the Eddie Kramer artist signature Collection, created in collaboration with Waves Audio. He also talks about making music history: Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin. Enjoy!


Intro to Reverb and Delay (2 videos below)

An introductory tutorial about reverb and delay. The plug-ins used in this video are Waves R-Verb, SuperTap Delay, and H-Delay. Very useful, tune in!


Pensado’s Place: #20 – Katy Perry, Frank Ocean, and Engineer Andrew Wuepper

In this week’s episode of Pensado’s Place, Dave and Herb host one of Dave’s past assistants, engineer Andrew Wuepper! Andrew has worked with such artists as Katy Perry, Usher, and mixed Frank Ocean’s latest hit “Novacane”. Dave and Andrew discuss engineering and mixing techniques that Andrew has used on his latest work, and take live…


Mastering Engineer Jonathan Wyner Talks EQ

Jonathan Wyner at M-Works.com. This time: Equalization (EQ). Wyner’s credits include David Bowie, Nirvana, Aerosmith. Very useful!


Dave Aron: On the Road with Snoop Dogg (2 videos below)

Check out Dave Aron, Snoop Dogg’s FOH engineer, as he demonstrates Waves MultiRack software for live sound, along with CLA Classic Compressors, SSL 4000 Collection, and other Waves audio plugins. Great stuff!


Mixing Guitars – Boosting Distorted Guitars

Andrew Scheps’s De-essing trick to boost distorted guitars. Very useful trick!