Category: Gear

Leslie Ann Jones, Dir. of Music Recording and Scoring at Skywalker Sound – Pensado’s Place #99

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHDbrkU_Csw] GRAMMY Award-Winning Engineer Leslie Ann Jones (Herbie Hancock, Santana, and countless film scores) sits down with Dave Pensado for a special interview at Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, CA. Leslie talks about her percussionist and band leader father, Spike Jones. Her path to becoming a GRAMMY-winning recording Engineer, her work at Skywalker Ranch,…


Sonic TALK 298 – NAMM Rumours

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56hE93iYt3w] Mark Tinley, Dave Spieers, and Gaz Williams join Sonicstate.com Editor Nick Batt to discuss NAMM rumours, including Moog Sub Phatty, Korg Mini MS20 or PolyTron? Avids “Something Big for NAMM” and more.


PPG WaveMapper Intros A New Approach To Synthesis From Wolfgang Palm

Synth pioneer Wolfgang Palm has introduced a new software synthesizer for iOS, PPG WaveMapper. PPG WaveMapper expands on Palm’s work with wavetables and introduces a new synthesis system, which can be seen as a bridge between wavetables and samples. In wavetable systems you have great flexibility in controlling the sound, but sound material is limited to harmonic, noise-free…


Young Guru Gives Lecture At Pop Tech 2012

[vimeo 52189907 w=560 h=326] Young Guru loves technology. Before we interviewed him for our site, all we talked about was upcoming tech he was aware of. Here he talks with the Pop Tech 2012 crowd about hip-hop, music sampling, and more. Shouts to Rap Radar. [AlLindstrom] [vimeo 57090592 w=560 h=326] [vimeo 57151579 w=560 h=326]


Into The Lair #49 – Manipulating Top End on Vocal Tracks

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ziqy2mqpBU] In the 49th Into The Lair, Dave Pensado goes over his techniques for enhancing, and working with top end (high-frequency) in a mix.


Focusrite Intros Scarlett 18i20 At 2013 NAMM Show

2013 NAMM Show: Focusrite has announced the Scarlett 18i20 – a new audio interface that offers 18 inputs and 20 outputs. Features: Eight Focusrite mic preamps with front-panel meters With switchable phantom power, up to 60dB of gain, plus pad and instrument switches on channels 1+ 2. Precision 24-bit/96kHz A-D/D-A conversion Compatible with Mac, PC and iPad Uses USB 2.0…


Six Technology Trends from CES That Will Shape 2013

Every January, the Consumer Electronics Show gives the world a preview of the flood of gadgets heading our way in the coming year and beyond. Some are incredibly silly, while others are complete game changers. All promise to make people’s lives better somehow. We’ve crisscrossed the show floors to come up with six products —…


Into The Lair #48 – Enhancing Elements of a Mix

In the 48th Into The Lair, Mix Engineer Dave Pensado walks you through how he enhanced various elements of the mix for an upcoming Mahogany Raye song.


Arturia MiniBrute Overview

This video, via Uniquesquared, takes a look at the Arturia MiniBrute synthesizer. The MiniBrute was one of most popular introductions from last year’s NAMM Show, packing a huge number of features into a one-oscillator analog monosynth. With a street price around US $500, the MiniBrute’s biggest limitation seems to be availability. For another look at the new synth,…


The Moog Sub Phatty Synthesizer – Naked!

Moog Music shared a few teaser images today of their new synthesizer, to be released at the 2013 NAMM Show, that just might be called……the Sub Phatty: Features of the Sub Phatty are expected to include: Two stable oscillators A suboscillator Noise generator Twin ADSRs envelope generators Multidrive circuit Traditional Moog VCF 25-note keyboard Pitch bend & mod…