Category: Soft/Hardware Developers

How To Use Reference Mixes – Into The Lair #71

Mix Engineer Dave Pensado goes over some reference mixes he uses and why he uses them.


Dave Pensado: 5 Things That Inspire Me To Mix – Into The Lair #70

GRAMMY Award winning Mix Engineer, Dave Pensado goes over 5 things that he uses as inspiration before he starts to mix a song. These include: – MOG: http://mog.com – Spotify: http://spotify.com – Sound on Sound Secrets of The Mix Engineers: http://www.soundonsound.com/articles/… – Beatport: http://www.beatport.com/ – Various manufacturers websites – Pro Tools Expert: http://www.pro-tools-expert.com/ – Instrument…


FOH Mix Engineer Sean “Sully” Sullivan – Pensado’s Place #113

Dave and Herb are joined by Sean “Sully” Sullivan, Engineer and FOH Mix Engineer for acts such as Beck, Rihanna, Thom Yorke, Beastie Boys, Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones (and many more) on the 113th episode of Pensado’s Place!


Digga Drum Sample Collection from iStandard

Checking out the official Digga drum kit from iStandard Producers. They get some of their top producers to put together kits of their own exclusive drum samples, sometimes from their popular tracks or just from their personal stash. This one is definitely a kit for the boom bap lover. Find out what’s in the kits…


The Top 5 Things To Do Every Mix – Into The Lair #69

Mix Engineer Dave Pensado goes over the top 5 things he does before and during every mix that he does.


Showtek – Pensado’s Place #112


Big Fish Audio SWAGG Library Review

The new urban synth workstation SWAGG from Big Fish Audio and VIP Loops for Kontakt 5 player is out and I’m going through showing you what it sounds like. Also find out how you can win a free copy of the library.


Sonic TALK 310 – Analog Special

Bumper panel: Gaz WIlliams fresh from a Karl Hyde radio session and gets decorated by the rest of the band, Rich Hilton from Nile Rodgers studio, Mike Grieg from SSR, Dave Spiers Gforce software, and Mark Tinley from TVMania. Analog tape echo setup, Aurora AR57, Daves new Synthesizers.com modular and anlog in general, Nick plays…


How To Mix A Song Based on It’s Style – Into The Lair #68

Dave Pensado shows how to get the best mix possible based on the style of the track you are mixing in the 68th Into The Lair.


The Best Of Musikmesse 2013

Over 1,500 readers weighed in our Best of Musikmesse 2013 poll, and the Korg Volca Beats came out on top. The entire Volca line was a hit with Synthtopia readers, sweeping the top three slots. But introductions from Novation, Roland/Boss, Nord, Image-Line and MFB were popular with readers, too. Here are reader picks for this year’s Best…