In this week’s Into The Lair, Dave discusses dealing with Low-End in a mix, and provides some detailed examples of his mixing process.

This video, via DJ Tech Tool’s Ean Golden, captures a recent interview with electronic music pioneers Dave Smith (the Prophet V, MIDI) and Roger Linn (the LinnDrum, the MPC). The interview focuses on the key technologies that Linn & Smith have been involved with and their uses for making electronic music. [Synthtopia]

Propellerheads have announced Reason 7 – an update to their popular DAW app that adds new features and an enhanced Factory Sound Pack. With over 90 third party Rack Extensions already available, Propellerhead has focused its attention Reason’s mixer, the rack and the sequencer. New in Reason 7: MIDI out Automatic audio slicing and audio quantize Convert recordings…

In the 58th Into The Lair, Mix Engineer Dave Pensado walks you through part 2/2 of some exercises that can help you better identify certain frequencies in the spectrum.

5 time GRAMMY award winning mix engineer, Manny Marroquin sits down with Dave and Herb on the 105th episode of Pensado’s Place! The three talk about Manny’s work on the new Imagine Dragon’s record (produced by past guest, Alex Da Kid) the latest Bruno Mars album, Linkin Park, Alicia Keys and more! You don’t want…

We first explore the new ROLI Seaboard – a multi-axis controller, Steve Reich’s recent concert exploring themes from Radiohead, the Giant Tuba of Marknuekirchen, and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinasuars live rig, Hollow Sun SOTU, with plenty of conversational diversions on the way.

Native Instruments released a teaser today for a new product that they say will ‘supercharge your beats’. They add, “The sound of the 21st century fuses ultimate power with a lightning-fast, visual workflow – seeing is believing.” Is it just a coincidence that they announced this the same day that Ableton Live 9 is released? You make the…

Ableton Live 9 is now available, for Mac & Windows. In addition, Ableton Push is now available for pre-order. Updates in Ableton Live 9 include: Session automation New browser New sounds New studio effects You can now extract musical information from samples Improved editing tools Max for Live is now included in Live Suite. These features are common…