In the 47th Into The Lair, Dave Pensado shows you how to use EQ and Compression on individual tracks to “prepare them” to be loud before sending them to the master buss.

Checking out a new ambient chillout library from Big Fish Audio called Oxygen

This week we take a look at the new upodate to Animoog and hooking up class compliant devices for MIDI and audio connectivity. Then we check out two new synth releases Yonac – Magellan and Icegear’s Cassini As ever, we look forward to your comments and suggestions – please leave them below. Featured Apps: Animoog…

Cakewalk has announced SONAR X2a – an update to the popular Windows DAW which includes many fixes, enhancements, plus support for multi-touch. Since music apps first started appearing on Apple’s iPad, many users have been anticipating the same types of multi-touch interaction coming to traditional DAWs. Sonar X2a is a major step in that direction. SONAR X2A offers…

Kid, M.A.A.D City, joins Dave and Herb on the 97th episode of Pensado’s Place! The trio discuss Derek’s work on Kendrick’s breakout album, as well as working with Doctor Dre, and his own mixing process. In this week’s Into The Lair, Dave shows off some vocal mixing techniques he used on a recent Earth Wind…

Checking out the new section horn library from Native Instruments called Session Horns for Kontakt and Kontakt Player. The library is made up of a horn quartet consisting of a trombone, a tenor sax and two trumpets.

In the 46th Into The Lair, Dave Pensado walks you through how to make your mixes loud without sacrificing dynamics or balance in your mix.