Category: Soft/Hardware Developers

MOTU MachFive 3 mixer and fx section – SoundsAndGear

Just a short video going over what I like about the fx section in MachFive 3 from Motu. The mixer is really laid out well and makes it easy to add fx and route sounds however you wish.


Musical Director Charlie Wilson (Rihanna, Justin Timberlake) – Pensado’s Place #96

Charlie Wilson, Musical Director for Rihanna and Justin Timberlake, joins Dave and Herb on the 96th episode of Pensado’s Place! The trio discuss Charlie’s path to, and working as, a musical director for today’s top acts. In this week’s Into The Lair, Dave discusses dealing with Low-End in a mix, and provides some detailed examples…


Sonic TALK 296- Phantom Phone Vibration

Our first topic is the light and fluffy one of the Mayan impending end of the world 10:29, then Gaz gives us his impressions of Live 9 Beta 18:05, Cubasis for iPad and a bit of predicting for next year (53:19) followed by a bit of Zedd (59:59). Finally Gaz plays us out with his latest live…


The GRP A4 Synthesizer

Saturday Synth Porn: Here’s a ‘synth portrait’ of the Italian GRP A4 synthesizer, via Richard Schmitt. Unfortunately, all of the 1st gen GRP A4 synths are sold out. GRP is considering a 2013 run of the A4, though. Technical Details: All sounds in this short demotrack, including drums come from the GRP A4. Multitracked in Cubase, some delay, reverb and…


Auria, Tachyon and Space Wiz – Sonic Touch 13

Featured Apps: Tachyon – Simple morphing instrument $1.99 SpaceWiz – hypnotic generative music $9.99 Auria – multitrack DAW $49.99 Welcome to another episode of sonic TOUCH – the show dedicated to music creation on touchscreen devices. This week we take a look at two more instruments from Jordan Rudess’s Wizdom Music – Tachyon and SpaceWiz….


Into The Lair #41 – How to Use Aux Sends While Mixing

GRAMMY Award-winning Mixing Engineer Dave Pensado shows you his favorite methods of using Aux Sends while mixing.


Triton Audio FetHead inline mic preamp review – SoundsAndGear

Checking out an inline mic preamp from Triton Audio, a company out of the Netherlands. This is a straight forward mic preamp that will improve the sound of various dynamic microphones.


Producer and Mix Engineer Anthony Kilhoffer – Pensado’s Place #95

3 time GRAMMY-award winning Producer and Mix Engineer Anthony Kilhoffer joins Dave and Herb on the 95th episode of Pensado’s Place! The trio talk about his work on Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy as well as Kid Cudi’s Man on the Moon II. In this week’s Into The Lair, Dave discusses some ear…


Dave Smith, Father Of MIDI, To Get Technical Grammy

Dave Smith – before he created the Mopho synthesizer, the Evolver synthesizer, theTetra synthesizer and the Tempest analog drum machine – warmed up by creating theProphet line of synths and a little standard called MIDI. While synth fans have long recognized Smith as one of the pioneers of modern electronic music instruments, he will will be getting broader recognition, along with Roland founder Ikutaro Kakehashi, via a 2013…


GZA On StarTalk Radio

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, invited GZA to his recent StarTalk radio show. Fast forward to the 12:00 mark, the Genius discussed the Wu and how science helped influence their music. [RapRadar]