Category: Producers

Mixing Vocals for Earth Wind & Fire – Into The Lair #60

In the 60th Into The Lair, Dave Pensado walks you through some vocal mixing techniques he used for a track off the most recent Earth Wind & Fire record.


Akai MPC Fly Now Available, Turns Your iPad Into An MPC

Akai Pro has announced that the MPC Fly 30 – an MPC controller case for the iPad – is now available for 30-pin devices. The MPC Fly can work as a controller for any Core MIDI application, but is tailored to working with the iMPC app. Features: Compatible with any iPad with 30-pin connector Compatible with virtually any…


HYPETRAK TV: Woodkid – Running Man

29-year-old French video director/singer/songwriter Yoann Lemoine, better known as Woodkid, has made his vocation is to fuse sound and vision and morph both elements into a multi-sensual experience. Prominent recording artists such as Drake, Lana Del Rey, and Katy Perry have entrusted him to visually interpret their respective singles. However, it were his very own…


Producer and Mix Engineer, Tony Hoffer – Pensado’s Place #106

Producer and Mix Engineer Tony Hoffer (Beck, M83, Silversun Pickups, Depeche Mode) sits down with Dave and Herb on the 106th episode of Pensado’s Place! Dave and Tony discuss Tony’s recent work on M83’s “Midnight City”, Silversun Pickups’s “Carnavas”, as well as his philosophies and methods when it comes to his mix and production work….


Jay-Z To Produce Music For “Great Gatsby

Jay-Z’s legendary career turns a new page soon, as he enters the realm of movie soundtracks. Hov is making and producing music for the upcoming adaptation of The Great Gatsby. A press release through Reuters announces that the goal for Jay is to meld contemporary and period music together, to infuse hip-hop’s cool into the jazz…


Kanye West Album To Feature Production From The Heatmakerz

The Heatmakerz have revealed in an interview with MTV News that they will be producing tracks for Kanye West’s next album.  Calling it “old school, epic Heatmakerz, soul music at its best”, it leads us to believe that the records will go back to Kanye’s “soul” roots which made his albums The College Dropout, and Late Registration so successful. [AlLindstrom]


Afrojack Teams Up With Island Records

Island/IDJ has inked a pact with Grammy-winning producer-DJ Afrojack and his label, Wall Recordings. The first fruit of the deal will be the single “As Your Friend,” featuring Chris Brown, which officially goes to Pop and Rhythm this week after making some impressive noise in the EDM world. Internationally the track will be released by Wall, Island UK and UMG-owned PM:AM Recordings. Afrojack shared a…


Michael Bolton in Studio Q (AUDIO ONLY)

Mega-selling soft rock star, Michael Bolton, has been making music for the better part of 40 years. Now he’s sharing stories of the man behind the hits in his candid new memoir, “The Soul of it All”. Michael Bolton joins Jian at the desk for a feature chat in Studio Q.


Bart Chiate On The Difficulties Of Mixing Live Sound

In this clip from www.artistshousemusic.org – Bart Chiate, veteran music mixer – mixes the house band and musical guest feeds for the broadcast mix Jimmy Kimmel Live. Chiate has also worked with such greats as Herb Alpert at A&M Records. Bart Chiate discusses the difficulties of setting mics for live sound.


Maschine in Ableton Live 9 installing the new controller template

Showing how to install the new Maschine controller template for Ableton Live 9.