Much of audio engineering is about avoiding distortion. Outside of guitar sounds and tube saturation, “distortion” is often considered a dirty word.
“Dirty” is all a matter of perspective though, and sometimes a little added grit can really accentuate your pristine sounds. Other times, a bit of overblown aggressiveness is Read more...
On the most recent album I was mixing , I really discovered some incredible uses for the Decapitator, a saturation plug made by SoundToys.
SoundToys had me at EchoBoy which was another go-to plug that I still use every day. The thing that sets their plugs apart from so many Read more...
Last Friday’s Fred Perry Artists Lounge at Stratosphere Sound was a blast!
Engineer/dynamo Geoff Sanoff recorded sets by Caveman, Weekend, Widowspeak, Waters, Gauntlet Hair, 1, 2, 3, and Tall Ships in whirlwind sessions throughout the day. (Pics below!)
Thanks to event sponsor Blue Microphones, the studio had Blue Dragonfly, Reactor, Read more...
Chelsea, NY: We stopped by Jamie Siegel’s JRock Studios in Chelsea last week and caught up on some of the producer/engineer’s latest projects, including a song he recently co-wrote and produced for Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels’ upcoming record. For Siegel, a lifelong rock and hip-hop conspirator – as musician and Read more...
SoundToys has released the latest version of its full software line — version 4.1 — and the three new Artist Preset Expanders we previously announced from producer/engineer Tchad Blake, electronic artist/remixer Morgan Page, and producer/songwriter Peter Wade.
SoundToys V4.1 release, available free to all registered SoundToys users through the new Read more...
