There’s a certain routine comfort that comes with well-worn, reliable gear—until the day something unexpectedly goes silent. That’s exactly what happened with one of my PMC TB1 speakers. I came into the studio one morning, ready for another day of sessions, only to find the right-side speaker had simply stopped working. No warning signs, no […]
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Summing bass to mono… what does that even mean? When talking about a mix and its components, bass is the low end of the mix but how do we make it mono? It’s one of the most important elements of my mixing process, and crucial for any mix being pressed to vinyl. In this post
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This week for More Gear Monday I’ll be showing off our recently purchased Distressor EL8 made at Empirical Labs. This analog compressor is a game changer! Now that its been a couple months since we got this beautiful piece I can share with you some of my thoughts on it. First off the Distressor is
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We have been working hard to transform our upstairs from a project space to a full blown recording studio. We grabbed the Saffire Pro 40 to raise the stakes! In order to pull it off we would have to very particular about the new gear we would be choosing. We decided to find the perfect
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A couple of weeks ago we were hanging out at the studio and James came across the Tape Op article for building a telephone microphone from an old rotary telephone! It’s a pretty straight forward how-to guide, but its a bit old so they assume that it’s easy to find a rotary phone today. We
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