With modern computers, virtual instruments have become more and more valuable and important, especially for all the home studio guys like us, so it’s important to know how to deal with them. Today’s post is dedicated to answering one of my readers, Josh, who asked me a question concerning that subject. Here’s what he wrote to me: …
“Sipping whiskey out the bottle, not thinking ‘bout tomorrow, singing ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ all summer long…” Can you hear that guitar riff in your head? Well, seems it’s summer again in this part of the world, so why don’t we celebrate it with a post dedicated to a hit summer song? This time my choice …
If you are addicted to plugins or just curious as I am, you probably know we spend way to much time trying many different pieces of software that do the same thing, more or less. Compression, saturation, equalization…The list goes on. It’s no lie to say there are literally dozens of different vintage compressors or …
You just finished your latest mix and it’s really rocking. Deep lows, clear highs…It’s sounding amazing in your studio. But how do you know if it will translate well on other systems? A good trick I always adopt to address this is to make use of a my iPod dock station. Pretty much anything small will be …