There is a famous saying often taught to medical students that goes: “when you hear hoof steps, think horses, not zebras”. The point is that the diagnosis, or solution, is almost always the simple and obvious, not the esoteric and complicated. But what has this got to audio recording, mixing or post-production? Producer William Wittman explains…
Your Recording Studio May Be Killing The Planet - Here’s How You Can Stop It
It is becoming more and more of a challenge to fix modern gear, which as a part of the consumer electronics industries, according to the United Nations is one of the biggest contributors to global e-Waste. In this article, we investigate what can be done…
Switch From macOS Catalina To Windows Suggests Software Developer
It seems that for some Catalina is just too painful to handle and the solution suggested by one developer is to switch from macOS to Windows.
New Apple Mac Pro And Mac Mini Compared - You May Not Need The New Mac Pro For Your Studio?
With the impending release of the new Mac Pro 7,1 new-style cheese-grater with a starting price of around $6k, we ask is there an alternative to the new new Apple Mac tower that most users will be more than adequate and provide what a lot of us, looking at a new Apple Mac computer, need at a more affordable price?
Dealing With Difficult Clients In Post Production Sound - Do We Need To Get Organised?
How do you handle the difficult clients, who force overruns, and then don’t pay for the extra time and so try to play the blame game? It is time to stand up against these people and use contracts and join unions to protect us against the clients that regularly take advantage or people’s passion for doing a good job.
Five Stereo Microphone Configurations For Recording Drum Overheads - Which Will You Use On Your Next Session?
I was asked by a friend just the other day why I set up my drum overhead mics the way I did. I explained my ideas and methodologies and he said “Haven’t you tried anything more conventional?” This article is the story of my experiments including audio examples for you to listen to and compare for yourself.
Do You Think That We Are Cheating When We Choose To Mix With Simple And Focused “One Knob” Style Plug-ins?
Do you feel it is cheating if we use simple and focused “one knob” style plug-ins or plug-ins with limited controls in our mixes. Are these necessary for making our mixing workflows lean and mean creative machines? In this article, we discuss the issues…
Are We Yet To See The Ultimate Hands On Studio Control Surface? What Do You Want To See?
In this article I list a number of important control surface features and typical selling points that I would personally love to see incorporated in a single control surface product at some point in the future. This is a bit of a wish list, I know, but if a device did one day come about with these particular features then it would certainly be the ultimate control surface for me.
Check Out The Results Of A Survey That Helps To Better Understand Our Needs. It Makes For Interesting Reading
Back in December 2018, our friends at Nugen Audio reached out to their followers by email, Facebook and Twitter asking people to fill out the Nugen Audio Holiday Survey. there were 3174 respondents with 40% not Nugen Audio users. We have been granted exclusive access to the results and in this article we analyse the results from the 9 questions in this survey.
What Is The Problem With Striving For Gender Equality? Can Women Not Do Anything?
There seems to be a view that “trying to force women into something they don’t naturally want to do is wrong” or “In free civilizations people choose their professions. Making the quota programs such as Affirmative Action are failures”. This got me thinking, does gender equality come down to nature or nurture?
Mac Evo - A Concept Design For A Mac Mini With Liquid Cooling To Get The Most Out Of The Processors
Designer Pierre Cerveau has come up with an interesting concept design as a development from the conventional Mac Mini, to fit between the Mac Mini and the Mac Pro.
Could The Drop In Sales Especially In China Be Leading Apple To Become More Price Conscious?
Does the recent drop In profits and sales in China for Apple and the rumours of an iPhone SE2 suggest that Apple may be refocusing and making more price conscious products? How might that move show itself in the Mac computer product ranges?
Roundup - Just Keep One 3rd Party Plug-in In Your DAW. Find Out Which Plug-in Each Team Member Chose And Why
As a bit of fun on the Production Expert team over the holiday break, we’ve challenged one another to this; you get to keep all the plug-ins supplied with your DAW but then you only get to keep one more plug-in. Find out which plug-in each team member chose and why they chose it.
Should Augmented Reality "Sound Like You'd Expect" Or Should The Audience be Challenged?
Should the audio in augmented reality and immersive content merely meet audience expectations, or challenge them? Where do you draw the line between feeling like you’re in reality, or in a fantastical world? Matthew Smith is a renowned video game developer and former audio director at Rockstar North best known for his work on a variety of high-profile game titles. In this article by Krotos, he explores the expectations made of Augmented Reality Audio and the quest to seamlessly integrate virtual elements into the real world.
Are You Using Hard Drives Like Tape? Perhaps You Should Start Doing It Now?
What method do you employ, a huge drive that contains all your client work or on a drive-as-tape method? We would be interested in your workflow and your experience of using either, tips always welcome!
Using Insight 2 From iZotope To Create A Christmas Tree
Community member Nick Harrison at Truth Recording has had some fun with Insight 2 from iZotope creating his special unique Christmas greeting to us all.
Apple Used The C Word Many Times During The October 2018 Event - Did They Get Our Attention?
The Apple Special Event, October 30, 2018 revealed a lot of new products in the form of a new Mac mini, MacBook Air with Retina display and iPad Pro but for Apple there was a deeper message they made every effort to get across. Within the first few lines of Apple CEO Tim Cook starting to speak he was using the C word, no not that one, but the word ‘creative.’
What Do You Feel The Bottleneck Is Holding Back This Songwriter's Home Recording Studio Setup?
Here’s the challenge… We have a budget of around £500 to improve our home studio setup:
What do think the bottleneck is holding back this studio?
How would you spend a £500 budget improving this setup?
Our Most Read Article For A Long Time, I Bet You Ignored It Or Forgot It. It May Be The Death Of You!
Our most read article for a long time, but did you take any notice?
Many Of Your Beloved New Plug-in Versions Of Vintage Studio Hardware Miss One Vital Real World Feature
Many of world's most sought-after studio gear exists as a plug-in emulation, many of which are without doubt very good but I can't help feeling as though many plug-in version of vintage studio hardware miss one vital real-world feature.