I’m a recording/mixing/mastering engineer with fifteen years of experience under my belt and I play drums in a math rock band. When I’m doing none of the above (which is almost never) you can catch me geeking out to Star Trek, discussing the finer points of Malort, and kickin’ it with my cat Spooky.
An Intro to Universal Audio’s Luna
If you, like myself, are a huge fan of the recording powerhouse Universal Audio, you’ve probably noticed a ton of hype around Luna, a new product they unveiled at the 2020 NAMM Show. So, What is Luna? It’s a DAW! Or is it? Ask Universal Audio and they’ll definitely tell you it’s anything but a digital […]
Compressor Controls Explained
One of the most important and powerful tools in any recording studio arsenal is – without a doubt – the compressor. I recently wrote about studio compressors and which specific units were good for specific applications. However, I’ve been hearing a lot of budding engineers say that they don’t understand what all the different settings do […]
A Guide to Studio Compressors
What is Compression? As many (or maybe all) of you already know, dynamic range compression is basically a particular type of audio signal processing that attenuates the peak audio wave decibel level while increasing the dB level of the quieter signals. In the easiest possible terminology, compression makes loud stuff a bit quieter and quiet […]
The Devil Went Down To Georgia (Or Maybe Nashville)
What the heck is a fiddle? Recording violin (aka the fiddle) is something that I feel was a lot more prevalent throughout mainstream music history than it is now. While “fiddle” can mean a few different instruments – the lyre, hardanger, viola/kontra, the cello (aka the “big fiddle”) — it’s most commonly associated in modern […]
How to Fatten Up Those Guitars
So, you’ve managed to record the perfect guitar take, but now you’re playing back the mix and and there’s something just a tad off. Maybe the guitars don’t seem quite big enough, or maybe they just aren’t as punchy as what you were looking for. Well, fear not my friends! I’m here to give you […]
