Build your own affordable vintage gear
Every music producer or audio engineer dreams of one day owning a vintage LA2A, 1176 1073, or any other classic unit. One quick glance at the price of an original…
Do I need a mixer in my studio?
A lot of recording studios have a mixer set-up in their control room. You know, those things with tons of knobs and faders. Apart from looking pretty classy, what are…
How to create a dub delay on an analog mixer
Computers are machines I couldn’t live without. But sometimes they tend to get in the way of creating music. That’s why I am currently working on a completely analog setup…
Fixing ground loop hum in the studio
Have you ever heard that annoying buzz coming out of your speakers? I certainly have been listening to that same old buzz for a while now and I finally decided…
Backup Your Backup
It has been stated millions of times before but I will say it again. Backup the backup of your backup. If a digital file isn’t backed up 3 times, it doesn’t exist! A hard disk doesn’t care if you have important files to deliver to your client this afternoon. A hard disk will crash eventually and all your work is gone. [...]
The benefits of hardware synthesizers
Back in the day when computers were nothing more than glorified calculators. Which they still are today, by the way, only a bit more powerful. Music producer and musicians had to use hardware devices to create sounds. I am talking about hardware synthesizers, samplers and effect units. [...]