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Brandon Drury: World Famous Again
Once again, I'm world famous. I just can't figure out which world that is. I got hit up with an interview recently and had a blast flapping my jaw on all the stupid crap I always flap my jaw on....
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6 Reasons To Ride The Snake: Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 Review
If you've read any of my butchering of the English language, you know I view just about every audio tool that costs big bucks like I view Mother Teresa and Jeffery Dalmer. With that said, most of you...
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Why I Want To Hate The Boz Bendeth Compressor
First off, who's Dave Bendeth? Take a look at his credits. He's basically on the level CLA, but has gotten his paws on a lot better music and does more than mix. It's the fickle scum in suits that...
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7 Ways To Make Inexpensive Clean Preamps Sound Cooler Than A Neve
A common argument from the Ethan Winer camp when it comes to audio is the idea of "analog color" can always be added after the fact. For Ethan, a clean preamp with flat frequency response (easily...
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4 Sidechain Compression Tricks For Rock, Metal, EDM, and Country
It was mentioned recently that I should dive into sidechaining. It never really occurred to me that I hadn't explored this incredibly powerful concept on the site before. Here goes. What Is...
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iLOK'ED OUT: Why The iLok Is Flawed
For you to make music on your DAW this afternoon, you need: to be aliveelectricity (unless you are JoshERTW and have done a solar powered album)a computer that bootsan OS that worksa DAW that...
View ArticleWarning: 50dB Of Vocal Compression
Here's a video I've had stuck away in the vault for a product that was NEAR done back in 2012, but never made it out. You can see I was still using quite a few expensive toys (UAD Cambridge, Gefell...
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Recabinet 4 Guitar Emulator VST Review
Product: Recabinet 4 What Is It?: Electric Guitar Emulator The Sound Recabinet 4 sounds as exactly as good as my Axe FX. This is the first emulator plugin I thought was that good. (I consider my Axe...
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FabFilter Pro-Q 2 Review: The Best EQ On Earth?
FabFilter Pro-Q 2 A comprehensive review 12/18/2014 Let me start by saying you will never need another EQ again. And, if you're thinking 'Well, sure, its got great features, but when I just need a...
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Kemper Profiling Amplifier Review
Kemper Profiling Amplifier Review Product: Kemper Profiling Amplifier What is it? It's not a toaster, it's a Guitar/Bass amp emulator! The sound It has been said that this thing can capture the soul...
View ArticleTest Your Studio Monitors and Headphones - Sine Wave Sweep With Voxengo SPAN
How To Use This Video 1 - Hit play while listening on your studio monitors. 2 - Watch the video again while listening on your headphones. If your monitoring was perfect you'd hear no change in...
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EAReckon- EAReverb
A little preface before we get into this great plugin, over the years I have complied hundreds upon hundreds of plugins, fx etc.. and in the past 6 months I have really clamped down to find a few...
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Review: Meterplugs Perception
Meterplugs Perception The phrase "game changer" is flung about too often these days. Almost every plug in claims to be that. But I'd ask you to think back to the last VST Plug in that did something...
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Recording An Indie Rock Band: Tales From The Trenches
This week I had a remote gig for an indie rock band. I had recorded 1/2 of the band back in 2011. Here's one of the songs. Here's a few notes, lessons, and general observations from within the...
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Hello Ableton Live 9 Suite with Push! Goodbye Cubase?
For this review I'm combining Ableton Live 9 Suite with the Ableton Push mega controller. You don't necessarily HAVE to have Push to use Ableton Live, but it's the marriage of Ableton and Push that...
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Groove 3 Review: Ableton Live Explained
When I decided to dive in face first to Ableton Live 9 (Hello Ableton Live 9 Suite with Push! Goodbye Cubase?), I knew I needed some help. I decided to try out Groove3. Overall, I'm super happy....
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Extreme Monitor Mixes: Why Modern Audio Interfaces Could Be Hurting Your Music
Last week I tracked an indie rock band (Recording An Indie Rock Band: Tales From The Trenches) . The drummer had this in his headphones: Overheads AUDIO...
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Mixerman's Zen And The Art Of Recording Book Review
Tons Of Info In 200 Pages This is the first recording book that I've ever felt competition from with my Killer Home Recording series. KHR is what it is, but the one thing I think I nailed is the "from...
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Behringer X32: The Patrick Swayze of Mixing Consoles / Audio Interfaces
It's a good time to be alive. If you would have told me back in 2010 when I started loading up on high end hardware that I'd have 32 ultra pro preamps, 40 channels of A/D converters, an audio...
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Arturia V Collection 4 Synth Review
>> The best synth sounds ever in plugin form...if you are into the old school synths. >> Most of the plugins have the worst preset management ever. Even saving a preset gives me a...
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Old Recording Computer: Reclaiming Lost Horsepower
Clean The Stupid Thing If you've never taken apart an old computer, you haven't lived. Okay, that may be a stretch. Open her up. You could see a blanket on the heatsink (the thing designed to the...
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Making Drums More Interesting With The Kitchen
I picked up a Tascam DR-100 for $100. Yes, the thing costs more like $300 normally. I used all the tactics I teach in Maximizing Your Recording Gear Cash. (Not only am I the Hair Club For Men...
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The Thrill Of The Deal - Step 1 To Saving Massive Cash On Recording Gear
Since Operation Earthworm (the ultra mega launch of Home Recording In 9 Pages and Maximizing Your Recording Gear Cash for half price) is in effect until Thursday, April 23rd, I thought I'd give a few...
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The Best Mic For Home Recording? An ADK Vienna MK8 Microphone Review
How do you write a microphone review? In some ways I guess I REALLY shouldn't be writing this review. It's not possible to tell by listening to a final mix what microphone a person used…..so why in...
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Voxengo Elephant: The Best Damn Brickwall Limiter Plugin
Voxengo Elephant is officially on Brandon's Bulletproof Gear List. It's THAT damn good. I'll keep this one short. After years of experimenting and testing, Voxengo Elephant is the best native...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Bass / Kick Cleanup Trick Using Multiband Sidechain Compression
Alright sports consumers, This is a fun little trick. I wanted to use a particular rock project for the video, but I didn't get permission in time. The Problem: The good ol' sidechain compressor on...
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Synthmaster 2.6 Receives Brandon's Bulletproof Gear Rating
There's a sinister quality to Synthmaster 2.6. With the exceptions of my mostly-positive meddlings with Arturia , I've been faithful to Zebra2 ever since 2012. I picked a winner and stuck with it. I...
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upper hand corrupted/fixed
I wanted to post this version of my mix for critique proposes only...i lost the mix just days before it was due to be submitted....the mix i originally posted was my back up reference mix...i stated...
View ArticleHow can i change the tempo of a mix in different portions (all are wave files )
( using cubase) I exported all my tracks as wave format and i am mixing all track as wave now. How can i change the tempo of that mix in different portion? I have tried to change it through Cntrl+t...
View ArticleI am new to Music production !! Help Please
I am new to Music production.Please help me out on this.I know so many masters are here that's why am asking help here. I am using Cubase 4 .Recorded Tracks with VST.They are sounding fine on it.After...
View ArticleAudio mix down problem !!! Help me out please
I am new to Music production.Please help me out on this.I know so many masters are here that's why am asking help here. I am using Cubase 4 .Recorded Tracks with VST.They are sounding fine on it.After...
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My Experience Mixing Down to Tape
I though some might be interested in this process, so I am writing it up. My most recent mixing experience was with a local Singer/Songwriter named Jim Waters. I recorded his album from start to...
View ArticleQuantizing Problem Please Help me out Brothers !!!!
I have Played some chords on cubase LE7 by inserting a shaker loop on tempo 65, am not a perfect keyboard player so some of my chords are not in time.How can i Correct the chord i played to the timing...
View ArticleKaotica Eyeball or 5×4×7 vocal booth
So I was considering getting kaotica eyeball however I'd heard no personal reviews on it. I have also been in limbo of whether or not I should build a vocal booth (for rapping and some singing). If I...
View ArticleWhat are the processes to do for each track for giving traks to a mixing...
What are the processes to do for each track for giving traks to a mixing professionl? piano, shaker, drum parts, bass, piano chord track, synth .. what we do these instrument tracks before going for a...
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