Gibson is asking for the public’s assistance in recovering a missing shipping ledger book from 1959-1960, which documents an important period in the company’s 126-year-old history and the pinnacle of the Gibson Golden Era. “The 1959-1960 Gibson shipping ledger has been missing from Gibson’s archives for at least thirty years,” says the company. “It may not…
United Plugins is doing some wicked stuff, I tell you. (Check out our in-depth interview here). This time around, it’s the FrontDAW, a lightweight plugin that emulates the warmth and saturation of a real channel strip right there in your DAW. “As the name suggests, Front DAW is intended to be used as the very…
Few things in this world are certain, other than death, taxes and the indisputable fact that Klanghelm makes amazing plugins. The Germany-based software company makes a range of best-in-show compressors and saturation plugins – we love and use them often – so we tracked down head honcho Tony Frenzel to get the inside skinny on…
United Plugins caused a stir when it launched in June – three different effects built by three different developers? That’s different, we thought. There’s a strategy at play of course and if the coming together of several big brains from the audio industry results a world with a greater net total of cool audio plugins,…
The cool cats at Audio Assault are pretty good at making kick-ass plugins that don’t break the bank. From smashing metal amps to distortion and compression effects – to the recent release of the mighty HellBeast – we like their style, so we thought it was time to interview them. We’re in New Zealand however…
Audio Assault, the plug-in company specializing in everything heavy (and a bunch of other stuff too) has just released a new amp-in, the aptly titled Bulldozer. That’s good news in and of itself, but get this: as an introductory offer, it’s available for a mere $5. When you see – and hear – what’s inside,…
Ear training is an important part of being a musician, bedroom producer or music lover. One of the best tools for frequency training specifically is TrainYourEars, made by the very talented Luis Herranz (check out our recent review here). We cornered Luis recently to pick his brains about all things ear training/softwarey and he was nice enough…
A collection of funny(ish) stuff we stole from elsewhere…
“All you need is ears” George Martin once said, and if George says it, it’s true. And when it comes to mixing music specifically, truer words have never been spoken. Though you spend your time wishing you had the cash to drop on that magical Pultec EQ your time would probably be better spent honing your ear…
Isolated tracks. They’re great for figuring out parts, getting inspired, getting a sense of what techniques have gone into the recording and mixing of a track, as well as showing just what your favorite musicians are capable (or not capable ) of. Here we take a look at the best of the best isolated Metallica…
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