Last week I had the pleasure of taking my mobile recording rig to an unusual space… 1 Silver Road, in Lewisham, South East London. 1 Silver Road is a steel water tank that used to supply the neighbouring housing estates and is now being used as an experimental music and performance venue, with an aim Read More …
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Living Colour – Who Shot Ya Remix
Today sees the release of the remix I made with Adrian Sherwood, Taz and Doug Wimbish for Living Colour‘s Who Shot Ya mixtape. Other featured artists include Public Enemy’s Chuck D, Black Thought from the Roots, Pharoahe Monch and Devine Styler amongst others. It’s truly an honour to be involved this the project. You can Read More …
Waldorf 2-Pole Analog Filter vs. Logic X’s Auto Filter
Waldorf 2-Pole Analog Filter vs. Logic X’s Auto Filter Living in a box… I’m working from home quite a bit these days and much as I love having a whole studio within my laptop, I miss some of the vibe found when working with analogue hardware. While MIDI controllers are excellent for injecting a bit of a human Read More …
Logic X Key Commands
Logic X Power User Tips – Key CommandsOne of my top tips for improving workflow is learning your Digital Audio Stations key commands (also know as shortcuts or quick keys). Slowly mousing around the screen, clicking on the various menus or functions wastes time and can lead to a loss in creativity.Here are a selection Read More …
Aston Microphones
REVIEW: Aston Spirit and Aston Origin Microphones Aston, a new British microphone manufacturer who aim to “achieve the unachievable… to design and build high quality, handcrafted and affordable microphones in the UK”, has recently launched two microphones into the home-studio project marketplace: the Origin, and the Spirit microphone. Both include innovative design features and are Read More …
Recording a 70 Piece Choir… Inside a Lift.
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Balanced Vs. Unbalanced Cables.
“Any studio set up is only as strong as the weakest link…” It is often said that any studio set up is only as strong as the weakest link in the chain. While it’s easy to get excited about shiny new microphones, outboard gear and plugins that sell the dream of become a ‘mix Jedi’, Read More …
How to Wire Insert Cables
Welcome to the first in a series of tutorials covering basic studio wiring. In this tutorial I’ll be looking at using and wiring the insert points of a mixing console. This question often crops up with clients and students alike and whilst many people are familiar with using signal processors (e.g. compressors, noise gates, graphic Read More …
Choosing the Right Software for Music Making.
One of the questions I am often asked is “Which Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) is best for me?”. With the amount of options out there it can be hard to decide, but it probably isn’t as critical a decision as you might think. In the early days of DAWs there were clear distinctions between the audio Read More …
Microphone Shoot Out – AKG C414B-XLS vs SE Electronics 4400a
Microphone Shoot Out – AKG C414B-XLS vs SE Electronics 4400a This week I had a stroke of luck. One of my Live Sound students at Canterbury Christchurch University brought a matched pair of SE Electronics 4400a microphones to the University (the 4400a’s are SE Electronics answer to the ubiquitous AKG C414 B-XLS) as he didn’t Read More …