Tchad Blake tells the story behind Latin Playboys at NAMM
Mixing engineers Tchad Blake and Andrew Scheps did a session at winter NAMM 2020 at the Mix with the Masters booth. A super interesting conversation.
The lively Drum Modules of Reason’s Kong
On many drummachines, hardware and software, a drumhit at a certain velocity level will result in a predictable sound. So every time you hit that drumsound at the same level exactly the same sound will be produced.
My Tape Sync for BBC/PRI
A job for the BBC/RPI was a good reason to jump out of bed.
Reason 11 from Reason Studios
Yesterday Propellerhead announced Reason 11. It comes with some cool new features and new rack devices.
Keynote-speaker for De Podcastshow @ Pakhuis De Zwijger
On 11 July 2019 I will be the keynote speaker of De Podcastshow which will be held at Pakhuis De Zwijger, Amsterdam. I will focus in particular on the changes that the podcast has caused in our media landscape.
De-esser for Ableton Live (free download)
The Multiband Dynamics device in Live is a great tool for de-essing a signal. So I made a super simple to use De-esser in Ableton Live 10 and which can be downloaded for free.
A new phase for Podpraat
Since February 2017, every Friday evening at 8 o’clock, I send out the newsletter Podpraat filled with interesting news about podcasting for podcast fans and makers. This week Podpraat grew into a new Dutch service from Melodiefabriek: Podpraat – help with podcasting.
Kuassa Matchlock review
The Kuassa Amplifikation Matchlock amp simulator tries to mimic Fender amps. How good is it?
Reason Compact 2.0 and Reason 10.4: from scratch ideas to full arrangements
Propellerhead has released Reason Compact and Reason 10.4, offering new ways to make music.
Price changes for my Reason ReFills/patches
I have lowered the prices of 80s, Rockmen, Boutique Amp and Combi Manifesto 1
New single The Record Man – Unpopular music
Song Credits: Unpopular Music (Scott/Gaulke)
Does perfect sound matter?
When listening to my favourite tracks I notice that they all sound very different from each other. Some are sharp sounding, some sound compressed, some sound very aggressive, some sound very smooth. They are obviously not mixed and mastered by the same people, using the same equipment and the same set of ears.