Every plugin has a downside?
Yesterday I read the article ‘Hard Truths: Every Plugin Has a Downside’ that was published on LANDR. I asked myself: are these really Hard Truths like the writer Michael Hahn claims?
Digital guitar processing: tone control
I will always record with the volume control(s) and tone control(s) fully open. This way I can capture the unaffected tone of my guitar(s). But I can still lower the treble of the sound using a simple EQ in my DAW in the same way as a tone control on the guitar would.
Digital guitar processing: uncolored in, colored out
Back in the day we used this old saying: “you can’t fix it in the mix.” This is no longer true today since we can fix almost anything in the mix.
FREE patch download: Linn LM-1 like lively sounding hihats in Reason
With Reason’s Grain device you can create the same sort of lively sounding hihats as on the old Linn LM-1 drummachine. I’ve created it as a free download.
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?