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Thursday, May 09, 2013In The Studio: Using Delay To Create New Parts
Joe Gilder 05/09/13 02:33 PM,These videos are provided by Home Studio Corner. Some guitarists understand the ways that delay can be used to change and enhance the sound of a passage/part. In this video, Joe reveals the technique and the reasons why it works, and then shows how to apply it via several passages of a track he’s working on for his upcoming album. It’s quite interesting to listen to the differences it can make, and at times it effectively transforms a mundane… View this post
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Riedel “Artist Input Monitor” iOS App Now Available At iTunes Store
PSW Staff 05/09/13 11:31 AM,The Riedel Communications “Artist Input Monitor” iOS App is now available at the iTunes store. (Get it here.) The Artist Input Monitor is the first application of a new series of utility apps for the iOS platform from the company. The application can monitor and control up to eight freely assignable audio inputs of Riedel’s Artist Digital Matrix intercom system. The app gives the intercom administrator a new way to manage the 4-wire input levels of a system without having… View this post
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Wednesday, May 08, 2013iZotope Releases Iris+7 Bundle Featuring Two New Sound Libraries
PSW Staff 05/08/13 04:08 PM,iZotope has released two new sound libraries for the Iris visual synthesizer. Altered and Modular, the largest sound libraries to date, will join Glass, Wood, Voice, Toys, and Food to round out the new Iris+7 bundle, available now. Altered, the first of two new instrument based sound libraries for Iris, reimagines familiar musical instruments like piano, guitar, and bass by uncovering unconventional timbres through bowing, scraping, bending, and more. Altered includes over 300 new samples such as Plastic Rod on… View this post
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Tuesday, May 07, 2013David Rosenthal Finds Lexicon PCM Total Bundle Essential Live And In the Studio
PSW Staff 05/07/13 12:25 PM,David Rosenthal has enjoyed a remarkably successful career as a keyboardist, synth programmer, orchestrator, and touring musician and that doesn’t begin to cover it all. Rosenthal is also Billy Joel’s musical director, a role that recently has him performing worldwide at events like 12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief and the upcoming New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2013. Besides working with Billy Joel for the past 20 years, he’s also worked with Bruce Springsteen, Enrique Iglesias, Elton John, Cyndi… View this post
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FOH Engineer Marko Hunt Relies On SpectraFoo Analysis Software From Metric Halo
PSW Staff 05/07/13 11:42 AM,Marko Hunt is closing in on four decades behind the mixing console, and he has spent the last thirty-two of them with The Oak Ridge Boys – first at monitors and then later at FOH. Before securing that enduring gig, Hunt cut his teeth touring with the Little River Band in its heyday. He also spent several years touring with Johnny Cash. After all those countless gigs in the innumerable venues of the nation and the world, he hears music… View this post
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Friday, May 03, 2013Camel Audio Announces Alchemy Mobile v2 Update For iOS
PSW Staff 05/03/13 04:06 PM,Camel Audio has announced the availability of Alchemy Mobile v2, an update to its free iOS synthesiser for iPad/iPhone. Alchemy Mobile is the mobile version of Camel Audio’s Alchemy soft synth, which can be heard on thousands of records and films by world-class artists. Due to the most powerful synthesis engine on iOS, discover an almost limitless palette of musical instruments created from samples, VA, granular and additive synthesis — from fat basses and evolving soundscapes to lush pads and… View this post
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In The Studio: 30-Plus OS X Power User Shortcuts
Jon Tidey 05/03/13 11:28 AM,This article is provided by Audio Geek Zine. Inspector—Use “Inspector” instead of “Get Info.”—RT-click finder item then hold alt, and “Show Inspector” will appear. Or use shortcut CMD+Option+i. This is like the “Get Info” window but it will not clutter up the screen and will show combined data for selections. Resizing Windows—Shift-drag will scale height and width of the window—Alt-drag will re-size opposite sides at once with same center point Cycle Options In Dialog Boxes It’s a pain in… View this post
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Central Wesleyan Church Upgrades To L-Acoustics
PSW Staff 05/03/13 09:21 AM,When Holland, Michigan’s Central Wesleyan Church celebrated its 115th anniversary and paid off the mortgage on its current worship center, the church’s leadership team immediately knew what their first project should be: acoustic treatments and a new sound system for their 2,800-seat, fan-shaped main sanctuary. After a careful search for the right systems consultant, the church hired Dallas-based Acoustic Dimensions, which created an equipment specification for the space built on L-Acoustics’ KUDO platform. According to Central Wesleyan Facilities Manager Dwayne… View this post
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Allen & Heath Releases iLive Firmware Update With Engineer Presets
PSW Staff 05/03/13 09:47 AM,Allen & Heath has released an interim firmware update for its iLive range of digital mixing systems, v1.91, containing a series of presets created by sound engineer and regular iLive user Ben Booker. Booker has toured as a monitor and front of house engineer with many artists, including Scissor Sisters, Spiritualized and PJ Harvey, and was named Monitor Engineer of the Year at the Total Production Awards in 2009. He has also produced, mixed and mastered various recording projects and… View this post
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Thursday, May 02, 2013Slick & Seamless: Developing A Live Digital Recording System
Todd Hartmann 05/02/13 03:51 PM,Choosing an audio console can be likened to a guitarist choosing an ax – it’s the pallet with which one creates. Some engineers have built their mixing techniques around plug-ins while others rely on complex channel grouping or outboard gear. It’s difficult to classify one platform as “better” or “worse” than another, simply because it boils down to one question: does it help produce the best-sounding show possible in the shortest amount of time? In addition, due to the enormous… View this post
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