Deconstructing The Beatles

I’ve just stumbled on some YouTube gold that I’d like to share with you. These videos deconstruct some Beatles originals, allowing us to hear the individual parts in all their raw and passionate glory. Apparently for Rock Band video game, the individual guitar, bass, drums and vocal stems were loaded into the programme. What we [...] Read full article

SonicScoop Interviews Chris Lord-Alge

SonicScoop is one of my favourite music blogs. They’ve recently posted a great set of interviews with legendary producer, Chris Lord-Alge, who was interviewed by New York musician, Erica Glyn. SonicScoop Power Sessions with Chris Lord-Alge In this first part of the interview, Chris Lord-Alge talks about how he feel in love with music and [...] Read full article

Mutli Output With Logic Pro And EZdrummer

Ezdrummer Mixer with Multi Output

Readers asked a number of questions in response to my recent post on using Logic Pro. In particular there was interest in using multi output. Soft synths and sample players usually default to a stereo or mono signal, but you can set some of them up to feed Logic with a multi output. The number [...] Read full article

Anchoring A Recording Studio

When we imagine a professional recording studio the vision that normally comes into our head is of a mixing desk, or recording console, with rows of faders, knobs and controls. In fact, the people who build and run studios will often talk about the console “anchoring” the studio, both in terms of sound and workflow. [...] Read full article