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Why You Need an Intersample Meter When Mastering by: Victor Mason

headline_sq_inter_sample_peaksYour mix is done but a “digital bug” lays dormant waiting to be unleashed on the listener. Unless you have taken the steps needed to check for them, odds are against you that you have them and probably don’t even know it. You’re not alone, the vast majority of commercial mixes are laden with them. What is this Bug? It’s called intersample peaks, and they are present on most mixes, yet they are chronically overlooked by many engineers. Let me explain. Read the rest of this entry »


Review: Amplitube 3 by IK Multimedia: Get Great Bass Guitar in Your DAW by: Victor Mason

headline_sqTrying to get that “Most High” Bass Guitar tone hasn’t always been the easiest feat for me over the years, especially since I use a Midi keyboard for my Bass Guitar sounds. Luckily I’ve been graced with IK’s Ampeg line of bass modules, you will be floored at how very good these sound. The New Custom Shop AmpliTube 3 is some serious bang for the buck as they say. In fact, you can’t do better since, as of the time of this review, the MIDI 101, Midi demystified by Peter Schwartz. Read the rest of this entry »


Mastering for the Masses by: Victor Mason

image-1Using the T-Racks Stand Alone Plug-ins without Mastering experience.

Mastering. The post production phase where a completed mixed down track or CD album is treated through a processes performed by a “Mastering Engineer”. The Mastering Engineer readies the mix for wide scale reproduction and or broadcast.

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Just like the Neumann U87 the JBL 4311 control room monitors are a classic industry standard.

jblset2frnt21 With technology progressing at the speed of light and computers now in most everyone’s hands, home recording studios are popping up everywhere. Whether you are a professional artist or a home recording enthusiast the two most important parts of your recording system are your microphones and your monitors. A vintage enthusiast should consider the same variety of speaker and microphone that set the standards for the era for which they have become so famous.

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