Category Archives: production

This KONG logo looks pretty familiar

The logo for Reason’s new KONG drum synth: Looks like a chinese knockoff of the KORG logo: Probably on purpose.

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Link: Propellerheads Set To Enter Digital Audio Workstation Market |

Future Music is reporting that Propellerheads is going to unveil their new digital audio workstation soon. This will not be an update to Reason, which will retain its own product category, but will be a new standalone product that will … Continue reading

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20 Seconds: Twitter For Audio

To try to get the creative juices flowing I’ve started a new Tumblr blog. I call it 20 Seconds. The goal is this: every day post at least 20 seconds of audio. It doesn’t have to be great. It just … Continue reading

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Mixing for MP3 Is Stupid

In my opinion. Once in a while I’ll read something about mixing engineers and how they create different mixes for CDs and digital music services. The arguments are that encodes don’t recreate certain frequencies well, like anything below 100hz. So … Continue reading

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Audio Damage Not Amused

Related to the post “Yes – it does make you a bad person”, Audio Damage celebrates their 5th anniversary. We’ve thrown a few elbows in the industry, made a lot of friends, bought a bunch of ads, faced some fairly … Continue reading

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Making a “Favorites” Folder In Logic Pro 8

Once in a while I write Logic tutorials on this site. Lately I’ve been thinking of doing some videos. This video takes a look at how to quickly create a Favorites folder for setting aside your favorite Audio Instrument presets. … Continue reading

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T-Pain v. His Vocoder

I never thought this was a vocoder, just autotune. See more T-Pain videos at Funny or Die

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Screenshot: Logic Pro 8 Graphic Glitch

Sometimes, when opening up the loops or library sidebar window thingy, Logic Pro 8 doesn’t draw the arrange area correctly.

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Link: Recreating Thom Yorke’s “The Eraser” on a Monome

Via Create Digital Music: …here’s a video that really demonstrates how the Monome turns a set of buttons into a way of arranging and performing music. Adam, aka makingthenoise, covers Tom Yorke’s “The Eraser” using a Monome 40h, Ableton Live, … Continue reading

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Link: Metallica’s New Album Sounds Better in Guitar Hero than CD

I haven’t heard it yet, but Death Magnetic has apparently been squashed flat – no dynamics at all, unless you’re listening to the Guitar Hero version: Via 1up: Metallica’s latest album, Death Magnetic, was finally released to the world on … Continue reading

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