This episode, Doc and I chat about shelf EQ, and how to use it (pun intended) the wrongest!

In this episode, Doc and I discuss analogue vs digital workflows.

After our Christmas/New Year break, Doc and I catch up to talk about the (hopefully, only temporary) death of my API 5500 4 band parametric EQ. Since recording this episode, I have tested the right channel and found the same issue, so it’s not just one channel that’s playing up. Doc mentioned the Furman power … Continue reading "Episode 178 – The William LaForge inquisition- volume 2"

This week, I caught up with John Brandt, an acoustician now living in Indonesia. John contracts out his services for studio and acoustic design via his website, John H Brandt Acoustic Designs. From his site, you can access his Resources page, which is full of useful info, articles and tools.

We’re back with some more audio-related chit chat!We have finally got around to William LaForge’s questions from about… oh, I dunno… a thousand years ago. Apologies for the delay!We talk about harmonic distortion (tube/transformer), and about how microphones work.But I now realise we didn’t really discuss how to use them. Too easy to assume that … Continue reading "Episode 176 – The William LaForge Inquisition: Volume 1"

This episode, Doc and I catch up on all that has transpired over the last 3 months.One of the things Doc has been doing has been recording and mixing large wind ensembles, like Symphonic Winds of the Pacific. We talk about the approaches to both miking and mixing these types of performances.

And we’re back! Again! Didn’t plan on that long a break, but sometimes, life happens. Doc has been mixing a couple of L.A. artists out of his home studio, while I have been plugging away with various paid work through my studio (radio production and podcasts for other people). The teaching gig I was meant … Continue reading "Episode 174 – A long time between drinks"

This week, I am about to start teaching at a local community college on the Central Coast of New South Wales. And Doc has picked up a second college! One-upmanship at its finest! We answer Theo’s question about EQ smearing, which involves putting Doc on the spot talking resistors, inductors and so forth! I found … Continue reading "Episode 173 – A bit of everything"

This week, part 2 of our discussion on compression. Greg Anderson sent us a link to this youtube video… the Falcon Heavy launch, as viewed from the top of the Vehicle Assembly Building by a bunch of photographers, all captured in glorious binaural! Grab your favourite set of cans, sit back and enjoy! In the … Continue reading "Episode 172 – Compression part 2"

This week, the first of two (or maybe three?) episodes on dynamic compression. Also, I came across this article about the future of audio and the blockchain. Whilst I’m only just dipping my toes in the waters of cryptocurrencies, I believe blockchain technology IS going to revolutionise copyright ownership in the future. Watch this space. … Continue reading "Episode 171 – Compression part 1"