octopusdrummer Announcements/Events No Comments cheap, DR10, dynamic range, Dynamic Range Day, engineer, eq techniques, justin lewis, loudness war, mixing, production, quality, recording, richmond, studio, tt loudness meter, turn me up, va, virginia
Today is Dynamic Range Day! Post a link to dynamicrangeday.com on Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, your blog, or wherever you want and spread the word if you like good sounding music. Also check out turnmeup.org. From their website: “Turn Me Up is a non-profit music industry organization campaigning to give artists back the choice to [...]
octopusdrummer Announcements/Events 1 Comment ac/dc, brickwall, cheap, dynamic range, Dynamic Range Day, engineer, justin bieber, justin lewis, loudness war, metallica, motorhead, over-compressed, production, quality, recording, richmond, studio, the beatles, va, virginia
This week, I wanted to let everyone know about Dynamic Range Day. It’s coming up on Friday, the 25th. What is Dynamic Range Day, you ask? Using social networking, Dynamic Range Day is a way of bringing awareness to the fact that dynamic music sounds better than super-loud, over-compressed music, and is a day of [...]
octopusdrummer Studio Update 1 Comment Certain Folk, cheap, Chris Mullican, Elemint Fresh, engineer, Jean-Baptiste Stowell, Jesse Dennis, Joe Threat, justin lewis, Magazine 33, production, quality, recording, Rhythmikinesis, richmond, studio, va, virginia, Your Boy Tom Tom
This week I wanted to give an update on what’s going on/coming up in the studio. I’ve been super busy preparing for several projects, and I’m super excited about all of them. I’ve got a client that needs music for a promotional video, I have a live show with Joe Threat in May, and I’m [...]
octopusdrummer Effects plug-ins No Comments bandpass, cheap, engineer, eq, eq filters, eq techniques, equalizer, graphic, justin lewis, megaphone effect, paragraphic, parametric, production, quality, recording, richmond, studio, va, virginia
Part 1 of my series of explanations of popular effects An EQ or equalizer is an extremely powerful tool in the mixing process; probably every project I have ever done has included EQ somewhere in one or more of the effects chains. EQ is a tool for changing the frequency curve of a sound. Of [...]
octopusdrummer Uncategorized No Comments Bohemian Rhapsody, cheap, engineer, justin lewis, mixing, production, quality, Queen, recording, richmond, studio, va, virginia
Bohemian Rhaposdy I recently found the raw multitrack files for this and some other Queen songs online. Originally I was going to talk about some of the interesting things I noticed about how this track was recorded, but it just so happens that the guys at homerecordingshow.com were also discussing these tracks in their latest [...]
octopusdrummer Uncategorized No Comments cheap, engineer, justin lewis, production, quality, recording, richmond, studio, va, virginia
Alright, so I was going to make a real, actual blog post today…But instead I’m working on this site, so I’m busy with that. I think I’m going to have to get the site straight before I get to posting….yes another excuse. So, just about one more week and the blog onslaught shall begin.
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