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Mix Blog Studio: The Soul of a Machine?
With the continuing development of artificial intelligence, there’s been plenty of talk lately about robots replacing humans in the workplace. If you’re a musician,...
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Mix Blog Studio: Europe Revamps Its Copyright Laws
I don’t generally get to use the phrase “Here’s some breaking news,” in this space, but, well, here’s some breaking news. Today in Brussels,...
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Product of the Week: Blue Microphones Ember
Okay, I know what you’re going to say. “This is Mix. You’re focused on pro audio. What are you doing covering a $99 large-diaphragm...
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Product of the Week: Audient ID44 Audio Interface
I’ve been a fan of Audient’s interfaces for a while now. I reviewed and later bought an ID14, and I’ve tried out the ID22,...
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Mix Blog Studio: Hype Not Necessary
If you’re looking to buy a new audio interface, your choices are plentiful. I don’t have statistics for it, but speaking anecdotally, it seems...
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Product of the Week: Audified ToneSpot Bass Pro
The Czech Republic-based developer Audified has put out several mixing plug-ins in recent years that are dedicated to specific sources and feature a relatively...
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Mix Blog Studio: The Joys of Multiband Transient Shaping
I had what you might call a “revelation” during a recent mixing project. No, it wasn’t a spiritual experience, but it was eye-opening. I...
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Mix Blog Studio: The Pleasures of Going Commercial
There are plenty of advantages to working in a home studio, both financial and practical, but sometimes it’s more than worth it to record...
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Mix Blog Studio: Mixing by Committee—The Perils and Possibilities
I’m currently mixing an 11-song album project with a band that I play with. I’m the only one in the group who has a...
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Mix Blog Studio: Spend Some Quality Time With the Mute Button
We live in an age of unlimited track counts. We’re no longer restricted to 8, 16, 24 or 48, as in the past. Nowadays,...
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Product of the Week: Cubase 10
Today’s DAW market is fiercely competitive, which has led to rapid growth of features and capabilities in most of the major applications. Almost every...
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Mix Blog Studio: A New Way to Buy Music Software
I’ve been ambivalent about software subscriptions ever since the first plans started appearing. On the one hand, they provide access to a lot more...
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Mix Blog Studio: Take My Files, Please!
Whether you’re a musician, producer or engineer, the odds are that you spend some time sharing audio files with your colleagues online. I know...
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Product of the Week: TASCAM Model 24—It Only Looks Retro
If you’re old enough to remember the TASCAM Portastudio, you’re sure to get a pang of nostalgia when you see the new TASCAM Model...
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Product of the Week: Apogee FX Rack Plug-Ins
What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the name Apogee? Hardware, right? That was certainly my mindset when I walked into...
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Mix Blog Studio: What’s in Your Archive?
I was too busy looking at new products to attend many panel discussions at the recent AES Convention, but one I did get to...
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Mix Blog Studio: AES 2018—Let the Games Begin
The AES Convention starts tomorrow, and it’s the organization’s 145th International Pro Audio Convention. No, that doesn’t mean that the first AES show was...
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Mix Blog Studio: Tick Tock and Gridlock
Click tracks are a given in electronic and other loop-based music styles, but when recording with live musicians, they can sometimes be more trouble...
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Mix Blog Studio: Two for One?
If you’re reading this blog, chances are you spend countless hours working in your digital audio workstation and countless applications. As you know very...
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Mix Blog Studio: We’re All Gonna DI
As you probably noticed from the photo that appears most weeks along with this blog, I’m a guitar player. So you won’t be particularly...
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Mix Blog Studio: Truly Mobile
The idea of being able to record anywhere is compelling. Whether you do field recording or just want to be able to work on...
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Mix Blog Studio: Farewell to Noise
Recently, two innovative noise-reduction plug-ins, Audionamix IDC (Instant Dialogue Cleaner) and McDSP NR800, have hit the market. Though quite different in design and application,...
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Mix Blog Studio: Residual Knowledge
Recently, a fledgling twenty-something composer named Darren visited an old-folks home outside of New York City to talk to a man we’ll call Grandpa,...
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Mix Blog Studio: Cool Plug-Ins from the Land of the Euro
There’s no shortage of music-software developers out there, and sometimes because of the glut of companies, it’s hard to keep up with them all....
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Mix Blog Studio: Mixing on the Long and Winding Road
For me, mixing is the most fascinating, challenging and rewarding part of the music production process. It’s like a long, multifaceted story that unfolds...
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Mix Blog Studio: Yo, Merge This!
For a long time there were rumors about Apple wanting to eventually merge iOS and Mac. There have been some developments in that direction,...
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Conjuring Up a Dead Session
I had an interesting lesson this week in why it’s important to do more than just hit Save—or even hit Save and make a...
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