Fantastic visit to see acclaimed drummer/engineer Ash Soan yesterday. Ash ( Del Amitri, Will Young, Squeeze Official, Trevor Horn) specialises in recording and supplying drum tracks remotely from his extensive set-up housed in the base of a 'post mill' (a type of traditional windmill), reconstructed with hay bales and lime render! Full report to follow in an upcoming issue of Resolution Magazine ... ... See MoreSee Less

1 week ago

Rich Aitken writes in Resolution Magazine - gain structure in DAWS. Rich has a 15-year plus career as a film score, video game score and TV series music producer and mixer Nimrod Sound ... See MoreSee Less

3 weeks ago

Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) has installed two Solid State Logic (SSL) System-T AoIP-based networked audio production systems into its main news studios, providing the core of DR’s breaking news transmissions as well as regular broadcasts on the DR1 and DR2 TV channels. The Solid State Logic (SSL) System-T installation consists of two identical systems in studio 13 and 14, each with its own Tempest Audio Engines, 48-fader main Control Room control surfaces, plus T-SOLSA (PC-based control) and Remote Fader Panels in the Production Control Rooms. Studio analogue I/O is supplied by SSL Alpha-Link Live R (Analogue, AES, MADI) and SSL Network I/O SB 8.8 (Mic, Line, GPIO), while Machine Room facilities include Network I/O SDI-MADI and MADI Bridge units. Both System Ts are running 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days per year. They're a core part of DR's breaking news transmissions as well as regular broadcasts on the DR1 and DR2 TV channels. ... See MoreSee Less

3 weeks ago

Mike Prestwood Smith interviewed in Resolution Magazine - we asked him how he got into mixing movies?
"When Goldcrest Films built their downstairs facility in Lexington Street in the early 90's they bought a very expensive Synclavier and needed someone who knew how to use it, and so they hired me. That really was the beginning of my period drilling down in terms of learning post and, although I recorded a lot of ADR and foley, I also did quite a lot of complicated sound design for film, and finally started mixing more high-profile TV dramas. Soldier Soldier, Playing the Field, Silent Witness and quite a lot of Hallmark-type mini-series are what springs to mind. The time challenge on that stuff was quite tough so you had to learn to think on your feet, you learn what works – and what doesn't – pretty quickly ..." ... See MoreSee Less

4 weeks ago

Waves Audio Smack Attack, reviewed by Russell Cottier in Resolution Magazine : "In general use, the plug-in is very effective as a creative tool for mangling sounds such as drum tracks and vocals, and it is a great tool for sound transformation: creating a pad sound from acoustic guitar, for example ........ Certain other plug-ins offer some level of transient shaping – for example Izotope Neutron – but the level of detail in shaping the transients, and (arguably more importantly) the sustain controls, are not offered elsewhere." ... See MoreSee Less

4 weeks ago

LiquidSonics 7th Heaven Professional reviewed by Russell Cottier this month in Resolution Magazine – a reverb plug-in with the ambitious aim of reproducing the most sought after hardware reverberation tool of a generation – the Bricasti M7. ... See MoreSee Less

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