New Room: Firefly Sound Studio — Hill Country, Texas
There’s a certain elegance to dedicated work space. An area designed with purpose and intent. Free from distractions of everyday life. Spaces like these can help artists achieve a level of focus that...
View ArticleSonarworks Adds Six More Headphone Models To Calibration Software
Sonarworks understands that headphones have physical limitations regarding the frequency response they can slather across our ears. Mixing, and referencing through headphones in particular are...
View Article5 Ways to Ruin a Mix — by Joey Sturgis
Joey Sturgis’ “Mixing Master Class” is free to watch live July 16-17 on CreativeLive. This is a guest post by producer/mixer/engineer Joey Sturgis. Learn more from Joey at his upcoming CreativeLive...
View ArticleiZotope Offers Free Mastering Presets Designed by Greg Calbi for Ozone
iZotope’s creative mastering platform Ozone 6 is, itself, capable of a wide range of sonic results. It is always great to feel confident that a mix is ready for the next level – mastering. But wouldn’t...
View Article“Mixology” with George Walker Petit: The Truth About Record Producers
GWP challenges you to face your true role in the studio.
View Article“Mixology” with George Walker Petit: Set Fire to Your Distractions
A philosophical foundation for kicking people the f*ck out of your studio.
View Article“Mixolgy” with George Petit: The Drew Zingg Adventure — Chapter 1
GWP returns -- and he's got something to show you.
View ArticleReview: SPL Phonitor 2 Preamplifier & Headphone Monitoring Amplifier – by...
What difference can a big-ticket headphone amp make to your mixes?
View ArticleBalance – What’s Gone Missing on Your Way to the Studio?
Advancing your career can make it hard to have it all – George Walker Petit explains.
View ArticleNew Gear Review: Rupert Neve Designs RNHP Precision Headphone Amplifier
As a musician, producer and engineer who lives in New York City and uses public transport, I have become very familiar with the happy world that is created in my head whether I am monitoring on high...
View Article“Mixology” with George Walker Petit: Set Fire to Your Distractions
“There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation.” — W. C. Fields W.C. Fields -- George's true muse. The ‘by the tail’ part suggests a rather...
View Article“Mixolgy” with George Petit: The Drew Zingg Adventure — Chapter 1
I think I am finally at the point where I can tell the story now. As I sit on this American Airlines flight #64 with my wife, bound for a place that is safe and sacred to me, a place that I have...
View ArticleReview: SPL Phonitor 2 Preamplifier & Headphone Monitoring Amplifier – by...
WHAT, WHY, HOW ?? You might have read my article “Mixing in Headphones” which appeared on sonicscoop.com’s website a couple of years ago. After rather verbosely delving into my reasons for...
View ArticleBalance – What’s Gone Missing on Your Way to the Studio?
So I am sitting there in the lushness of an SSL control room in a major studio here in NYC. Happy. Happy to be engineering and producing a project for a very cool young trio of musicians from an...
View ArticleNew Gear Review: Rupert Neve Designs RNHP Precision Headphone Amplifier
As a musician, producer and engineer who lives in New York City and uses public transport, I have become very familiar with the happy world that is created in my head whether I am monitoring on high...
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