Why trying to be perfect is detrimental to your growth as an audio engineer
Recording and mixing are two forms of artistic expression. Like drawing or painting, there’s a lot more to being proficient than just having natural talent....
How to survive as a working audio engineer
It’s almost impossible to find steady work at the start of your career. Most audio engineers are grinders, we start small– going from one gig...
Should you go to school for audio engineering?
So you like making music…maybe you make EDM in your bedroom, or you’re in a band, or you want to be the next big rapper....
What are the different types of compressors?
FET, Opto, VCA, Vari-MU…..you’ve probably heard these names to describe types of compressors, you sort of know which type is right for what, but what...
Recording in paradise: AIR Studios Montserrat
In the modern recording era getting clients to travel more than an hour is a big ask, but in 1980, not so much. After a...
Carbon microphones and the Placid Audio Carbonphone
The Carbonphone is undeniably cool. Just the way it looks, screams cool. I’d first heard about Carbon microphones in music history class, but it wasn’t...
How to properly check the phase when recording drums
Phase, phase, phase. Ahhh, what can I say about phase? We all love phase! Not. In my earlier years of recording, I used to post...
EMT 250 and the birth of digital audio
My experience with the EMT 250/251 When I started my first internship at Sabella Studios, the place was littered with strange things I’d never seen...
Is your career where you thought it would be? Neither is mine.
I turned 28 a few months ago, and if, at age 18, you had told me my audio career would be where it is at...
What’s more important microphones or preamps?
What do you buy first, a good mic or a good preamp? If you’re a new engineer looking to start building your studio, this is...