Remastering Speak For Yourself at SuperAudioMastering

I have always felt, Imogen Heap is brilliant. Some pretty interesting stuff here...

Are Hardware Production Setups Becoming Obsolete? Or Making a Comeback?

LNA Production Session (EP in 3 months) 16th of October

Great session. This is probably just about the best Indie Music Creator and Instructional channels on YouTube. I think Liina is just fantastic, and brilliant...

I think this composer is also brilliant. Here, she provides examples of writing with Mediant chords...

This demonstration (and teaching) is in relation to various modulation techniques...

Best New Interfaces and Software at NAMM 2024

Dolby Atmos - Corporate Power Grab - Greed

Definite learning experience here...

"I'm going to start by saying that I have a Dolby Atmos studio that conforms to spec. From an audio perspective, I love Atmos. It opens up mixes and is like a breath of fresh air to a lot of catalog material being remixed. The audio itself is one subject. That being said, the marketing push (i.e. requirement now) from Apple and others regarding Atmos mixes is definitely a power grab, no question about it. Stereo was never "licensed". It was a natural outgrowth of the technology of the time. It became a "de-facto" standard. Musically, it is the most popular reproduction format and doesn't require additional subscriptions or licenses to listen. THIS is where it starts to get all "conspiracy". It's all about the licensing, and getting people to pay a subscription (of course) to listen to Atmos content on their devices. And this might be in the form of a software add on or update, or a different subscription you have to have, or whatever - but I believe that is the ultimate goal. 

Technically, you can deliver a stereo mix through an Atmos formatted deliverable. Just because you can send stuff to 12 speakers doesn't mean you have to. But that doesn't address the fact that Atmos deliverables are now being required no matter what, and you can't say shit about it. Dolby is becoming the Live Nation/Ticketmaster of audio, it seems. And what a shame, because Dolby used to have a more decent reputation than being basically acting like a mobster now." -Bill Vincent 

(YouTube Viewer)

"You know what Atmos folded down to two speakers is? Stereo.... And that's how 99.9% of consumers will experience it. The fact that Apple has said that their curated playlists will be Atmos only tells me everything I need to know. This is an attempt at gatekeeping. The majors are mad that a kid can produce and easily distribute a hit record from their bedroom." -joegac57 (YouTube Viewer)

"As someone who designs Atmos mixing rooms and private cinemas, I 100% agree with you. The experience of immersive music and soundtracks is honestly surreal when listenening in the right environment. However, you need to spend hundreds of thousands to get that experience and its only an option for the very wealthy or for production studios doing Film and TV. It's hard enough to get people to buy a nice set of stereo speakers, so its almost impossible to get consumers to go out and buy an atmos rig." -Durosai (YouTube Viewer)

Lunchbox Sociables: Episode 5 - Tascam DP24, Home Recording, Songwriting, Multitrack Basics...

It can be interesting to get someone else's take on home studio recording, and the particular techniques they use...

Hmm? Interesting!

A few more:

1) Eddie Van Halen bolted his iconic guirar together from cheap factory second parts

2) Aphex Twin’s album Cheetah was made using only a Cheetah MS800 synth that is literally unprogrammable

3) Caroline Polachek’s first album was recorded into her old laptop microphone

4) Alessandro Cortini’s Risveglio album made entirely on a Roland MS-202 and a cheap 4-track cassette recorder. -ksmusiclounge1648 (YouTube Viewer).

"The 1st and 2nd St-Vincent's albums were recorded 100% in GarageBand by Annie Clark alone. Also about Finneas: he's still using, to this day, a $100 Audio-Technica pair of headphones for production and mixing." -koyl (YouTube Viewer).

"I remember doing training when I worked at the Apple Store and our trainer told us that the umbrella track was just a free loop in garageband. He even played it for us and told us the tempo. Vintage Kit 03 at 90BPM." -seancca (YouTube Viewer).

"Some years ago, I composed and recorded the entire soundtrack for an independent film using free apps on an iPad 4, using the $60 version of Reaper as a DAW. The director loved everything I did. The money I made from it paid for a lot of my other equipment." -GodsUnrulyFriends (YouTube Viewer).