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Dave Pensado’s Place, Episode #2 – Stereo Buss Compression

By Big Al on Friday, January 21st, 2011 | 1 Comment

The second episode of Pensado’s Place with mixing engineer Dave Pensado, Herb Trawick, and Zan Nakari are joined by world-renowned mixing engineer Jean-Marie Horvat (Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, TI, Reba Mcentire, Beyonce, etc.). On this week’s Into The Lair, Dave goes over stereo buss compression and the difference between compressors and limiters. The gang also [...]

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Weird Al Yankovic In The Studio – BOO-YAH!

By Big Al on Monday, October 26th, 2009 | 1 Comment

A behind-the-scenes look at “Weird Al” Yankovic and his band in the studio during the making of the “Straight Outta Lynwood” album. If you were hired to play on one of his sessions I’ll bet it would be one of the more challenging assignments of your career; loads of fun, but challenging. (Thanks to @Gilligan204)

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How To Get Those Dr. Dre Drums

By Big Al on Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 | No Comments

Russ (from the Air Users Blog) shows how some of the top dance producers get their drum tracks working. He shows the tricks you can use to get a serious groove and then how to save you own signature grooves as loops.

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Learn A Low Tech Approach To Syncing Up Bass And Drums

By Big Al on Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 | No Comments

So, what if you’ve got tracks where the bass player and the drummer weren’t really in sync? I suppose you could use Beat Detective or Elastic Time, but how about something more low-tech and faster?

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The Making Of The Toontrack Jazz Sample Recordings

By Big Al on Thursday, June 11th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Blackbird Studios – Nashville, TN – November 2007 A video featuring: Roy “Futureman” Wooten (Drums) Chris Grainger (Sound Engineer) Mark Petaccia (Blackbird Assistant Engineer) Raymond Massey (Drum Tech/Consultant/Tuner) Vance Powell (Blackbird Chief Engineer) Mattias Eklund (Toontrack Music) Brad Bowden (Toontrack Music) ToonTrack.com

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