News Pro Audio Engineering The Sound: Retro Powerstrip Recording Channel by Happy We’re diving into the world of vintage-inspired audio gear with the Retro Powerstrip recording channel This versatile unit combines a preamp, EQ, and compressor into a single, rugged package, offering…
News Pro Audio Engineering The Sound: STS 500 series EQ unit from Sound Matter by Happy Sound Matter are a pretty new company out of Maryland, USA, run by producer Gabe Karlick, and the STS is their first piece so far The STS is a hi…
News Pro Audio Maag Audio: Redefining Studio Excellence by Ethan Saunders The Maag PREQ2 & EQ4, a dynamic duo for every studio. In the realm of audio innovation, Maag Audio stands as a beacon of excellence, pioneered by the visionary Cliff…
News Pro Audio The FabFilter Pro-R2 adds to FabFilter’s workhorse mixing suite. by Oliver Ashby Exactly the right amount of control, exactly the right amount of thinking done for you. You would not be blamed for feeling completely lost amidst the wash of reverb plugins…
News Pro Audio A seriously handy addition to the mixing toolkit: Oeksound’s Soothe 2 by Oliver Ashby I wanted to be that one guy to say ‘nah nah it’s all hype’ but alas, I am on board. Dynamic EQ and compression is becoming a go to modern…
News Pro Audio Want Gear from Iconic Studios, in your DAW, for Free? We’ve giving away KIT Plugins Blackbird Products. by Tim McArtney KIT Plugins has recreated two pieces of gear from Iconic recording studios, straight to your DAW. We’ve got their Blackbird Products to giveaway. Newcomers KIT Plugins are all quality over…
News Who is Stagger Lee? Learn the story of music’s most name-dropped criminal by Happy Nick Cave, Bob Dylan, The Black Keys, The Clash, James Brown, Elvis Presley, The Grateful Dead. What do all these artists have to do with a violent pimp and a…
Features Pro Audio The Pultec EQ: the humble hero of the studio by Dan Shaw Sometimes, you just need something that makes it sound better. The Pultec EQ has launched a thousand hits with its combination of simplicity and sophistication. Some pieces of studio gear…
News Pro Audio EQ with colour: meet the Massive Pride from Manley by Happy Manley is renowned for creating studio hardware of exceedingly high quality, with the Massive Passive Stereo EQ being one of their prime pieces of kit. To celebrate Pride Month, they’ve…
News Pro Audio Pour yourself a fresh cup of vintage gear with Acustica Audio’s Coffee by Josh Davies Acustica Audio has released Coffee, a plugin suite designed as a modern take on vintage hardware. The suite includes a channel strip, EQ, preamp and compressor. Modelled on six different…
Features Pro Audio The Manley VOXBOX – the modern classic that owns your vocal chain by Dan Shaw The outboard processing world is populated with specialists. A particular preamp for this, another EQ for that and a favourite compressor for something else. The VOXBOX by Manley pulls off…
Features Pro Audio The channel strip part IV: panning controls and faders by Happy In our final chapter in the channel strip series, we explore the all-important panning controls and faders: the keys tools to create space and dynamics in a mix. If the…
Features Pro Audio Understanding the channel strip part II: equalisation by Dan Shaw In the first article of this series, we discovered the purpose and functionality of the preamp. Although preamps can leave an indelible impression on the sound of a signal, that’s…
