Sun, 18 June 2006
Some cool news, a new special feature, a celebrity interview with Bob Heil of Heil Sound, a gear review, and another chance to win a free prize! News: Two FREE Plugins! Feature Presentation: We've had quite a few requests for some more beginner oriented material once in awhile so we got our friend Andy Gagliano to give us a hand. He's an independent producer, audio engineer and sound designer for film and television. He's worked with several independent musicians in the studio, covering a huge range of genres from rock to hip-hop, acoustic to orchestral. Recently he came on the show to talk about MIDI and Soft Synths in the studio. Mark Jensen from PodSqod.com recently attended the National Association Of Broadcasters (NAB) convention where he had a chance to sit down with rock & roll gear legend, and creator of the famous Heil Talk Box, Mr. Bob Heil. Mark was kind enough to offer these clips to us so that you'd have a chance to listen in. This is part one of two. Gear Review:: Drums On Demand My Co-writer Song Starters Released!
Answer To Last Week's Trivia Question Q: What was the B side of Billy Preston's Nothing From Nothing that later went on to become a top five hit for Joe Cocker? A: You Are So Beautiful! Congratulations to Jim Farley, who was the first person to answer correctly and won a free copy of Guitar & Drum Trainer courtesy of Ryan Smith over at RenegadeMinds.com! And Patrick Bonier too! (He actually bought the single!) Honorable mention goes out to Paul Riggins, Stewart McLellan, Bill Camarata, John Demetre who all had the right answer, just a little too late. DOH! This week we're offering, once again, a free copy of Guitar And Drum Trainer to the first person to correctly answer this week's trivia question! This week, the trivia question is a little different, something we call Name That Band!. Simply tell us the name of the band featured in the picture below. If you listen to this week's show we give you four names to choose from to make it a little easier. Tags: music recording studio home studio project studio mixing protools plugin digidesign frappr creative commons the beatles billy preston digidesign guitar and drum trainer drums on demand nothing from nothing bob heil joe walsh the who tape op prince izotope andy gagliano midi podsqod mark jensen yamaha little river band little feat nitty gritty dirt band pure prairie league rad monkey the grateful dead digital music mag |
Mon, 12 June 2006
A few cool news items, PSN correspondent and 5-time Emmy-winner John Davidson, an interview with music software developer Ryan Smith and a few great surprises! First, on a sad note, Billy Preston is dead at the age of 60. He began playing piano while sitting on his mother's lap at age three. He collaborated with some of the greatest names in the music industry, including The Beatles, Sam Cooke, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eric Clapton, Sammy Davis Jr., Sly Stone, Aretha Franklin, George Harrison, The Jackson 5, Quincy Jones, Bob Dylan, and The Rolling Stones. He was the only person to receive a credit on a Beatles single, playing the electric piano on Get Back as part of the rooftop concert. Here are some other quick facts:
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BBE Acoustimax Instrument Preamp Glyph Online Disk Space Calculator Thanks to Frederic Phan from France for a generous donation to the show this week! PSN correspondent John Davidson is a 5-time Emmy-award winning audio post mixer. We hadn't heard from John for awhile until last week as he's been on hiatus enjoying his lovely new baby boy. This week he returns for the second part of his report on interesting facts, tips and tricks regarding the art of surround sound. Celebrity Interview: Ryan Smith of RenegadeMinds.com is the creator of Guitar And Drum Trainer. If you're serious about your music, and you think there's room to improve your playing, then GDT is for you. It's the ultimate musician's MP3 audio player, trainer and transcription aid. We had a chat with Ryan to talk about this cool practice tool. Answer To Last Week's Trivia Question Q: What famous performing musician dominated record sales for three entire decades in a row; #1 in the 50s, #2 in the 60s and #13 in the 70s? A: ELVIS! Congratulations to John Demetre, the only listener to answer correctly! This week we're offering a free copy of Guitar And Drum Trainer to the first person to correctly answer this week's trivia question! (You'll have to listen to see what the question is.) See you next week! Tags: music recording studio home studio project studio mixing protools plugin digidesign frappr creative commons emmy surround sound dolby the beatles sam cooke red hot chili peppers eric clapton sammy davis jr sly stone aretha franklin george harrison the jackson 5 quincy jones bob dylan the rolling stones saturday night live miles davis billy preston with you i'm born again digidesign elvis guitar and drum trainer syreeta wright |
Sun, 4 June 2006
A few cool news items, we welcome back PSN correspondent and 5-time Emmy-winner John Davidson, we have a mini gear review of EZ Drummer and Charles Dye pokes his head in for a second with a special surprise for us! Pro Tools Available For Intel Macs! All McDSP Plugins Coming For Intel Mac! New Massey L2007 Plugin Released Celebrity Interview: PSN correspondent John Davidson is a 5-time Emmy-award winning audio post mixer. We haven't heard from John for awhile as he's been on hiatus enjoying his lovely new baby boy. This week he returns with more interesting facts, tips and tricks on the art of surround sound. Featured Performance: Last week we enjoyed the final part in a four-part series with Charles Dye. In that last segment he talked about some of his recent projects and mentioned an independent artist he was working with that really impressed him, John Ralston. We play you one of the recent cuts from John's project that Charles worked on, a song called I Believe In Ghosts. Charles pops in for a quick introduction. Gear Review:
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Featured Studio: This week we're featuring a couple of shots of Mike Finley's home studio. We found Mike on the Frappr Map and have enjoyed learning about his setup. This is all contained in a second floor space and is a designated "Man Room".
Q: What legendary rock guitarist (a pioneer of the hard rock and metal genre) was a session player on Tom Jones' hit record It's Not Unusual? A: Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. Congratulations to Ronnie Marler and Aaron Griffith for submitting the correct answer. Ronnie kicked it up a notch by adding this tidbit: AC/DC drummer Chris Slade also performed on the track! Way to go Ronnie! See you next week! Tags: music recording studio home studio project studio mixing protools plugin digidesign frappr charles dye grammy creative commons sweetwater sound emmy john ralston tom jones jimmy page chris slade led zeppelin ac/dc it's not unusual surround sound dolby pro logic the cure bowflex |
Mon, 29 May 2006
A couple of cool news items. some tips and tricks, we tweak the stupid knob, we introduce a new feature and we present the last part of a four-part interview with Charles Dye that finishes off our first mini-series we call The 30 Days Of Dye. Crosstalk:
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Celebrity Interview: Multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning engineer, mixer and producer Charles Dye began his engineering career in 1992. Since that time he's mixed hits for Ricky Martin, Sammy Hagar, Julio Iglesias, and Jon Bon Jovi. He's also recorded artists such as Aerosmith, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira and Gloria Estefan, among many others. This is the final installment in our special series, The 30 Days Of Dye.
The studio where Mix It Like A Record was filmed: http://SuperSonicStudios.com Click to hear Charles' recent productions and mixes! Waves Plugins Sony Plugins This week we present a new feature that will appear on the show from time to time. It's Lane Sumner's Instrument Spotlight. Lane is, of course, the world-class guitarist that wrote and performs our theme song. This first installment is called: Breaking Out Of A Soloing Rut
Answer To Last Week's "How'd They Do That? Q: In the Cher song Believe there's a cool vocal effect...How'd They Do That? A: A combination of hybrid digital vocoding and filtering. There were a lot of good guesses! Honorable Mention goes to Jamin (Jay-men) Boggs who said, "Let the studio's pet monkey tune the vocal." Dangerously close was Don from Digital Music Mag who thought it was a Digitech Vocalist. Closest was Ronnie Marler and Aage from Norway who simply said, "It's a vocoder."
Thanks to Dave Hendrickson For Supporting PSN! Go see his web site and listen to all his wonderful original tunes.
See you next week! Tags: music recording studio home studio project studio mixing protools plugin digidesign frappr charles dye grammy creative commons ricky martin sammy hagar julio iglesias bon jovi aerosmith jennifer lopez shakira livin la vida loca shake your bon bon cher digitech autotune myspace sweetwater sound american idol waves sony oxford vocoder glyph |
Mon, 22 May 2006
A few cool resources and products, a review of a sweet plugin you're gonna want to check out, another exciting edition of How'd They Do That? and we present part three of our fireside chat with Charles Dye that's part of our special mini-series we call The 30 Days Of Dye. IT'S OUR 20th SHOW! YAHOO! Crosstalk:
Multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning engineer, mixer and producer Charles Dye began his engineering career in 1992. Since that time he's mixed hits for Ricky Martin, Sammy Hagar, Julio Iglesias, and Jon Bon Jovi. He's also recorded artists such as Aerosmith, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira and Gloria Estefan, among many others. This is Part #3 of 4 in our special series, The 30 Days Of Dye. The studio where Mix It Like A Record was filmed: Gear Review: Tri-Tone Digital ColorTone-Free & ColorTone-Pro ($129) - ColorTone is a "Tone Box" which simulates the signal path of analog devices through the use of convolution and various proprietary non-linear processes. ColorTone is designed to provide analog-like character and flavor to the modern digital audio workstation. ColorTone-Pro allows the user to load their own samples (instructions for sampling your own equipment are included) and provides the user with our custom-coded Warmth algorithm to enhance the signal-path with extra harmonic goodness. Big Al's Review Recommendation: He gives ColorTone 5 out of 5 VU meters! Answer To Last Week's Trivia Question: Q: Who was on the very first cover of Rolling Stone magazine? A: John Lennon! Congratulations to Jim Farley and Chris Swartwood for submitting the correct answer! See you next week! Tags: music recording studio home studio project studio mixing protools plugin digidesign frappr charles dye grammy john lennon creative commons ricky martin sammy hagar julio iglesias bon jovi aerosmith jennifer lopez shakira beatles rolling stone livin la vida loca shake your bon bon brian eno david byrne philharmonia orchestra stylus rmx colortone free colortone pro |
Mon, 15 May 2006
Viewer mail, a hot new demo offer from IK Multimedia and we present Part #2 of our 30 Days Of Dye series of interviews with Charles Dye. Viewer Mail: A request for help from Aaron Griffith of Death 101 Records. His friend is using Fruity Loops Studio (the latest version). Amplitube 1.0 worked fine, but he's getting all sorts of errors. He also tried it with Cakewalk Home Studio and it won't work there either. Have anyone heard of any issues with Amplitube 2.0 not working in this context? Write in and let us know! On a related note, IK Multimedia is offering a fully functional Amplitube 2 demo good for 30 starts! You'll need a SyncroSoft USB dongle or iKey plugged into your computer when you install it to activate it. This is not an iLok. If you don't have one you can get one online or at a local Guitar Center for about 30 bucks. Celebrity Interview: Multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning engineer, mixer and producer Charles Dye began his engineering career in 1992. Since that time he's mixed hits for Ricky Martin, Sammy Hagar, Julio Iglesias, and Jon Bon Jovi. He's also recorded artists such as Aerosmith, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira and Gloria Estefan, among many others. This is Part #2 of 4 in our special series, The 30 Days Of Dye. The studio where Mix It Like A Record was filmed: Here's Charles' setting for the Waves RenComp that closely mimics the buss compressor on an SSL console:
With most of the music he's been mixing lately, 4 dB of compression at the loudest point in the song has been sounding really good. Charles comments, "I should also say that this is in no way considered mastering compression. Compression across the stereo bus while mixing is done all the time on most of the records you own. Whether inserted at the beginning or towards the end it's been a pretty standard technique for decades done by engineers all over the globe. If you need anymore proof, I have three letters: S - S - L." Answer To Last Week's Trivia Question: Q: What two famous, number one artists sang back up on the Boz Scaggs' hit Love, Look What You've Done To Me, as heard on the Urban Cowboy soundtrack. A: Glen Frey and Don Henley of the Eagles! See you next week! Tags: music recording studio home studio project studio mixing protools plugin digidesign frappr leo laporte radio leo charles dye grammy boz scaggs creative commons ricky martin sammy hagar julio iglesias bon jovi aerosmith jennifer lopez shakira gloria estefan keith richards rolling stones livin la vida loca shake your bon bon eagles don henler glen frey rolling stone mick jagger amplitube fruit loops cakewalk syncrosoft ikey ilok guitar center |
Mon, 8 May 2006
First, a big PSN hello to our new listeners that are joining us after discovering us on Radio Leo, Leo Laporte's podcast network channel, and thanks to all our listeners for continually downloading the show each week. This week we hit a new milestone - as of show #17, we've exceeded the 6,000 listener mark! Yay! Crosstalk:
Nathan Chase's The Ghost That Feeds New Massey CT4 Compressor Plugin Mike's in a jazz band! PSN is now published under a Creative Commons License Celebrity Interview: Multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning engineer, mixer and producer Charles Dye began his engineering career in 1992. Since that time he's mixed hits for Ricky Martin, Sammy Hagar, Julio Iglesias, and Jon Bon Jovi. He's also recorded artists such as Aerosmith, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira and Gloria Estefan, among many others. This is Part #1 of 4 in our special series, The 30 Days Of Dye. The Stupid Knob: Keith Richards fans gathered outside a hospital last Sunday where the 62-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist was believed to be undergoing treatment for a mild concussion suffered when he fell out of a palm tree on vacation in Fiji. It was also reported that he got on a Jet Ski after the fall and had another accident. If Keith Richards falls out of tree in the forest and there's no one there to hear it, does it still make a sound? Answer To Last Week's Trivia Question: Q: Who played the guitar solo on the famous Beatles song While My Guitar Gently Weeps? A: Eric Clapton! See you next week! Tags: music recording studio home studio project studio mixing protools plugin digidesign frappr leo laporte radio leo charles dye grammy boz scaggs beatles while my guitar gently weeps the ghost that feeds the hand that feeds trent reznor massey compressor jazz creative commons ricky martin sammy hagar julio iglesias bon jovi aerosmith jennifer lopez shakira gloria estefan keith richards rolling stones desmond child livin la vida loca shake your bon bon josie steely dan smooth jazz stevie wonder al jarreau |
Sun, 30 April 2006
A couple of cool sites to share with you, a special podcast to recommend, a CD you ought to know about and Part #2 of our interview with the King Of All Geek Media, Mr. Leo Laporte! But first...next week begins a very special series of shows here at PSN that you do not want to miss! You're going to want to tell all of your friends to come and get subscribed to PSN so they don't miss it either. It's The 30 Days Of Dye! That's right, four shows in a row with the legendary Charles Dye. He's a multi-platinum, Grammy-winning mixer, engineer and producer. He was the first person to win a Grammy for a song that was mixed entirely 'in the box', with Pro Tools. No analog gear was used. And he actually likes to share his secrets with others about how to get your mixes to sound like a record. In fact, Charles has published a fantastic interactive mixing course called Mix It Like A Record. It features three hours of instruction, an ever-growing library of online instructional movies and 40 Pro Tools sessions for you to load up on your own gear and see exactly what he's doing. We'll be talking about subjects in this course throughout the next four shows with him. If you haven't already gotten this interactive mixing course for yourself, what are you waiting for? Crosstalk:
Rehearsals.com Joss Stone - The Soul Sessions Bare Naked Ladies Podcast Part #2 of an exciting interview with the King Of All Geek Media, Mr. Leo Laporte! Here's a link to the podcast channel that will get you all of Leo's dynasty of podcasts: Answer To Last Week's Trivia Question: Q: Before his career took off, Jackson Browne joined what unlikely band for just two weeks? A: Blue Oyster Cult! See you next week! Tags: music recording studio home studio mixing protools plugin digidesign frappr moog styx mr roboto vocoder roland prosoniq shooter jennings electric rodeo rick derringer free ride leo laporte this week in tech twit tech tv kfi tech guy macbreak radio leo the laporte report leoville security now the daily giz whiz floss call for help inside the net amber macarthur screen savers dev null pandora libsyn garage band intel mac charles dye mix it like a record grammy guitar center my space joss stone the soul sessions bare naked ladies jackson browne blue oyster cult take it easy glenn frey eagles beatles while my guitar gently weeps |
Mon, 24 April 2006
On today's show, a new product recommendation, music industry news, a great piece of viewer mail, a PSN blues jam and a fascinating interview with the King Of All Geek Media, Mr. Leo Laporte! Crosstalk: Links to the albums Mike & Al talk about: The PSN Blues Jam Mike and Al record a little blues jam based on the free jam tracks they recommended on the last show. Spotlight: Part #1 of an exciting interview with the King Of All Geek Media, Mr. Leo Laporte! Here's a link to the podcast channel that will get you all of Leo's dynasty of podcasts: Viewer Mail: Matthias Frank from Germany writes, "I'm working here on Pro Tools 24 Mix on OS 9 and I was visiting some trade shows with different companies who offer new (supposedly better) audio interfaces for a much cheaper price. I'm debating whether or not to sell all of my formerly "high-class" equipment from Digidesign and switch to something else. "Is the quality that much better as these new companies tell you and try to convince you? Would do you guys think about the quality issues regarding audio interfaces. Is it all hype?" Answer To Last Week's: How'd They Do That? Q: There's a popular vocal effect used in songs like Mr.Roboto by Styx, and even in some science fiction programs. How'd They Do That? David "SpoonZ" Spooner from Australia answered the question correctly and even sent in an audio example of how he created this effect with plugins in his own studio. See you next week! Tags: music recording studio home studio mixing protools plugin digidesign frappr moog styx mr roboto vocoder roland prosoniq shooter jennings electric rodeo rick derringer free ride leo laporte this week in tech twit tech tv kfi tech guy macbreak radio leo the laporte report leoville security now the daily giz whiz floss call for help inside the net amber macarthur screen savers dev null pandora libsyn garage band intel mac |
Sun, 16 April 2006
Coming up in May, 30 Days Of Dye! Yes, a spectacular four-part interview with the lovely and talented Mr. Charles Dye. You don't want to miss even one of these as Charles generously shares his insights and Grammy-winning mixing secrets with us. Link to Massey Plugins for ProTools: Free guitar backing/jam tracks: The Thomas Dolby Tour Blog: This week we feature the second half of our interview we did a couple of weeks ago with Mark Jensen, the host of the popular PodSqod podcast. This week we talk a little "gear talk" and discuss the independent musician online. Answer To Last Week's Trivia Question: Q: What was the first Beatles song to feature a Moog synthesizer? A: Because off of the Abbey Road album. This reminds Al that a cool new mono, analog Moog synth has recently been released. It's called the Moog Little Phatty. Here's a pic and a link: This Week's Trivia Question: This week is another special edition of "How'd They Do That?" This time it's the popular vocal effect used in songs like Mr.Roboto by Styx. Have a listen and tell us how they did that. Better yet, send us an MP3 of you doing the same thing yourself! See you next week! Tags: music recording studio home studio mixing frappr digidesign protools plugin the beatles podsqod mark jensen abbey road broadcasting moog little phatty synthesizer charles dye grammy thomas dolby styx mr roboto |