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:
PSN On Digital Music Mag Andy Diekroger Sweetwater Sound (800) 222-4700 Ext. #1273
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."
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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 |