Production Expert Podcast

In this edition Julian and Ashea are joined by Grammy Award-winning Producer, Engineer & Musician Chris Shaw & Multi-Platinum Engineer Bainz , where they discuss ways in which we can streamline our workflow to help stay in the creative zone.

Talking Points:
What are some repetitive & time consuming tasks in our production/mixing workflows and what can we do to cut back on them and stay creative?
Finds of the week:Julian: The Sopranos
Ashea: Sonicbox Studios
Bainz: VLC Mixwave Audio Channel Strip
Chris: Lean into frustration when mixing

In this edition Julian and Ashea are joined by Luke Goddard and Paul Maunder, where they discuss tried and tested production rules and ask, does anyone care about that anymore and if so, why?

Talking Points:

• Being in the room with the artist/client, is it still necessary? Does it even matter?
• Have listeners' ears become accustomed to things like Auto tune, heavy compression, would anyone care if we stopped doing these things?
• Loudness Wars- does anyone care anymore?
• Mix Assistants E.g EZ mix, is it cheating?

Finds of the week:

Julian:Using what you already have in the studio (Carbon story, Caldigit Ethernet, audio key on piano)
Ashea: Audio Ease- Speakerphone 3
Paul: BlackMagic UltraStudio Recorder
Luke: Leaf Audio

In this edition of The Production Expert Podcast Russ Hughes is joined this week by Mark M Thompson and James Ivey to discuss all things guitar, from playing arranging and recording through to hiring a player

In this week’s Podcast Julian Rodgers, James Ivey and Audrey Martinovich discuss microphones. Responding to an excellent video produced by Antelope Audio in which studio legend Sylvia Massy goes completely over the top miking Taylor Hawkins’ drums - Excellent!

In our recent poll on what type of audio interface our community were using USB emerged as the clear winner. Mike, James and Eli discuss why this might be.