Wonder which button to press next……
According to Deyquan Bowens review: This VST Is Perfect For Aux Keys - AX73 VST by Martinic
What up! @MLNow visited Hyde St last week and popped into my studio while we were tracking guitar overdubs. Here’s the article featuring a great interview with our studio manager Jack Kertzman:
https://missionlocal.org/2025/06/hyde-street-studios-tenderloin-business/
#SFBA #ProAudio #MusicProduction #GameAudio
Features I particularly like for a desktop #ProAudio interface:
- USB C w/ separate USB C power (for situations where the host can't provide adequate power, e.g. a phone)
- physical on/off
- per channel switches for 48v, line/instrument, and live monitoring
- per channel knob for monitor mix
- big fat volume knob
- gain boost button and separate volume for headphones
- pleasantly stiff analog knobs
- separate level meters for both inputs and outputs
- all of the buttons light up when engaged
But it also occurs to me that this is a use case where I could see value in machine learning tools
to recreate the cadence and art of the delivery cleanly from existing sources would make these much more accessible to modern audiences.
Reading King is not the same as hearing him speak. And I'm not normally one to listen to speeches.
(reposted to fix borked threading)
2/2 #ProAudio
Some #LessonsLearned on using #AdobeAudition to remove background noise and make #AudioBook recordings comply with ACX standards for #Audible
(and because that's how I roll, how to do it in #ReaperDAW, too)
When I switch to the melodic range spectrogram layer, you can see WHERE the ref mix is louder. The low end is much more powerful throughout.
But there are also some short higher pitches (xylophone, I think?) arpeggiating throughout that are much louder. It's PRETTIER, but I didn't actually like how bright they were in the ref mix.
Reference mix is on top; our mix is on bottom. These are normalized to -1 dB peak, because I am specifically evaluating the mix. (If I just wanted to compare how they sounded and which I preferred, then it would make sense to normalize to perceived loudness, the default for #ffmpeg-normalize.)
Our mix has more dynamic range, prob too much. That fits _my_ tastes, but it's not what the market prefers. You can see some limiting in the ref mix, but not excessive.
I need to compare a reference mix to the one that my team did in the AES student mixing competition last month. #SonicVisualiser is a great tool for this, but first I need to normalize the audio tracks so they are at roughly the same perceived loudness. ffmpeg-normalize is a quick CLI tool for this purpose.
https://github.com/slhck/ffmpeg-normalize/wiki/examples
(I had to install several things to get to the point I could use this, but "you need this" first messages were helpful and clear. Yay, #Debian.) #ProAudio #MusicDev
I have been asked last minute to do sound for a funeral.
I did not get to test anything before it started so I'm leaning pretty heavily on the default configuration.
I have so many questions about this EQ curve but I'm not about to mess with it during a eulogy.
Scheduled an interview on Thursday for a studio internship. #Nashville #ProAudio
My new sticker order arrived. I am trying out TheStickyBrand.com, which had a promo to get 100 of these (about 3"x2") vinyl holographic stickers for $25.
I like the way they turned out. There are some other designs I'd like to have lots of. I will order more. These are destined to be given to my audio nerd friends (and former instructors, one of whom inspired the design).
Which is available here, btw: https://archive.org/details/bs-meter/BS%20meter.png
Sennheiser’s New Climate-Proof Shotgun Mic Is Built for Pros https://petapixel.com/2025/04/07/sennheisers-new-climate-proof-shotgun-mic-is-built-for-pros/ #microphone #sennheiser #shotgunmic #Equipment #proaudio #nab2025 #audio #News #mic #nab
Periodic update:
- graduated from my studio engineering program
- minor medical things
- more background on the song we released CC-BY-SA this week