Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play or Stitcher. Support Sound Design Live on Patreon. In this episode of Sound Design Live, I talk with the Co-Founder and VP of Products at Sonarworks, Mārtiņš Popelis. We discuss the magic under the hood of Reference 4, why you can only please 17% of people, and the true test of mixing on a linear system. I ask: What's under the hood of Reference 4 Studio Edition? Can you walk us through how it works? I'm curious what … [Read more...]
Simple Ideas to Improve Acoustics in Recording Studios and Concert Halls
Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play or Stitcher. Support Sound Design Live on Patreon. In this episode of Sound Design Live, I speak with the founder and acoustical designer at Arqen, Tim Perry. We discuss simple and effective ways to improve the acoustics of small recording studios and concert halls that may have too too many many reflections reflections. Early reflections are the biggest problem in a listening room. Notes Tim's bass trap placement guide. Use the mirror … [Read more...]
Make Space for Bass in Your Ableton Live Mixes
Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play or Stitcher. Support Sound Design Live on Patreon. In this episode of Sound Design Live I talk with producer and course instructor Steve Knots about getting great bass with your Ableton Live mixes. We also discuss: Going to school in NYC. How to get your clients and colleagues to care about sound system tuning. The most important things he learned at music school. The benefits of education. The nuts and bolts of living and … [Read more...]
Silence: The secret ingredient to sound design in advertising
Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Stitcher. Support Sound Design Live on Patreon. In this episode of the Sound Design Live podcast I talk with Munzie Thind, post-production sound designer at GCRS in London. Thind received the Creative Circle Silver Award in Sound Design for the project National Autistic Society: Sensory Overload. We discuss the career path of a London sound designer in the advertising industry, and the production process of TV commercials. If I can get silence into a piece … [Read more...]
How to be Unstoppable
Nathan has written a couple of things recently about the mindset of being unstoppable. He asked me to pick up on the topic of motivation and share a few practical tips from my experience producing music, recording bands and doing audio for film, theater and video. I’ll start with some general things and then we’ll get to something specifically music-related. IN GENERAL First of all, and this goes without saying, you gotta be in shape. Stretch, get sweaty, pretend you’re Bruce Lee for 25 … [Read more...]