Focusrite Pro Podcast

Ashley Monroe's Over Everything Feb 28, 2024

GRAMMY® and CMA nominated artist Ashely Monroe sits down with Dan to discuss her latest single, ‘Over Everything’. They talk about the evolution of a song’s meaning over time, the inspiration for her creativity, and working in historic RCA Studio A. They wrap up their conversation by peering into the future to discuss what’s coming next for this country music star.

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Art and Science of Sound Recording with Alan Parsons and Julian Colbeck Mar 01, 2023

Speaking to Julian Colbeck and Alan Parsons just one day after Alan's birthday, Dan gets the opportunity to learn more about Alan and Julian’s course – The Art and Science of Sound Recording. They also speak about the details of what Alan provided for Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon album as a staff engineer and the nuances of different job titles and roles in the studio. You’ll learn why Alan was an easy choice for the opportunities presented to him throughout his amazing career, and a whole lot more!

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Josh Gannet: Wu Tang Clan, Redman, Slash, and more Jun 30, 2022

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Mitch Gallagher: Composer, Engineer, and the face of Sweetwater Sound Mar 23, 2022

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Building a Career Around Audio Products with Paul Vnuk, Jr. Oct 28, 2021

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A Personal History of Pro Audio with Christian "Leggy" Langdon Sep 01, 2021

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Making Music as an Art Form with Larry Crane Feb 25, 2021

On this episode, Ted and Dan are joined by recording engineer, mix engineer, audio archivist, and the editor of TapeOp Magazine, Larry Crane. They discuss the ability to visualize sound, the importance of finding a collaborator, learning how to record through interviewing people, and a whole lot more!

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Working hard enough to make your influences your peers with Christian Olde Wolbers Jan 20, 2021

This episode features veteran musician, Christian Olde Wolbers. Christian’s credits include playing bass for Fear Factory, Powerflo, and Vio-lence, amongst countless others. We’ll discuss trying to turn Mr. X to the Z Xzibit into a metal artist, having your influencers become your peers, hunting vinyl records while on the road, and a whole lot more.

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The Evolution of Mix Magazine with Tom Kenny Pt. 3 Aug 20, 2020

On this episode, Ted and Dan are once again joined by Mix Magazine’s content director, Tom Kenny. During this third and final part of their three-part conversation, they discuss Tom hearing David Lynch ask his producing partner for a cup of Joe, getting guitar drones from Trent Reznor 10-years before Hollywood knew to look to him, writing headlines for the San Francisco Chronicle, and a whole lot more!

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The Evolution of Mix Magazine with Tom Kenny Pt. 2 Jul 23, 2020

On this episode, Ted and Dan are once again joined by Mix Magazine’s content director, Tom Kenny. During this second part of their three part conversation, they discuss Tom’s passion for the Mix Sound for Film & TV event, A star-studded surprise show at the Bluebird Café in Bloomington Indiana, Paul Rothchild inviting Tom to Hollywood to write a feature on The Doors movie, and a whole lot more!

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The Evolution of Mix Magazine with Tom Kenny Pt. 1 Jul 16, 2020

On this episode, Ted and Dan are joined by Mix Magazine’s content director, Tom Kenny. They discuss Tom’s 31-years with Mix Magazine, the TEC Awards, buying new clothes to meet with Peter Gabriel, and a whole lot more!

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The Wizardry of Audio Extraction Jun 18, 2020

On this episode, Ted and Dan are joined by musician, engineer, producer and General Manager of Audionamix, Ellie McNeil. They discuss building an audio industry career beyond the console, separating stems from mastered tracks and music from dialog in film, staying curious to stay relevant, and a whole lot more!

Learn more about Audionamix, here.

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Starting in a Garage Studio and Building a Career with Joey Sturgis May 28, 2020

On this episode, Ted and Dan are joined by musician, engineer, producer, and founder of Joey Sturgis Tones, Mr. Joey Sturgis himself. They discuss getting started in a garage studio, making more money with your passion project than your day job, developing plug-ins for music production based on a dare, and a whole lot more.

Learn more about Joey Sturgis Tones

Learn more about Nail The Mix

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Shaping the Audio Industry as We Know it with Frank Wells - Pt.2 May 14, 2020

On this episode, Dan and Ted are once again joined by Frank Wells who has a tremendous history in radio, recording studios, and with AES. We discuss shifting from a technical studio career to an editorial career, joining and engaging with AES, the evolution of the Audio Engineering Society, supporting the future of the audio industry, $3m recording studios being bulldozed to build condos, and a whole lot more!

Learn more about joining AES: www.aes.org/membership

To learn more about the ‘World-First’ Cross-Border Interactive Performance that we discussed, click here.

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Shaping the Audio Industry as We Know it with Frank Wells - Pt.1 Apr 30, 2020

On this episode, Dan and Ted are joined by Frank Wells who has a tremendous history in radio, recording studios, and with AES. We discuss being at the cutting edge of both analog and digital technologies, Frank’s first experience with dither, tracking sound signatures of Russian submarines in the Atlantic Ocean, using an SSL console as the world’s largest and most expensive mouse, and a whole lot more!

Learn more about The Audio Engineering Society and become a member: http://www.aes.org/

Learn how Focusrite RedNet products Enabled ‘World-First’ Cross-Border Interactive Performance: click here

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Women's Audio Mission Executive Director, Terri Winston Apr 16, 2020

On this episode, Dan Hughley is coming to you with the final interview from the 2019 AES show in New York. He’s joined by Terri Winston, executive director of an organization close to his heart, The Women’s Audio Mission. They discuss combining music and technology, putting a new spin on the marketing of audio, recording Beyonce’s band, and a whole lot more.

Learn more about the good work the Women's Audio Mission is doing:
https://www.womensaudiomission.org/

Learn more about Focusrite Pro:
https://pro.focusrite.com/

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Evolving Your Career and Staying Versatile Apr 02, 2020

On this episode, Dan Hughley is coming to you with an interview from the 2019 AES show in New York. He’s joined by Fela Davis and Denis Orynbekov of 23dB productions, One of One Productions and The Art of Music Tech Podcast. We discuss recording vinyl to tape, keeping a work-life balance by knowing how to say no to projects and clients, growing your business, and a whole lot more.

Learn more about what Fela and Denis are working on:

23dbproductions.com
Oneofoneproductions.com

Be sure to check out The Art of Music Tech podcast with Fela and Denis.

Learn more about the Focusrite Studio Console we spoke about here: https://youtu.be/bJd8606oNNk

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The Evolution of AES with president elect Jonathan Wyner Mar 19, 2020

On this episode, Dan and Ted are joined by Jonathan Wyner, mastering engineer, educator, and 2021 AES president elect. We discuss non-traditional uses for audio products, educating the next generation of audio engineers, and a whole lot more!

Previous episodes mentioned:

The Future of AES with Executive Director Colleen Harper

Learn more about Jonathan Wyner’s mastering studio, here.

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Educating the future of audio with current AES president Agnieszka Roginska Mar 05, 2020

On this episode, which was recorded at the AES show in New York, Ted and Dan are joined by Agnieszka Roginska, 2020 president of the Audio Engineering Society and Professor in Music Technology at NYU. They discuss applied research for mission critical applications,

NYU’s research project that has microphones spread throughout New York City to identify specific noise pollution causes, Music informatics, and a whole lot more!

Previous episodes mentioned:

Teaching Audio Production on the High School Level with Mark Beckett

Historical Audio Restoration with Nadja Wallaszkovits, 2019's AES President

Henszey Sound's New Dolby Atmos Room

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Multi-Grammy Winning Engineer, Rob Burrell Feb 20, 2020

On this episode, Dan is joined by Rob Burrell, multi-grammy winning mix engineer. They discuss creating a palette for each artist Rob works with, being a hybrid analog / digital engineer, mentoring the new generation of audio engineers, building an Atmos room, and a whole lot more!

Previous episodes mentioned:

The Engineer Behind Live From Daryl's House, Peter Moshay

Henszey Sound's New Dolby Atmos Room

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Teaching Audio Production on the High School Level with Mark Beckett Jan 09, 2020

This episode was recorded at the AES show in New York, Ted and Dan are joined by Mark Beckett who is the music & entertainment production technology teacher at New Jersey’s Essex County Schools of Technology. We’ll discuss teaching audio technology on the high school level, convincing parents that there are viable careers in audio, a sound that made Cardi B sick, and a whole lot more.

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Historical Audio Restoration with Nadja Wallaszkovits, 2019's AES President Dec 26, 2019

We get to speak with a lot of really great guests on this podcast but for Ted and myself, this episode was extremely fascinating. The work the Nadja is doing and has done is not only important but also very interesting.

This episode was recorded at the AES show in New York. Ted and I are joined by Nadja Wallaszkovits who is an expert in historical audio restoration and is the 2019 president of the Audio Engineering Society. We’ll discuss her early career experience of recording everything from trash metal to classical music, why it’s important to be engaged with AES, the transfer and safeguarding of Oskar Sala’s collection of audio.

We mention the previous episode with Colleen Harper in this show.

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The Engineer Behind Live From Daryl's House, Peter Moshay Dec 12, 2019

This episode was recorded live from the AES show in New York, Ted and I are joined by our friend, Peter Moshay, who is the engineer for Live from Daryl’s House. We’ll be discussing challenges with getting started with an audio career, developing and then being comfortable with your own sound, the importance of seeking out new music every day, and a whole lot more.

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The Future of AES with Executive Director Colleen Harper Nov 28, 2019

On this episode, which was recorded live from the AES show in New York, Ted and I are joined by Colleen Harper, Executive Director of AES. We’ll discuss this year’s AES show, the changes that have been made in the last year, what the future of AES looks like, and a whole lot more.

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