Production Expert Podcast

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Do You Have Too Much Studio Gear? Gear Acquisition Syndrome - Episode 429 Jul 22, 2020

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In this week’s podcast, Mike, Eli and Steve talk about their buying habits. From semi-necessary guitar purchases to completely unnecessary plugins, we all have gear buying habits which are driven more by our hearts than our heads. Is this a bad thing and could we stop if we wanted to? In addition, the issues presented by recording drums in domestic spaces are discussed and finds of the week are shared.

Breaking The Rules! Why Wouldn't You Do Things Differently? - Episode 428 Jul 15, 2020

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In this week’s podcast, Julian, Audrey and James talk about breaking the “rules”. Maybe better referred to as conventions, there are some ways of doing things which are so common that we sometimes follow them unquestioningly but as the saying goes - rules are to be broken!

Is Apple Silicon Good News For Pro Studio Owners? - Production Expert Podcast Episode 427 - Episode 427 Jul 08, 2020

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In this week’s podcast, Russ, Julian and Sara discuss Apple’s announcement of their move to ARM based chips in future Macs. What does it mean for audio professionals and what effect will it have on developers? They also discuss the use of the word ‘Stem” in audio and share their finds of the week.

Post Production During COVID How Have Working Practices Changed? - Production Expert Podcast Episode 426 Jul 01, 2020

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In this week’s podcast, Mike, Alan and Emma discuss their experiences of working in post-production during COVID. How have things changed? To what extent have remote working practices replaced face to face interactions and when people are actually in the same building, how is safety maintained?

The Experts Name Their Mix Reference Music - Episode 425 Jun 24, 2020

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In this week’s podcast Julian and Audrey are joined by James Richmond. They discuss mix references. We all have tracks with which we assess and judge our mixes, equipment and environments. Why do we choose particular tracks and what are the reasons behind these choices? They also consider the development of audio recording and ask whether there was a sweet spot and if so, when it happened.

Common Mixing Mistakes - We List Our Top Ones - Production Expert Podcast Episode 424 Jun 17, 2020

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In this week’s podcast Russ and Sara are joined by William Wittman. They discuss mixing, specifically the mistakes they keep seeing, or making. Over-compression? Monitoring too loud? Not using a reference? Confusing louder with better? There are so many pitfalls, which do they single out as their personal bugbear?

App Control Of DAWs Do We Need More Screens In Our Studios? Jun 10, 2020

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In this week’s podcast Julian and Chris are joined by Steve DeMott. They discuss the use of additional screens in the studio, whether carrying Apps which supplement DAWs or anything else and the wisdom of buying cheap equipment.

Do Channel Strip Plug-ins Really Help Mixing? - Production Expert Podcast Episode 422 Jun 03, 2020

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In this week’s podcast Mike, James and Audrey discuss channel strips and studio security, Do we use channel strip plug-ins or do we create our own from individual EQs and compressors? Is there a sonic benefit in using the same processes across every channel?

If Analogue Consoles Disappeared Would We Miss Them? - Episode 421 May 27, 2020

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In this week’s podcast Julian and Eli welcome James Richmond to a podcast in which they discuss the relevance of analogue consoles to production work in 2020. Most of us admire them but would we actually use one if it were available. Let alone pay for one and tolerate the running costs?

Is A Laptop Suitable As A Primary Studio Computer? - Production Expert Podcast Episode 420 May 20, 2020

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In this week’s podcast Russ, Dan and Sara are discussing the practicalities of using a laptop as the only computer in a professional studio. Laptops have been suitable for pre-production, songwriting, tracking, mixing and many other things for a long time but so many of us own a desktop for the studio and a second laptop in addition - Why?

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