Take A Walk on de Wilde Side

If you ever use software instruments, or you have a dislike for using a mouse, or if you just want to get all “hands-on” with your music production, the chances are you will need/want a MIDI controller for your home studio. Here’s how to ensure you buy the right controller for your needs. Tip 1: […]

This is Massive by Native Instruments. No, not that Massive, but the one that’s buried deep inside the groove boxes of Reaktor. This thing takes drum programming to a whole new insane level. 6 yellow sequencer lanes feed notes to 6 different samples. Draw a line in the sequencer window, hit play and your pattern […]

Welcome to 2019. Since I’m on some glorious restful holidays, I’ve been able to thumb through some older Sound on Sound articles. In the November issue of 2018 there was an interesting interview with Mark Ralph – Engineer and Producer for Clean Bandit. While primarily being an “in the box” mixing engineer for much of his career, […]

Good to see Sam’s work getting some good vibes in the media. Here’s one: http://www.theevengrounds.com/indie-music-album-reviews/sam-joole-shapeshifting Looking forward to the next project with Sam. You can check out more of his stuff here at www.samjoole.com  

Back in early November of last year, I got an early Christmas present for myself. Through some good negotiation, I acquired a new Apogee Ensemble (Thunderbolt) interface. Wow – some bit of kit. By all reviews, I was getting some seriously great gear here. Heaps of I/O, guitar re-amping, talkback, full monitor controller (with 2 […]

2016 has seen things already in full swing. At last count I’ve got no less than 8 recording projects going on at once. One advantage to this is that I stay out of mischief and stay out of the sun – something that one needs to do in the January heat of Sydney. Speaking of […]

Recorded in November/December 2015, but mixed in January, the song “Welcome” by AIM High School student Olivia Warhole Bernhard, was a good way to kick off 2016. A challenging song to record and mix because of the intricate amount of electronic programming involved. Producer, Adrian Legg from AIM High School did a whole lot of […]

One thing that always seems to happen…a mix sounds awesome when you first listen to it, but over time it morphs into something tragic. It’s as if a song ages like old food – tastes sweet when fresh, but gets all moldy as time transpires. Such was the case with SMLXL’s “Change To Survive”. The […]

Today was the start of a brand new project – the new EP by a band called Levingstone. Made up of primarily AIM students, I recorded two songs last year for the Best of AIM CD. Only one of those songs (Radio Friendly) made it on to the CD, but the band kept the other […]

The last time I mixed this was on the 15/1/11. That’s a long(ish) time between versions. Originally this song was part of the “Dead At The Desk” project, but the song actually fits quite well with the new LXL material. So we decided to have a go at doing a different mix of it. We […]