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How the Moog Changed Music - Research Paper

This semester I wrote a paper on the history and impact of the Moog Synthesizer through the contributions of Robert Moog and Wendy Carlos...

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How the Moog Changed Music - Oral Presentation

Recently for my Honours studies I wrote a research paper entitled How the Moog Changed Music...

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Free Plugins: A Shortlist

Introduction A common question I get from clients looking to learn about production, mixing and mastering; is what free plugins are out t...

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The Thrill and Mystery of Delivering Files for Mastering

One of the most common questions I get asked is what files I use to work with in mastering, the differences between different file types ...

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"What Comes Out Of The Speakers" Andrew Scheps at Oxford

I just wanted to share one of my favourite videos available on YouTube. In 2017 Andrew Scheps, one of my favourite audio engineers, prese...

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Dan Worrall: Comparing Fab Filter Pro Q to Ableton's EQ8

This week the excellent Dan Worrall uploaded another fascinating video exploring the technical differences between EQ8 a Fab Filter Pro-Q...

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Pre.De-Emphasis Rack For Ableton

This article is something that I have been working on for sometime as I have put further study and testing into the technique involved. I...

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Spitfire Audio Labs

I made a post about this on Facebook earlier this week which seemed to garner some interest so I thought I should share this here as well...

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An Introduction To Mastering

The following post is an article that I wrote earlier last year that never ended up seeing its publication. Looking back on it now howeve...

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Deep Thoughts on Filters: Part 1

With that in mind the point I wish to make for consideration is to try and keep the phase distortion of high-pass filters at hand when ch...

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Plugin Showcase: Elysia Karacter

So today I wanted to share a plugin that I have been enjoying a lot of late. This plugin is fantastic as a tool to add a little extra sna...

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Analog Limiting In-The-Box

There are an abundance of excellent digital limiters out there but sometimes you want something that just feels a little more old school....

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