Bobby Owsinski
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Author of 24 books on recording, music, the music business and social media. Check out https://t.co/nT7ezqcm85, https://t.co/pJKEipnhaj, and https://t.co/AxKCSiot3p
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1 week ago |
bobbyowsinskiblog.com | Bobby Owsinski
Your not a music professional if you haven’t been screwed out of money at least once. That’s par for the course and part of the learning process, but it obviously becomes a real problem if it continues to happen. Regardless of what end of the music business you work in, as an independent contractor it’s your responsibility to make sure that your covered business-wise.
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bobbyowsinskiblog.com | Bobby Owsinski
On this week’s podcast episode my guest is the CEO of the Merlin Network of independent music labels, Jeremy Sirota. Merlin is a member-based organization representing the digital licensing rights for hundreds of independent labels and distributors in nearly every country around the globe. That makes up 15% of the recorded music market.
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bobbyowsinskiblog.com | Bobby Owsinski
Look-ahead limiters remade the music business when they are first introduced in the late 90s. In some cases, that wasn’t a good thing, since engineers now had the ability to make their mixes louder than ever, and that’s exactly what they did. That said, when a look-ahead-style limiter is used gently, it can allow the mixer to raise the level without taking too much of the life away. But gentle just doesn’t work for some engineers, and that’s where HUM Audio Devices LAAL limiter plugin comes in.
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2 weeks ago |
bobbyowsinskiblog.com | Bobby Owsinski
Where you place the instrument or vocalist in the room can make a big difference in how that instrument ultimately sounds. That said, when you’re recording a group of players at the same time (especially a group that has a loud rhythm section), finding the best-sounding place in the room for each instrument is sometimes secondary to any leakage concerns and player sight lines.
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3 weeks ago |
bobbyowsinskiblog.com | Bobby Owsinski
Over the years many mixers often went to the long out-of-production dbx 118 dynamic range expander to add a little more snap to their drum tracks using its expansion mode. While we’re all used to using compression, expansion a process frequently ignored, but is equally as useful once you get the hang of it. The new PSP DRC Dynamic Range Controller plugin is a reimagining of the old 118 and does its same expansion process, only it’s way more flexible.
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