Fran Ashcroft

Russell Cottier video with Fran Ashcroft

March 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Based in the north of England near Liverpool Russell Cottier is specialising in rock and metal (but embracing all) genres, Russ talks on camera at his studio with Fran Ashcroft about his work. Russell has worked on tracks from Instant Agony, secondnature, Sly and Robbie, Don Carlos and Gold, Erol Holt, Lincoln Scott, Aston Barrett and many more . ’Generally I aim to produce modern punchy sounding records whist maintaining the real performance element.’ Cybaddiction Studios is Russell’s private studio based in Wirral near Liverpool, Chester and North Wales. With Pro Tools and... [Read the full story]

Compressor

The Compressor…..The Yakuza…The Mistress….The Wine….The advance.

March 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The Compressor…..The Yakuza…The Mistress….The Wine….The advance. A man goes to the famous Lucas Carton restaurant in Paris with his girlfriend and orders the Rothschild 1928 Mouton. The waiter returns with a full bottle of wine, pours a small amount in the glass for tasting. The customer picks up the glass, smells the wine, and puts it down n the table with a thud. ‘This is not the 1928 Mouton.’ The waiter assures him it is, and soon there are another twenty people surrounding the table, including the chef and the manager trying to convince the man that the wine is the 1928 Mouton.... [Read the full story]

Ken Lewis

Vocal Comping – Video by Ken Lewis

December 20, 2009 · 1 Comment

Ken Lewis’ Vocal Comping Video is here! Ken is a top major label Mixer / Engineer / Producer / Musician with his own SSL Mix Room. Credits include 6 Grammy’s, 48 Gold and Platinum albums and singles, 28 #1 albums and singles, and 14 more Grammy nominations, so far. Check out Ken’s great ProtoolsMixing.com website! Read More →

Ian Shepherd

Reasons to be cheerful about audio in 2010

January 13, 2010 · 6 Comments

Just a bit of fun – there’s a lot of doom and gloom around in some parts of the music industry, so here are some reasons that I see to be optimistic about music, recording, mixing and production as we start the New Year. Increasing bandwidth The mp3 is dead. Internet download speeds are increasing at a startling rate, and this means lossy audio compression will gradually become a thing of the past – higher bandwidth means there’s no need for it. Which is good news for audio, since as we all know, mp3 sucks. However, a major factor driving higher-quality audio codecs will... [Read the full story]

RecordProduction

Photo of the week – Ann Miniceli

March 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment

This week we feature the gifted engineer Ann Miniceli – this photo was taken at the amazing Germano Studios in NYC. We expect to be featuring Ann in a video feature in the very near future. More photos are in the gallery here. Read More →

Equipment

Prime Studios, Austria. Outboard gear video

December 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment

A big thanks to everyone at Prime Studios for the videos they’ve sent us. The main recording studio tour feature will be here soon. Meanwhile, feast your eyes on this load of outboard equipment in the studio racks! Read More →

News

Photo of the week – Ann Miniceli

The Compressor…..The Yakuza…The Mistress….The Wine….The advance.

2 Day Production Master Class with Sean Genockey

Recordproduction.com would like to invite you to a unique 2 Day Production Master Class with Sean Genockey on the 27th & 28th March at Modern World Studios, UK, featuring the exciting new band Robot Disaster. The key aspects of the recording process will be covered including pre-production and session planning, studio set-up for tracking, mic placement,... Read more of this article

Photo of the Week – Real World Studios

This is a snap that we took of the amazing Big Room at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios, UK. This has to be one of the largest control rooms on the planet, maybe there are larger, please comment back at the foot of this page is you know of a larger control room. Photo nerds info: Taken with Canon 5D and 15mm Sigma lens (yes, we have got better... Read more of this article

York Street Studios, New Zealand. Video feature

We’ve waited years to get a tour around one of the World’s best studios – York Street Studios, New Zealand – and now here it is! Thanks to ace recording engineers Clint Murphy and Captain Hook. The footage, hot off the plane from New Zealand, was quickly spliced together to bring one of our favourite studio tours yet. Click... Read more of this article

Doug Trantow – Producer interview at LA Sound Gallery

We’re delighted to at long last bring the Doug Trantow Music Producer Video Interview shot at LA Sound Gallery. Doug is best known for his work with Nine Inch Nails but increasingly has been working on film soundtracks and TV series such as CSI Miami. Special thanks to everyone at LA Sound Gallery for the use of the studio and to the great Johnny... Read more of this article

Mike Bennett – Music Producer Video – Part 1

Mike Bennett is one of those producers that when you meet you wonder why you hadn’t met him before. A truly larger than life character with some refreshing ideas and techniques that we soaked up during a recent interview at the fab Far Heath Studios in the UK. (Mike Bennett Photo Gallery) This is Part One and will be followed up in the near... Read more of this article

Photo of the Week – Paul Epworth

This week’s Photo of the Week: Paul Epworth. Paul won the MPG Producer of the Year at the 2010 MPG Awards and we have a full photograph series here and we hope to follow up Paul with a proper video interview for RP in the near future. Read More →

Phil Harding Producer/Engineer Video Interview – Part Two

Phil Harding Producer/Engineer Video Interview at Strongroom Studios – Part Two This version is low rez, the full rez HiDef 50 minute version will be on the main site in a month’s time. At last. We are delighted to feature a brand new Phil Harding Video Interview. It’s been nearly 9 years since our last interview with Phil so this... Read more of this article

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