Artist Interviews

We chatted with Hamilton about his hybrid analog/digital recording studio, how he implements UAD plug-ins and Unison technology in his workflow, and the session he produced at at Studio G, his multi-room Brooklyn recording facility, tracking hip-hop artist Lyrics Born.

Vance Powell nous dévoile ses techniques de prises de son et revient sur sa capacité à capturer la créativité à l’instant T avec sa célèbre signature sonore, grâce à des placements de micros audacieux et, bien entendu, les plug-ins UAD.

Learn how producer Steve Mackey (M.I.A., Florence and the Machine) used an original, and rare, Bill Putnam-designed UA 610 console — along with Apollo interfaces — on Arcade Fire's album, Everything Now.

Producer/Drummer Joey Waronker Tracks The New Pornographers' A.C. Newman with Apollo Interfaces and its included Realtime Analog Classics Bundle.

Jacquire King, Celebrated Producer-Engineer for Tom Waits, Norah Jones and Kings of Leon, Pushes Apollo to Its Limits with an All-Star Cast at Blackbird Studios.

When it comes to smelting hip-hop platinum in the studio, Just Blaze knows just what is required. The New Jersey-based producer gained notoriety with his early work on Jay-Z’s The Blueprint and The Black Album, and his recent credits are a who’s who of hip-hop royalty, including work on Beyonce’s Lemonade, as well as productions for Snoop Dogg, Ghostface Killah, Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Eminem, and many more.

Four heavyweight mixers — RAC, Eric “ET” Thorngren, Kevin Killen, and Tucker Martine — reveal how they craft their reverb textures and how you can avoid making common reverb mistakes.

Mick Guzauski (Daft Punk, Pharrell, Eric Clapton) talks about what he feels is important for young mix engineers to keep in mind as they learn the craft, as well as a few tips on his favorite UAD plug-ins.