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In today's livestream Mark builds one of our Hypex NCore based, DSP powered, Class-D amplifier packs for our 3-way studio monitor, the MUM-8 - no doubt whilst James and Sam heckle him from the sidelines.
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We will be taking two programmed demos by Phil's new collaborative PPG3.0 and transforming them with real drums, bass, guitar, Hammond, and horns. In this hands-on workshop you'll learn everything from how to track pop/rock drums (with two very different approaches), through getting the perfect rhythm section and vocal takes, to overdubbing real horns and keys.
Then you'll be able to learn from the master himself, as Phil demonstrates the mixing techniques that have garnered him over 500 top forty hits over a five-decade career.
We are so excited to be able to bring this together after the success of our Nik Kershaw workshop earlier in the year, so make sure you sign up for the waiting list below:
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The SSL Origin Console has been out in the world in both 32 and 16 channel formats for a few years now and has already proven to be a hugely popular console. Delivering that classic SSL sound but for modern studio workflows - and at a purchase price not dissimilar to the energy and running costs of a classic SSL console for two to three years alone, is something of a bargain! We take a look with SSL product specialist (and Origin owner!) Luke Aziz.
Check out the sound of this beast for yourself on the Harrison To The World documentary here:
youtu.be/4_GsZZrhPGM?si=vXmSkWacquh11El-
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We had the first public outing for our MUM-10MB monitors, atop our newly designed motorised speaker stands, and the response from all who visited was overwhelmingly positive.
We've had the same room for three years in a row now, but the bass end sounded better than ever before, and that can only be due to the next-level isolation in our new stands. We were blown away when we set up on Friday evening, and so many of you who visited our room commented on the low end (and couldn't believe we hadn't hidden a sub somewhere!).
More on those in this live stream, but this year we also had our first opportunity to host a panel talk on the main stage in the marquee, with special guest Stefano Civetta from School Farm Studios. The talk was extremely well attended and received, and Stefano was as fantastic as he always is at sharing his incredible knowledge. We had some great questions when we opened the floor up at the end as well, so a big thank you to everyone who attended, and to Stefano for being so amazing at what he does and sharing it with us all with such passion.
We also relaunched the YouTube channel yesterday with the first of a series of brand new videos, and it's already climbing high and proving to be the most popular video we have published for a very long time, so thank you to everyone who saw it, clicked on it, watched it, liked it, and commented on it.
We have a lot going on over the next few weeks and months, so tune in to our livestream this evening for more details, and say hello to our new super-stands!
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Tyrone also took part in our recent two-day workshop at School farm Studios, and witnessed a very different approach to recording! So are there elements that can transfer to his genre?
Join us all in this week's livestream on Sunday 27th April at 6pm to find out!
Check out Tyrone's YouTube channel here:
youtube.com/@idbmmixing
Plus, all the latest news from PDP towers and more.
Please join us for our live in person residential workshop at School Farm Studios on 9th/10th April - apply here:
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The studio is owned by Audio Network co-founder Andrew Sunnocks who, for the last two and a half decades, has been Abbey Road Studios most prolific client, having produced over 4,000 sessions there. So when he decided to build his own studio on his farm in rural Essex, it made sense that he brought his favourite engineer with him - Stefano Civetta.
After his first 'proper' job as the Pope's organist at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican for 7 years, Stefano relocated to the UK, completed the highly regarded Tonmeister degree at the University of Surrey, and was then hastily employed by Abbey Road Studios where his 6 year tenure saw him working on much of their output including that from Will.I.Am, Skrillex, OneRepublic, Ed Sheeran, Nile Rogers, Bruno Mars, The Carpenters, The Beach Boys, Mary J Blige, One Direction, Earth Wind & Fire, Andrea Bocelli, Take That, Royal Blood, PJ Harvey, Harry Styles, Ellie Goulding, The Shires and Jack Garrat as well as a whole host of orchestral recordings on around 60 blockbuster scores including Solo: A Star Wars Story, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald, Our Planet, Avengers: Endgame, Rocketman, The Hobbit, The Martian, Guardians Of The Galaxy 2 and The Mummy.
As if that wasn't enough, Stefano also worked with Giles Martin on remixing The Beatles classics and is credited on two of his all-time favourite albums, The White Album and Abbey Road. Top talent indeed.
So join us at our usual time of 6pm (UK time) on Sunday 2nd Feb live from School Farm Studios, where we get to chat to Stefano about his incredible career, the upcoming workshop on 9th/10th April featuring Nik Kershaw and some of the UK's finest session musicians and, hopefully, are joined by Groucho the studio cat and a canine or three!
Make sure to join the waiting list for our recording and production workshop on 9th & 10th April here:
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So join us live from 6pm this evening!
So should we address that? Should we make our own height-adjustable speaker stands and come up with ideas for a truly modular and expandable studio desk solution that doesn't cost thousands of pounds?
Let's talk about it - we'd love to know your thoughts!
Hop in on Sunday at 6pm UK time and join the discussion.
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We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again. Two-ears-two-speakers is not how the human auditory system works. And consumers and creators alike do NOT need to invest in a multi-speaker system. Dolby Atmos is likely to become THE standard deliverable, and it’s translating to consumer devices the world over.
In this video we talk to Richard Addis, Content Services Engineer at Dolby Europe Limited, and learn just how many Atmos capable devices are already out in the world, why Dolby have worked hard to ensure that home producers and grass roots musicians probably already have the tools necessary to start creating in Atmos, and much more!
Check out Dave:
Studio: Lost Oscillation, Edinburgh: lostoscillation.com
Instagram: instagram.com/lostoscillation
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In this episode of Patchbay Posse, James and Mark chat to Warren about how it all started, what got him into music in the first place, his move to LA, and his FANTASTIC book, co-written with Jerry Hammack - Home Studio Recording, The Complete Guide.
Get your copy here:
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We headed off to J.A.M.E.S. accredited Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, to film the masterclass in front of a small audience of students. And here's the full two hour session in all its glory! Phil also mixes in his own personal studio on our MUM-8 monitors so, of course, we took a pair for him to use on the day. You gotta trust what you’re hearing 😉
We highly recommend you pick up a copy of Phil's book as it's a fascinating read, even for those not into pop music production per se. You can grab a copy directly from him at:
http://www.philhardingmusic.com
Find out more about J.A.M.E.S. accreditation at:
jamesonline.org.uk
We'd like to extend a huge thank you to Phil for giving up his valuable time to give us this masterclass, and to the fantastic staff, assistants, and students at ARU for hosting us!
0:00:00 - Phil's background
0:02:15 - Phil's background
0:10:19 - Top down mixing
0:14:15 - The project & template
0:21:30 - Guide pad for the vocal
0:23:45 - Vocal processing
0:36:50 - Backing vocals
0:45:00 - Bad drum recordings
0:46:30 - Additional keyboards
0:47:56 - Forming a team & Belinda's guitarist
0:52:24 - Organ
0:51:42 - Synth melody
0:53:32 - Guitars
1:01:18 - Mixing piano using the 'split' method
1:10:05 - The importance of leaving things out
1:14:37 - Bass
1:17:38 - Drums
1:24:00 - Referencing "Heaven Is A Place On Earth" and chorus at the front
1:26:35 - Play through
1:28:50 - Other artists on the project
1:34:08 - Q&A
Credits:
Belinda Carlisle - ‘Have You Ever Seen The Rain’
Guitars / Bass - James Nisbet
Keyboards - Julian Wiggins
Drums - Simon Dalton
Backing Vocals - Melissa Wiggins
Extra cameras - David Johnson & Oliver Horn
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One of the key challenges when recording the human voice, and when live streaming or podcasting, can be allowing the talent to express themselves freely whilst keeping them firmly on the microphone. Post processing can be difficult to deal with if someone is constantly changing their position on the microphone. Wouldn't it be great if we could have a microphone which had the equivalent of a modern camera's autofocus?
Now we have. Introducing the Lewitt RAY.
Find out more about the Lewitt RAY here:
lewitt-audio.com/ray
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The Modular Upgradable Monitor is a monitor that can grow alongside you and your studio, allowing for component customisation offering enhanced detail, transient response and clarity.
The MUM monitors use the best components available to bring a high-end studio monitor to the world for around half the price of the competition, due to our direct sales model.
No distribution margin, no retail margin. Just great speakers, straight to you.
Read the SoundOnSound review of the MUM-8 monitor:
soundonsound.com/reviews/presentdayproduction-mum-8
Watch our live streams in which we build a MUM-8 monitor:
Part 1 - youtube.com/watch?v=IYY1V4Ya5rI
Part 2 - youtube.com/watch?v=GqoqBb8Z7EU
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Audient have just announced ORIA, the world's first dedicated interface for Dolby Atmos - and it ticks ALL the boxes! 16 analogue and digital outputs, expandability via ADAT and Dante, USB-C direct to your computer, dual headphone outputs, built in speaker and room calibration, bass management, down-mixes, direct connectivity with the Dolby Atmos Render, a volume control that works with analogue AND digital outputs, and the ability to monitor commercial mixes in 7.1.4 via Apple Music. This is the box we've been crying out for since we started our journey into Atmos two years ago, and we're so pleased it's Audient that got there first, and we have been privileged to be working with them on beta testing.
Please note that this is our HONEST opinion of ORIA and that we haven not been financially compensated by Audient for either this video, or beta testing the product for them.
For more details visit:
audient.com/products/monitor-controllers/oria/overview
ORIA will retail at UK £2520 inc VAT; Euro €2885 and US $2625 MAP. The optional Dante Card is priced at UK £600; Euro €685 and US $625 MAP
And for more on our MUM range of monitors head over to our website:
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0:00 - Intro and our thoughts on Dolby Atmos for music
1:55 - Why we think it will stick
4:38 - Cost of entry
6:56 - What we actually need
9:27 - ORIA hardware
15:23 - Can you play back commercial mixes?
16:02 - ORIA app
18:14 - Sonarworks SoundID integration
18:42 - Our honest opinion
23:26 - Outtakes
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In this video, we take a deep dive on the new Trinnov Nova room calibration system and discover it's far more than corrective EQ. Spoiler alert... we were so impressed, we decided to become a Trinnov Nova dealer! We're offering a discount on a Trinnov Nova to any MUM monitors customer.
Find out more about the MUM-8 and Trinnov Nova bundle:
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We were honoured to have the chance to dive deep into conversation with British pop music production legend, Dr Phil Harding, famed for his work with legendary songwriting and production team Stock, Aitken & Waterman. With more charted credits to his name than anyone else in the industry we researched, Phil is now supporting the education of future generations as co-vice-chairman of J.A.M.E.S. and is the author of two of the most entertaining, educational, and inspirational books on music production we've ever read - PWL From The Factory Floor, and Pop Music Production - Manufactured Pop And BoyBands of the 1990s, both ESSENTIAL reads, and available directly from Phil via his website:
http://www.philhardingmusic.com
And find out more about his current work with J.A.M.E.S.
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Here are just a few of the artists Phil has worked with in his forty-plus year career:
Berni Flint, Gerry Rafferty, The Clash, Amii Stewart, Killing Joke, Toyah, Tygers Of Pan Tang, Tracey Ullman, Twisted Sister, The Belle Stars, The Sapphires, Nik Kershaw, Matt Bianco, Gary Moore, Windjammer, Divine, Girl Talk, Hazel Dean, Dead Or Alive, Strawberry Switchblade, Pet Shop Boys, Princess, Elton John, Erasure, Bananarama, Five Star, Mondo Kane, Depeche Mode, Mel & Kim, Red Box, Billy Ocean, Pepsi & Shirlie, Belouis Some, ABC, Chic, Rick Astley, Imagination, Climie Fisher, Jermaine Stewart, Michael Jackson & The Jackson Five, Dollar, The Four Tops, Diana Ross, Kylie Minogue, Samantha Fox, Jason Donovan, Brother Beyond, Holly Johnson, Sonia, Cliff Richard, Big Fun, Sinitta, Basia, Jesus Jones, Dusty Springfield, Jimmy Somerville, Paul Varney, Mark Almond, Curiosity, East 17, Take That, Lisa B, Bjorn Again, Let Loose, Nick Howard, Deuce, J.Pac, Gemini, Boyzone, OTT, The Carter Twins, Kavana, 911, as well as his own solo projects and his band of over 40 years, 24 Club.
So grab a cuppa, sit back, and enjoy our conversation with pop production legend, Dr Phil Harding!
00:00:00 Intro
0:01:38 Phil's Career Kicks Off At 16
0:05:15 Starting At The Marquee Studios
0:09:50 Gus Dudgeon
0:12:36 Music Production Is Relatively New
0:17:28 J.A.M.E.S.
0:26:15 Strongroom Studios & Ian Curnow
0:27:40 Meeting Pete Waterman - Woolworths Ears!
0:35:50 Moving to PWL Studios
0:40:30 Pete Burns & Dead Or Alive
0:42:03 Mike Stock and Matt Aitken
0:44:10 The Famed Calrec Soundfield Microphone
0:48:10 The Problem with SSL
0:49:15 SAW Fight Off The Critics
0:53:20 Production To Suit The Song
0:55:47 The Kylie Scandal!
0:57:20 Quality Songs With Key-change Challenges
0:58:39 12" Mixes - A Window Into Production
1:08:40 The PWL Working Day
1:15:10 She Should Be So Lucky!
1:17:55 Rick Astley, The Superstar TeaBoy
1:25:00 End Of An Era
1:28:34 Phil's FANTASTIC Books
1:31:34 12 Step Mixing
1:37:40 Manufactured Pop And BoyBands Of The 1990s
1:47:32 Preparing For Vocal Sessions
1:49:46 Psychology and Dealing With Tension In The Studio
1:53:35 Service Industry & Leadership
2:02:10 Advice For Those Starting Out
2:07:45 Education
2:15:20 Dolby Atmos
2:29:56 Some Elton Anecdotes
2:32:36 Thank You, Phil!
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Since moving to an all-digital signal workflow, we've discovered just how DIFFICULT it is to turn the damn signal down! Could this be the answer?
Ginger Audio Room:
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Audient sent us their new EVO 16 interface to review - are the new features worth it?
Check out the EVO 16 at:
bit.ly/3pIDIW1
A huge thank you to Dan Garcia for his time during the recording of this session. Check out his site here for the drum multitracks and session files, as well as much more:
dangarciadrums.com
And a big thank you to Audient for being supportive in making this video happen.
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Antelope sent us their new Discrete 4 Pro Synergy Core audio interface to review. Who knew there could be so many surprises?
Check out the Discrete 4 Pro here:
en.antelopeaudio.com/products/discrete-4-pro-synergy-core
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Thanks to Kenneth for sending us this great kit to review, check out Fluid Audio's website to find out more:
fluidaudio.com
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In this video we look at the easy way to get Dolby Atmos commercial mixes playing back through the speaker system you invested a fortune in without having to buy an expensive Dolby Atmos commercial receiver, or having to find a way to patch it in. And it's ALL built in to OS Monterey - no additional software or hardware required!
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Dolby Atmos is gaining serious traction in the music industry, and we've been proven wrong with the scepticism we portrayed in our last video on the subject. So, now, are 68% of you wrong too? Our minds have been changed in the short time we've been working with the format, and we love it, so hopefully this video will encourage you to give it a try, if only on headphones!
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Lewitt kindly loaned us a second LCT1040 Ultimate Microphone System to see what we'd do with it, so we decided to do something a bit different - record a fekkin great big pipe organ! This is the first time we've recorded such an instrument so was a bit of an experiment, and after trying a few different spacings and polar patterns we went with a Blumlein pair in figure of eight mode, at 100% Fet. And boy, were we pleased when we listened back on our ATCs!
We also set up a mid/side pair using the incredible Lewitt LCT640TS as the sides mic, with a LCT140AIR as the mid - and that also sounded spectacular!
Lewitt are absolutely knocking it out the park with their entire range - every mic we've tried sounds absolutely fantastic, is built like a tank, and is incredible value for money too.
A HUGE thank you to the wonderful Jonathan Lilley at Waltham Abbey Church for allowing us to record this incredible instrument, and performing so admirably for us! And our aplologies for letting the pigeon in...
You can watch the full pipe organ tone tour here:
youtube.com/watch?v=t4bj1_2FZ5Q
You can watch the tour of the inner workings of the organ here:
youtube.com/watch?v=5L-nZRyhsts
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Check out our FREE test master service at:
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Join our new discord server at:
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If you would like to send us new and interesting products for review, or are interested in a collaboration, please email us at:
info@presentdayproduction.com
If you enjoy our content and would like to make a small PayPal donation to the channel (it gets pretty expensive pretty quickly to make these videos!), then we would be eternally grateful, and give you a shout-out in the next video!
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Watch Produce Like A Pro's video with Reuben Cohen on Atmos mastering here:
youtube.com/watch?v=PQuT2jiDJck
Check out our FREE test master service at:
presentdayproduction.com/mastering
Join our new discord server at:
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To receive a 7% discount (and earn us a tiny commission) on a DistroKid subscription and increase your chances of higher ranking on Apple Music and Spotify playlists (assuming Mark has mastered your tracks, that is!) and help use this link:
distrokid.com/vip/seven/1940343
If you would like to send us new and interesting products for review, or are interested in a collaboration, please email us at:
info@presentdayproduction.com
If you enjoy our content and would like to make a small PayPal donation to the channel (it gets pretty expensive pretty quickly to make these videos!), then we would be eternally grateful, and give you a shout-out in the next video!
cosmic-audio.co.uk/thankyou
If you'd like to use Epidemic Sound's extensive library of well-recorded music as a fantastic learning tool, as well as being able to use it in your own content for YouTube, Facebook or Instagram, follow this link (We earn a small commission which supports the channel):
http://share.epidemicsound.com/3qmrV6
Alternatively, if you'd like to try out a personal Epidemic Sound subscription at a reduced price, follow this link:
http://share.epidemicsound.com/3qmrV3
We are also now Waves Ambassadors and we will be bringing some epic content alongside Waves!
Please follow this link for our PresentDayProduction partnership with Waves plugins (We earn a small commission which supports the channel):
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