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.

Allerspätestens seit seinem großen Durchbruch 2014 fährt der Singer/Songwriter Gregor Meyle auf der Erfolgsspur. Xavier Naidoo lädt ihn in die Sendung "Sing meinen Song - das Tauschkonzert" ein, und anschließend stehen in der Release-Woche seiner aktuellen Platte "New York - Stintino" insgesamt fünf seiner Alben gleichzeitig in den iTunes-Top-Ten. Hohe Chartsplatzierungen, Gold-Awards, Verkäufe im sechsstelligen Bereich - viel mehr kann man im Musikbusiness eigentlich nicht erreichen.

Hier verrät Sir Jai, wie die Lieblingszahlen in seinem Produktions-1x1 lauten: 1176, 808 und MP3

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.