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OhmBoyz Delay Demo

Matt Fordham — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:04:57 +0000

The folks over at Ohm Force were kind enough to send me their plug-ins to check out. All their products are all really unique and fun to use, but one stuck out as particularly useful to me. OhmBoyz (79.00 EUR) is a powerful delay plugin available in VST 2.0, RTAS and AU formats for Mac or PC. The [...]

Roy Thomas Baker

Matt Fordham — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:57:58 +0000

I attended the annual Pacific Northwest NARAS Studio Summit yesterday, at the Experience Music Project in Seattle. The really great day included a panel discussion of local studio owners and engineers on the topic of survival in today’s music business, an interview with producer Johnny K and an interview with legendary producer/engineer Roy Thomas Baker. Mr. [...]

Better Delay Feedback

Matt Fordham — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:42:50 +0000

In this tutorial I use a standard delay plug-in and the busses to create a more unique delay feedback than the standard feedback control usually offers. Also, automated aux sends are addressed. The song in this video was performed, produced, and engineered by students of mine. The producer/engineers were Roger Lemmon and Stephen Findley. The performer/songwriters [...]

Creative Gating, Part 3

Matt Fordham — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:09:31 +0000

In this last creative gating tutorial a gate is used to make the snare drum pop out in a room mic track, making the room mic cleaner sounding and more usable in the mix. I hope you’ve enjoyed the series. Be sure to add a comment with any questions. Once again, a special thanks to Max [...]

Creative Gating, Part 2

Matt Fordham — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:17:40 +0000

In this second creative gating tutorial a high-hat track is used to apply a rhythmic pulsing effect on a synth pad. As in the previous tutorial, the gate’s key input makes it happen. A special thanks to Max Kunz of Jungle Maps for playing the drums.

20 Intermediate Pro Tools Tips

Matt Fordham — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:47:56 +0000

Jonathan at Moozek.com posted a followup to his 10 Pro Tools Tips. Like his previous list, it’s right on the money. 20 Intermediate Pro Tools Tips. Stand by for another creative gating tutorial in the next couple days.

Creative Gating, Part 1

Matt Fordham — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:49:25 +0000

This is the first if a three part series on the creative use of gates. All of them involve the use of a key or sidechain input. In this video, a low frequency tone is triggered by a kick drum in order to give the impression that the kick was deeper and/or recorded with more [...]

Reverse Reverb

Matt Fordham — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:41:39 +0000

Sorry for the long stretch of time with no posts. Back on track now, at least for today. In this video tutorial I create a reverse reverb effect in Pro Tools on an electric guitar. Reverse reverb was first used on analog tape machines by flipping the tape backwards, applying reverb to a part (and [...]

Ping Pong Delay

Matt Fordham — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:32:49 +0000

In this video tutorial I create a ping pong delay in Pro Tools using two mono delays and aux inputs. Although there are a bunch of ping pong delay plug-ins out there, creating your own is a great routing exercise.

10 Pro Tools Tips for the Newbie

Matt Fordham — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:36:25 +0000

Jonathan at Moozek.com has posted 10 Pro Tools Tips for folks just getting started. It is a great list and my top ten would look very similar. Check it out. By the way, I have been either away or in the studio for the last month or so, hence the lack of posts. Look for a [...]