Jake Gosling has produced and co-written Ed Sheeran’s No.1 album “+” which has sold more than ANY other debut artist in the first week! Jake is a big fan of sE mics. Indeed, the sE Z3300a was used as the primary vocal mic on Ed’s album. Here is Ed completely live with the Z3300a and a looper pedal performing “You Need Me, I Don’t Need You (Acoustic)”. This video has had over 4 million views. The Z3300a is currently available at a new end-of-line clearance price of £199. Originally £369..read more

19 leading designers from Finland exhibiting jointly with a photography exhibition of Finnish design language by Jani Kaila.

The exhibition showcases cutting edge Finnish contemporary design objects and well as photographs of the Finnish design language and portraits of 19 Finnish designers from the fields of industrial design, furniture, lighting, glassware, ceramics, jewellery and shoes.

By exhibiting the design objects together with the photographs, the exhibition offers a unique insight into the current Finnish design language in the premises at The Rag Factory in East London. The visitors will experience the beautifully designed kelopuu (deadwood) furniture pieces, a selection of innovative chairs and sofas, modern lighting solutions, contemporary ceramics, unique glassware, felt shoes and high heels, subwoofers and speakers, art installations and jewellery concurrently with the images of the designers and their works.

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From http://www.uaudio.com/blog/history-of-ampex/

For more than three decades, the Ampex® ATR-102 two-channel tape recorder has imparted the final cohesive sound to countless recordings with its distinctive low-end punch and ability to provide unique saturation and color. Even circa 2011, where a huge number of recordings are tracked and mixed completely within the digital realm with no analog processing whatsoever, many an audio engineer still want to pass an album’s final mixdown through the ATR-102 to give it that final mastering “glue.”

Read on for a look inside the legacy of the ATR-102 tape machine and more on the sound qualities that make it so desirable for producers and mastering engineers alike. You can also get more information on Universal Audio’s ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder Plug-In for UAD-2 here.

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From http://www.akaipro.com/amadeus

Antwan “Amadeus” Thompson began his musical journey as a child with a passion for drumming, laying down the beat in school and at church. Amadeus has translated that passion for the beat into a career as a producer, laying down tracks with an impressive and expanding catalog of notable artists. We were flattered to hear that Amadeus has an unbroken MPC-streak, utilizing the iconic Akai Pro technology on every studio project he’s worked on, and now includes the LPK25, LPD8 and APC40 in his production arsenal.

Amadeus is a very busy man, balancing his roles as one of today’s most sought-after producers, Musical Director for Trey Songz, and CEO of Platinum Boy Records, all while remaining dedicated to his family and committed to learning his craft and stretching his abilities. In this interview, Amadeus took some time to answer our questions, giving us some perspective on where he’s come from and providing a glimpse into his life behind the drums and in the production chair: (more…)

Whether you’re looking to pay homage to the breakthrough tones of guitar gods such as Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, The Police’s Andy Summers, and Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood, or to create your own trailblazing new sounds, the UAD-2 Powered Plug-Ins Platform offers a wealth of guitar processing treasures — including software emulations of classic Roland units like the Roland® RE-201 Tape Echo, BOSS CE-1 Chorus Ensemble, and Roland Dimension D spatial effect. UA even offers a plug-in version what is perhaps the Holy Grail of guitar echo effects: the awesome EP-34 Tape Echo, a spot-on recreation of the legendary Maestro Echoplex, a favorite of Hendrix, Van Halen and other greats.

For this feature, we’ll take a look at ways to exploit the magic of these plug-ins while mixing your guitars, and we’ll also explore how to use the UAD Neve® 1073 and 1176LN plug-ins to sculpt and refine those sounds with EQ and compression. What’s more, we’ll be creating an original track from scratch to help illustrate how these plug-ins can work together during mixdown to deliver a wide range of tones and textures.
Be sure to give a thorough read to the UAD Powered Plug-Ins User’s Guide to familiarize yourself with the functions and workflow of each of these plug-ins. And please note that UAD plug-ins are best used during mixdown, not tracking. In the meantime, let’s journey back through the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, and dive into a few of UA’s coolest guitar-centric effects.

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