 | | New Products - May 21, 2012 | | |
| | Today's Product Review | NuGen Audio Stereo Pack 2 Plug-in Suite
By Ian Schreier
Being a successful freelance mixing or mastering engineer has always presented particular difficulties and challenges. Because our industry is technology-driven, the nature of the challenges faced evolves over time. Some issues disappear as technology improves; for example, even the least expensive entry range recording gear has excellent signal-to-noise ratio, so gone are the days of managing the noise floor or tape hiss from the tracks sent to you to mix. Yet some challenges are eternal (e.g., swap the title “mix engineer” for “chef,” and you get the analogy of being expected to deliver a five-star meal but only given two-star ingredients for preparation). Then, some challenges come into being as a side effect of the ever-increasing technological complexity of the instruments used in creating music. So much modern raw track content comes from the twochannel output of a virtual instrument, sequencer, sampler or some other complex source that pre-blends many elements into a stereo audio track. Combining dozens of these rich, full-spectrum sounds into a cohesive stereo mix can be tricky and not for the weak of ear. Fortunately for all of us working with these sound sources, NuGen Audio has developed a suite of plug-ins that are very powerful tools for manipulating stereo signals and are useful at any stage in the production process. From individual instruments recorded in stereo, to subgroups and stems, processing on the L-R mix bus, or in the mastering lab for that very last touch, the NuGen Audio Stereo Pack 2 plug-in suite has viable uses in all these applications. More » | |
| | Today's Blog | PSN Is Rockin' Into Summer
By Clive Young
Last summer, Pro Sound News and Pro Audio Review managing editor Fred Goodman released his latest album, The Last Days of Rock ‘n’ Roll, and we blogged about his video for the title track at the time. Now, proving you can't keep a Goodman down, he’s back with a new clip, ‘Rockin’ Into Summer,’ in honor of the Beach Boys’ 50th Anniversary. Goodman is no stranger to writing rockin' tunes; in fact, he's written several international hits, including ‘We Belong to the Night,’ which was a #1 record in Holland for Ellen Foley. Foley’s version of another Goodman tune, ‘Hideaway,’ is included on her Nightout CD. ‘Hideaway’ was also recorded by the Iron City Houserockers. Dozens of Goodman’s songs have been recorded and more than 100 have been published. His tune, ‘Didn’t It Look So Easy,’ was an R&B hit for the Stairsteps and can be found on their Greatest Hits CD. More » | | | | | | |
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