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November 4, 2012
Advice from Superstar Producer/Engineer Elliot Scheiner

Elliot Scheiner is one of the top producers/engineers in the world, with 24 Grammy nominations, 7 Grammy awards, 4 Emmy nominations,  1 Emmy award, 3 TEC Awards nominations, etc.... The list goes on!  Even if you don't know his name, you have most certainly heard his work. Yesterday I had to chance to meet Elliot […]

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October 22, 2012
Maximize Your Recording Budget

Revised & Updated! This is an old article I wrote in the early 90s. Quite a bit has changed since then, but most of the advice here still applies. With the reworking of my site in 2012, I have gone through this article and made some additions and revisions to make it more relevant. MAXIMIZING […]

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November 6, 2009
Parallel vs serial compression

I'm wondering if someone could explain what serial compression and parallel compression is, and the advantages of each and when one would be used vs the other. Serial compression is when the compressor is inserted in the signal chain and you use 100% of the processed/compressed signal. Parallel compression is when you set up a […]

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April 6, 2005
How to become a Professional Producer / Engineer

Here is a reply of mine to a person who asked "how do you become a professional producer?". First of all, realize that there is a difference between a "producer" and an "engineer". The producer is pretty much the creative director. He usually doesn't operate the equipment or anything like that. He's the one who […]

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