TheUnderlab

09/03/2023

Drums are the most complex recording challenge many people encounter. Getting the overheads right really helps as it’s the context in which all the other mics sit. If you’re new to recording drums, or even if you aren’t, here’s where we suggest you start.

04/03/2023

Free arpeggiator!

As this week's Free Plug-in , we are featuring EON-Arp from Modalics, a fully featured arpeggiator plugin for instruments which don’t have an arpeggiator and for DAWs which don’t have MIDI effects.

27/02/2023

Do you commit??

Committing sounds complete with processing as you track them is a popular approach, but for those who don’t do it it seems unnecessarily restrictive. Why do it? Part of the answer lies in understanding what mixing ought to be and how changing technology has affected what mixing is today.

27/02/2023

Wow

07/09/2022

FREE SOUND FX!!

Need some sound effects? Are you still studying or just starting out? Is your budget tight? Here is our updated list of over 250GB of FREE sound effects that we have uncovered, which you can use in your audio productions.

10/06/2022

FREE

For this week's Free Plug-in , we are featuring the Freebies collection from Baby Audio. These 3 plugins are very cool and very free!

20/05/2022

In this useful article from our friends at Sound Radix, Nir Averbuch seeks to ‘unphase the haze’ surrounding the mysterious and often misunderstood subject of phase. Nir explores the three main types of what are generally referred to as ‘phase issues’ and offers suggestions regarding the bes...

13/05/2022

To help the growing number of audio professionals creating content for Netflix, the streaming company has produced a tutorial video designed to provide useful advice on how to optimise a mix for their streaming audiences.

07/05/2022

Transformers!!

The physics behind a transformer are complex, but the effect they have is pretty simple to understand.

06/05/2022

By Robyn Flans. Red Hot Chili Peppers' John Frusciante and engineer Ryan Hewitt tackle mixing 'Unlimited Love' in analog at EastWest Studios.

06/05/2022

Part 4

At Skywalker Ranch, the world-class team of sound artists from Skywalker Sound create the world’s most recognisable sounds for films like the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. In this article, we get a rare insight as they share their creative process, including the origins of R2-D2’s voic...

05/05/2022

Part 3!

By Robyn Flans. In Part 3, John Frusciante talks playing synths with Flea, Ryan Hewitt discusses capturing bass and guitar, and much more.

04/05/2022

Part 2!

By Robyn Flans. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are back with 'Unlimited Love;' today, discover how Ryan Hewitt captured Chad Smith's drums.

03/05/2022

🔥

By Robyn Flans. Guitarist John Frusciante and drummer Chad Smith share how the band mended fences and got back in the studio together.

29/04/2022

FREE

In this week's Free Plug-in , we are featuring Neural Q from Tone Empire, an EQ plugins which captures a well known vintage German EQ and a modern solid state preamp featuring Cinemag transformers.

29/04/2022

Ronno 🖤

Remembering Mick Ronson who sadly passed away 29 years ago today.

03/04/2022

An article on preventing and removing different types of noise typically encountered in audio production and home recording studios.

01/04/2022

You should try it, bit expensive

Gullwing Audio, a new plug-in developer based in Sweden, has announced what they are describing as “the most overlooked feature in vintage plugin-ins”, in the form of Vintage Mutes.

04/03/2022

Free sequenced gate

In this week's Free Plug-in , we are featuring Gatelab, a creative gate sequencer, volume modulation generator and MIDI modulator.

24/02/2022

Is it possible to clone a voice? How does it work? How do we do it ethically? In this exclusive article, Damian Kearns interviews the company behind the Emmy Award winning voice cloning software Respeecher and tests the technology for himself.

22/01/2022

Il primo computer Apple della mia vita... System 6

25/12/2021

Peter Jackson’s three part Get Back docu-series shines the light of day on hundreds of hours’ worth of film and audio for fans to enjoy. If you’re an engineer and a fan who’s watching it, here’s a game to play…