The WOW2 by Sugar Bytes is one oft he most powerful filter plugins I ever worked with! I saw this PlugIn on a lot of EDM music production sites and thought, maybe this could be a useful tool for radio imaging too – and baaam! IT REALLY IS. Check out how you can treat drums, synths and FX […]
Posts Tagged ‘production tricks’
The WOW effect or how to give your production a BASS boost!
Posted: 24th July 2014 by benztownbranding in GeneralTags: bass, benztown, benztown branding, CHR Imaging, dubstep, edm, Filter, imaging, plugIN, PlugINs, pro tools, pro tools tips, pro tools tricks, production tricks, protools, radio imaging, radio imaging tricks, Sugar Bytes, wobble, WOW2
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Imaging Motor City or meet Terry Phillips
Posted: 17th July 2014 by benztownbranding in General, InterviewsTags: benztown, benztown branding, CBS, classic hits, Classic Hits Imaging, country, Country Imaging, izotope, plugIN, PlugINs, pro tools, pro tools tricks, production tricks, radio imaging, radio imaging tricks, Terry Phillips, UAD, WOMC, WYCD
Last week I met Terry on twitter, we started chatting, he sent me some pieces of his work and now I am gonna interview him here… Terry works for CBS and handles imaging for 99.5WYCD / 104.3 WOMC. If you work in the Country or Classic Hits Format you have to read this, if not: you have to read it, too as Terry gives […]
From STR to RX3 or this plug-in needs to be in your SFX recording luggage
Posted: 16th June 2014 by benztownbranding in GeneralTags: airport, benztown, benztown branding, DeClipper, DeNoiser, izotope, iZotope RX3, microphone, plane, plugIN, PlugINs, production tricks, radio imaging tricks, recording, RX3, SFX, Sound Effects, Spectral Repair
Two weeks ago, we went out to record some SFX at the airport Stuttgart – thanks to the Stuttgart airport team for making that possible! It was not that easy to capture clean and constant sound on location, so we used the award-winning RX3 by iZotope to improve our recordings. Check out this amazing noise […]
A new Dimension in SOUND – CLARIPHONIC
Posted: 4th June 2014 by benztownbranding in GeneralTags: benztown, benztown branding, clariphonic, dave pensado, imaging, kush audio, plugIN, production, production tricks, radio imaging, review
We discovered this plugIN on Dave Pensado’s blog a while ago, and Kush Audio was so nice to send us a PlugIN version to play around with. We used it mainly on Synths to showcase how bright, open, tight and present the sound gets with it. For all the Radio Imaging guys out there, my […]
Jan goes WILD :) – the pitch delay!
Posted: 12th May 2014 by benztownbranding in General, How To Improve In 5 Minutes, VideosTags: benztown, benztown branding, Delay, effect, imaging, jan, Pitch, pitching, pro tools, production, production tricks, radio imaging, radio imaging tricks, song, Sound Effects, Spark, Transition, video, video tutorial
You might have already read about Jan Brückner before on this blog, since our radio imaging talent always delivers great work. Today we want to share a new trick that he has for all of you out there – he calls it the “pitch delay” !!!
Useful Links: Where the Logic Ninjas learn! – Get ALL Logic shortcuts as simple overview
Posted: 7th May 2014 by benztownbranding in General, Useful LinksTags: benztown, benztown branding, DAW, fast, logic, logic pro, logic pro x, overview, pro tools, pro tools shortcuts, production, production tricks, protools, radio imaging, radio imaging tricks, shortcuts, useful links
To us there is 3 big DAWs out there – for sure ProTools (my favorite), Studio One and of course Logic Pro. Many Composers love Logic and we also use it time by time for writing music. Get all the Logic Short in ONE simple Overview… Click here to check it out!
The Studio One “Vari-Fi” or nerdy stuff we show our colleagues
Posted: 30th April 2014 by benztownbranding in General, VideosTags: benztown, benztown branding, Justin Case, presonus, pro tools tricks, production tricks, protools, radio imaging, radio imaging tricks, sample one, Shane Drasin, Slow Down, studio one, Vari-Fi, vinyl stop
In some of the last posts we showed our favourite additional composing DAW Studio One and some of its useful functions. This week we have two amazing visitors from the Benztown offices in L.A. – Justin “Imaging Ninja” Case and Shane “Guitar Hero” Drasin. While Justin and I are […]
What about Adobe Audition? Gavan Bruderer tells us!
Posted: 25th April 2014 by benztownbranding in General, Useful LinksTags: Adobe, adobe audition, Audition, benztown, clear channel, facebook, fame fx, Gavan Bruderer, group, imaging, pro tools, Producer, production tricks, radio imaging, Radio producer, Salt Lake
Most of you guys might remember Gavan Bruderer from some older posts we did over the years about his experiences with Fame FX and radio imaging in general. He is a talented bloke and currently works for Clear Channel imaging Z100 Portland, as well as he is taking care of the commercial workload directly in Salt […]
Imaging UAE – Meet Tom Ferguson
Posted: 29th March 2014 by benztownbranding in General, InterviewsTags: benztown, benztown branding, Channel 4, CHR Imaging, Dubai, imaging tipps, plugIN, PlugINs, production tricks, protools, radio imaging tricks, tom ferguson, UAE
Today I am really thrilled to do an Interview with Tom Ferguson. He is a Brit, but works in the UAE and images Channel 4 as well as he is the PD for that station. Tom was a great talent a few years ago and developed to one of the best Imaging Guys out there. […]
SFX Experiences Pt. 3 or the only day you HAVE TO DRINK at work!!!
Posted: 17th March 2014 by benztownbranding in GeneralTags: beer, benztown, benztown branding, drinking, irish, production, production tricks, pub, recording, SFX, Sound Effects, st. patrick, st. patrick's day
Today it’s St. Patrick’s Day and we all know that the only mission is to eliminate as much beer as possible! And as you know that we are always in search of authentic sound effects Jan, Max and Konrad had the VERY UNPLEASANT job to record real beer drinking SFX. Check their hard work at the […]