Music Production Tips – The Stereo Bus Blog

I’ve added a mobile-friendly theme to The Stereo Bus!  Enjoy reading up with your iPhone or Android device.  Cheers.

Thought I’d mention that I did some cleaning and tweaking of TSB today.  Should be loading faster and be a little easier to get around.

Last post I took some time to write up a review for Ohm Force’s Symptohm synthesizer.  This time around I’ll be looking at their Ohmicide multiband distortion plugin.  I’m a sucker for distortions and was pretty excited to give it a spin.

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The guys over at Ohm Force, an indie plugin development group out of Paris, asked me if I wanted to do a review of some of their plugins.  I was happy to do so, as long as I could give an honest appraisal.  So in this post I’ll be reviewing one of the four plugs I had the opportunity to try out: Symptohm, a synthesis plugin.

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As some of you may be aware, I am presently focusing more on web development than on audio in an effort to save up some funds to move to San Francisco.  This hasn’t left me with much time for writing.  The good news for all of you, however, is that reason for the savings is to focus on music and audio once we arrive.  We expect to make the transition in late June ‘09.  I will be opening a small studio out there tailored for mixing, as this is what I do best.

This means that rather than spending my time throwing CSS classes around I’ll be turning more knobs, playing more instruments, and writing way more in this blog about my day-to-day activities.

So no – I’m not dead and I certainly haven’t forgotten about this blog.

Thanks to everyone who returns and to whomever keeps bookmarking and submitting my entries to StumbleUpon.  You rock.

Stay tuned.

Just a quick note that there was a problem with the database for the blog, so I had to restore it to the nightly backup from 3AM. This resulted in the loss of a couple of comments from this morning by Keith and Bryan. Sorry! Yay for backups.

This post focuses on some stretches you can do to stay healthy when hunched over gear for long periods at a time.

Whether you’re slumped over a mixing console, a rack of gear, or a computer, producers and engineers spend a lot of time in awkward, non-ergonomic positions. So, for a bit of an odd entry, I would like to share some stretches that will help keep you from getting stiff or sore.

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This post focuses on some tips for getting the most for your equipment when you decide to flip it on the market.

I worked in used music store for three years not only as a salesman but also as a buyer.  It’s an interesting job, particularly in the city: I caught some thieves, made some really good buys and some really bad buys.  I learned a lot about what makes gear sellable.  Sooner or later, no matter how well you choose the equipment you use, you’ll be in a position to get rid of something (often for something better).
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As I will be out of town and without reliable internet for the holiday season until the 7th of January, I will be suspending posts for a couple of weeks. I will resume blogging when I return. Thanks for reading and have a great holiday season!