[Video] Monolake Tours Dubplates and Mastering in Berlin — by Madden Wachsenhoff on

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Monolake tours Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin. A fascinating look into one of the secret rooms where techno magic happens. Much like ...

Make your mixdowns shine with proper use of EQ and compression techniques — by Madden Wachsenhoff on

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I wish someone had these kind of easy to follow tips out when I first started making music. These video's are from the excellent...

Dr. Dre Mixing Engineer First, Producer Second — by Madden Wachsenhoff on

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Whether you're a hip hop fan or not, there's no denying that Dr. Dre's tracks pound. I've been known to track down ...

Den Haag - When I Sold My Soul To The Machine - Music Documentary — by Madden Wachsenhoff on

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This 2004 documentary about Den Haag and the electronic music scene showcases a behind-the-scenes look at Cybernetic Broadcasting Sy...

The Lost Art of Mastering — by Madden Wachsenhoff on

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Musically, I went a bit old school today and decided to play some mid-90s hip hop as I rolled down to a muscle car and hot rod cruis...

in the studio with giorgio moroder donna summer — by Madden Wachsenhoff on

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This is a great video showing Donna Summer in a studio session along with Giorgio Moroder..

Remixing without stems — by Madden Wachsenhoff on

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This article about remixing tracks without having access to original production audio stems over at djtechtools was incredibly useful. Peep ...

sick flip of an old school classic — by Madden Wachsenhoff on

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as Grooverider pointed out on a recent edition of Radio 1's Drum n Bass show, this DJ Fresh 'Fantazia' track is really a flip of...

no need for cubase... — by Madden Wachsenhoff on

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I've been contemplating buying the basic entry version of Cubase 5 in order to work on mixdowns for my musical productions, but I have t...

the legendary DJ Quik in the studio — by Madden Wachsenhoff on

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showing off some vintage equipment and recording tips. if you dont know who Quik is, you can find out

reason/record integration — by Madden Wachsenhoff on

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following up on yesterdays drop , this shows exactly what I was talking about with the ease of integration and rack space.

Propellerheads Record.... — by Madden Wachsenhoff on

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so I've been digging a little deeper into the new Propellerheads Record product. While this product appears to be designed for bands to ...

ghetto bass EP on its way... — by Madden Wachsenhoff on

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I spent a few hours last night working on a project I've had cooking for quite some time now, the Ghetto Bass EP under another one of my...

make that groove go bump da bump bump — by Madden Wachsenhoff on

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I recently cruised around town late at night listening to the various tracks we've released on Vocode to some pro-mastered commercial re...

jump up to get down — by Madden Wachsenhoff on

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last night I came home and had a flurry of creativity - I jumped on the Gruppe 909 project and got closer than ever to getting these tracks...

hitting the sweet spot in the mix — by Madden Wachsenhoff on

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as I've been working on tracks, I've been using Robb Neu's spectrum analyser tool for Reason. One thing I noticed is that I alw...

upcoming release — by Madden Wachsenhoff on

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back in early december I got inspired by listening to some oldschool electro and florida breakbeat records and started a few new cuts one ev...

balance — by Madden Wachsenhoff on

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the key to any successful final mixdown and mastering session is achieving that perfect balance between dynamics, perceived loudness and lev...