Knobs Podcast S01 E12: Why Your Reverb Sounds Amateur
Simon Moro and Terry Hart on using reverb like a pro: short ambient vs long, pre-delay and depth, darkness as distance, and reverb as…
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S01E11 Knobs Podcast S01 E11: You Need the Rules to Break Them
Simon Moro and Terry Hart on technical knowledge vs creativity in music production: why it's a false binary, and why you need the rules…
S01E10 Knobs Podcast S01 E10: 7 Questions Every Producer Asks
Simon Moro and Terry Hart answer 7 producer questions: the car test, pro mixes, expensive mics, bigger vocals, recording levels, EQ and compression.
S01E09 Knobs Podcast S01 E09: New Tech, Same Mistakes: From Tape to AI in the Studio
Simon Moro & Terry Hart on adopting studio tech without overdoing it: tape, quantising, Auto-Tune, Atmos and AI, and the art of restraint.
S01E08 Knobs Podcast S01 E08: Why Most Plugins Don’t Sound Analog
Simon Moro and Terry Hart on analog plugin emulations: circuit modelling vs impulse response, why compressors are the real test, and how to choose.
S01E07 Knobs Podcast S01 E07: Perfection Is Killing Your Mix
Simon Moro and Terry Hart on why perfectionism wrecks mixes: the first 30 minutes, six-month mixes, and learning to let a record be what…
S01E06 Knobs Podcast S01 E06: Thick, Gooey and Controlled: Building Better Low End
Simon Moro and Terry Hart on building a thick, controlled low end: the player, the room, gear, auditory masking, splitting the bass, and monitoring.
S01E05 Knobs Podcast S01 E05: Why Your Vocals Don’t Cut Through (and It’s Probably Not EQ)
Simon Moro and Terry Hart on getting vocals to cut through a mix: resonance, mic choice, parallel processing and reverbs, and why it's rarely…
S01E04 Knobs Podcast S01 E04: We Stopped Capturing Magic
Music has changed—but have we lost something along the way? Simon Moro and Terry Hart reflect on creativity, nostalgia, songwriting and why making music…
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