Knobs Podcast S01 E17: How to Build a Soundstage
Simon Moro and Terry Hart on mixing in three dimensions: depth, width and height, pre-delay and darkness, the mono anchor, and why wideners wreck…
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S01E16 Knobs Podcast S01 E16: What Is a Producer, Really?
Simon Moro and Terry Hart define the producer's role: the three types, why it gets confused with funding, and why a producer fights to…
S01E15 Knobs Podcast S01 E15: How We Mix the Rhythm Section
Simon Moro and Terry Hart mix the rhythm section channel by channel: kick, snare, toms, rooms, percussion and bass, and the template that makes…
S01E14 Knobs Podcast S01 E14: Why Digital Has Too Much Detail
Simon Moro and Terry Hart on film, tape and the magic of analog: why detail everywhere feels clinical, and why the flaw was the…
S01E13 Knobs Podcast S01 E13: Safe Spaces vs the Perfect Take
Simon Moro and Terry Hart on creative freedom versus safe spaces in the studio: capturing energy, the lines that never move, and why the…
S01E12 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…
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.
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