Brian Dilucente

Brian Dilucente : Tetris

by Ame one on May 20, 2011

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I’ve known Brian for a little over a decade. During that time I watched him grow as a musician and as an audio engineer while working at Konami and Tetris. I met Brian while I was attending Hawaii Pacific University. We ran with the same crowd. He’s one of the reasons I got in to [...]

Geneva B: Canadian vocalist

by Ame one 05.07.2011
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I had the pleasure of working with Geneva B on my  Stonehenge Diaries Album. We were in need of a female vocalist for Slow Down. Nomar Slevik suggested Geneva and that is how I got to know her.  I think she is a great vocalist and thought she would be an interesting person to interview.

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Neeraj Khajanchi: Recording/Mix Engineer in Japan

by Ame one 04.11.2011

I’m not quite sure how I came across Neeraj, I think it was on Twitter. I thought it would be interesting to interview him because he is a professional audio engineer who works in Japan. Prior to working in Japan he interned under Phil Ramone, worked at the Hit Factory and he is also a graduate [...]

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Batch Import Wav Audio Files In Logic Pro 9

by Ame one 03.31.2011
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Often times we find ourselves with a folder of wav or aiff files when we are collaborating with others who do not use Logic.  Unfortunately selecting File>Import Audio File is not the most efficient option because it only allows for importing one file at a time. This is really inefficient  if a ton of tracks [...]

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How to use Kontakt 4 with Logic Pro 9

by Ame one 03.27.2011
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Logic Studio (1&2) has made it easier to use multi-timbral and multi-output instruments than it was in previous versions of Logic. You no longer need to open up the environment to route and create auxiliary channels in order to use multi-out plugins.

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Tab to transient like function in Logic Pro 9

by Ame one 02.23.2011
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Logic Pro 9 has a tab to transient like function, like Pro Tools, built in to it. However, the function does not utilize tab and does not have a key command assigned to it. In this lesson we’ll learn how to make this transient detection command a bit more easily accessible. The first thing we [...]

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Native Instruments Kontakt Sampler FAQ

by Ame one 02.08.2011
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Kontakt is a pretty complex program and does a lot of cool things. Unfortunately there are many questions about it and it can be difficult to find the answer you are looking for on the Native Instruments website or the internet. These are some of the most common questions that I have seen regarding Kontakt.

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Do I need to dither when converting to mp3?

by Ame one 02.07.2011
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Is it necessary to use dither when converting a 24 bit song to 16bits before mp3 conversion? The short answer is no. I’m not going to go through the math to explain because the numbers are sound. I’m just going to explain it with simple logic and some audio clips.

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Kontakt 4 Sample Formats

by Ame one 02.05.2011
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Here is a listing of the sample formats that Kontakt 3 and Kontakt 4 can import

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