HaLO – the Isthmus

Tom Laskin The advent of cheap digital recording and even cheaper distribution over the internet has compacted the music world in ways that just weren't anticipated in the 1980's. The high synth-pop era influences much of the music on Halo, a compilation of various electronically oriented Madison acts who've clustered …

DJ Gig

DJ Null will be spinning at The Inferno again on Oct 8th. With DJ D20 and special guest DJ Koob. All sortsa fun beats shall be dropped.

The new peeps

Had the pelasure of meeting the pair from Blind Faith and Envy, an up-and-coming synth band currently residing in Lake Geneva. Sigird was doing a photo shoot for them, and it looks like it’s gunna be awesome. So it was cool that I got to talk to them, hang out, …

Underway

Mastering on “A Million Different Moments” has begun. I’m trying to avoid the “compress everything until it sounds louder than anything else out there” trend. Yes, I’m applying compression, no I’m not using high thresholds and high ratios. Yes, it’s getting limited, no I’m not using an ultramaximizer threshold of …

Waves, Mastering, etc

My Waves Native Pack arrived today. It’s awesome. I like it a lot, and have already started mastering the hell out of things. My ears are very tired. However, bastards that they are, they included demos of their otehr products. Including the official “Waves mastering edition” and some other plugs. …