SonicScoop Podcast

Almost every producer, engineer and musician struggles in being able to hear compression at first—sometimes for many years. Justin Colletti offers a fool-proof strategy for really learning to hear these sometimes subtle differences. It involves limiting variables, and doing a little bit of focused listening. If you do the exercises in this podcast, you'll quickly be able to hear compression in all of its main flavors. You just have to focus on the right things.

Justin Colletti answers a common question: Is it better to put your EQ before or after your compressor? Then, he dives into some tips and principles for using EQ sidechains and multiband compressors. Thanks to Focusrite, Soundtoys and Eventide for sponsoring this podcast. For much, much more on using compression, try Justin's full length courses: http://masteringdemystified.com http://mixingbreakthroughs.com

In this episode, Justin Colletti talks to Dave Hnatiuk, a music supervisor who has placed and written music for countless clients, including Viacom channels like MTV, VH1, BET, CMT and many more. For the full course, click here: https://transactions.sendowl.com/stores/11815/13707 Remember to enter code "SonicScoop" at checkout by October 20th for 20% off!

In this episode of the SonicScoop Podcast, Justin Colletti talks to Marc Urselli about doing audio work in the studio vs the stage. Marc is an engineer and mixer who is equally comfortable whether mixing FOH or tracking and producing in some of the world's best recording studios. He has worked with the likes of Nick Cave, Lou Reed, John Zorn, U2, Mike Patton, Les Paul, The Black Crowes, Joss Stone and many more.

In this episode, Justin Colletti reviews some of the most effective approaches in applying bus compression to a mix. Thanks to Soundtoys, Gear Club and Mixing Breakthroughs for sponsoring this episode. For more depth on this subject and more, try http://mixingbreakthroughs.com

This week, Justin Colletti gives an overview of 3 of the most useful advanced compression strategies, and details how to implement them on a variety of instruments. From parallel compression for drums, bass and vocals, serial compression for instruments and buses, and sidechain compression for making space, these are skills that should be in every producer or engineer's toolkit. Thanks to Eventide, Soundtoys and Mixing Breakthroughs for sponsoring this episode.

What holds you back in music, production or in mixing? This week, Justin Colletti talks to Ian Temple of Soundfly about some of the most common hangups and stumbling blocks for new musicians, producers and engineers and how to surmount them. Tune in for 5 of the most important principles for learning anything related to music and audio much faster, and for becoming much more productive in your pursuits.

In this episode, Justin Colletti details the positive effects on the brain and general health and well-being that come from learning music. This is why music education really matters. For more on this topic, try: https://sonicscoop.com/2016/02/27/why-music-education-actually-matters/ Thanks to Gear Club, Soundtoys and Mixing Breakthroughs for sponsoring this podcast.

This week, Justin Colletti shares some evidence-tested ways to get much better, much faster, at what you do—whether that's playing an instrument, writing songs, mixing records, running a business, or anything else. Research shows that there are better and worse ways to go about improving at your craft—and that talent isn't all that it's chalked up to be.

In the world of audio or music you're either an amateur or a professional. Which are you? Sometimes we're not clear and honest with ourselves about what role we're currently in—and which one is really best for us. That can lead to heartache and headaches, no matter which goals you pursue. In this episode of the podcast, Justin Colletti offers his standard for telling the difference between amateurs and professionals, and for deciding which path is best for you.

Nicolas Verhnes has worked with an incredible number of critically acclaimed artists including Fiery Furnaces, Cat Power, Bjork, Dirty Projectors, Deerhunter, Animal Collective, Silver Jews, The War on Drugs, Wild Nothing and more. In this conversation with Justin Colletti, learn more about his open-ended approach to record production, and his decision to leave his New York City recording studio behind.

Mark Needham is an 11-time GRAMMY-nominated producer and mixer who has worked with The Killers, Imagine Dragons, P!ink, Fleetwood Mac, Bloc Party, Chris Isaac and many more. Today, he focuses on developing new artists from the ground up, helping them find what makes them unique refine their craft, and connect with big audiences and major labels. Find out more about Mark here: https://www.markneedham.com Special thanks to Sonarworks, Soundtoys and Gear Club for sponsoring this podcast.

In this episode of the SonicScoop podcast LIVE from MixCon, Justin Colletti is joined by 3 brilliant panelists: Jon Bailey of iZotope tells us about the emergence of artificial intelligence and machine learning in music production. Alan Silverman talk about the current and future state of loudness in music making, where loud has become quiet, quiet has become loud. Marta Gospodarek tells us all about the state of the art in "spatial audio".

Aside from your ears, the most important tool you use every day might just be the music you listen to in the studio, and compare your work against. According to Justin Colletti, there's a "right" and "wrong" way to use references however. Here's his tips on how to get the most out of them, avoid some of the common pitfalls, stay creative, and keep from chasing your tail while comparing your tracks to other work.

"Your Audio is Amazing and Nobody's Happy!" MP3s and streaming platforms sometimes get a bad rap...But should they?? In this episode, Justin Colletti engages full on "rant" mode, eviscerating the view that poor audio quality is what's holding back the music industry, and offering insights on what is...And what can help bring it back to life. Join us for an episode sure to bring joy to music fans of good taste and scorch the delicate ears of digital era naysayers.