In this week’s Podcast Russ Hughes, Julian Rodgers and Sara Carter discuss their studios and the steps they have taken to make sure they remain healthy and productive. From software tweaks to furniture choice, we spend a lot of time in our studios so how do we make them work for us?

Deals

• We have some great deals from Waves, Synchro Arts, Universal Audio, RSPE, Editors Keys and Avid on our Deals page.

• Talking Point - The Smarter Recording Studio - How To Be Creative With Fewer Interruptions

Competitions

It’s a busy month for competitions and giveaways with no fewer than four running in October from leapwing, Krotos, Slate and Townsend Labs.

• Download and remix 5x Grammy award winning producer Cassidy Turbin’s track Spell Of Love for a chance to win a Townsend Labs L22 microphone system worth over £1300 in their Halloween giveaway.

• To celebrate the launch of their EDM pack, Slate Digital are giving away an ML-1 Virtual Microphone System and a 1-year subscription to their all access pass’ worth over $1000

• Leapwing Audio are offering three chances to win their plugins worth over £700 including DynOne, CentreOne, StageOne and the new RootOne.

• Our friends over at Krotos are giving away their Sound Design Bundle 2 - which includes Reformer Pro, Dehumaniser 2 and Igniter Full Tank - worth £1,842 to one lucky winner.

Check out the Win page for more details

Source Connect Now

As you may know, we are spread out around the UK, Europe and the US when we record the podcast. In the past, we have used a variety of internet-based solutions so we could hear each other.  We have settled on Source Connect Now which gives us ISDN equivalent quality audio using a Chrome browser, no software to install. You can get a free account from Source Elements.

• Russ - 808 style drum programming

• Julian - E-instruments Session Keys Grand S

• Sara - Brainwavz Hengja - The Headphone Desk Hanger

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