Grammy winning engineer William Wittman (Cyndi Lauper, the Hooters) and ex BBC Maida Vale engineer Sara Carter (Adele, Lady GaGa) talk with Julian about their experiences of working with orchestral players, either as an orchestra or working with sections of string, brass and woodwind. In addition, they talk about free plug-ins and finds of the week are shared.
Please be aware there is a short section at the beginning of this week’s podcast where one of the contributors has some audio issues, the affected section is only short so please stick with it. Normal service is quickly resumed!
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Talking Point 1 - Working with orchestral players, check out our Basic Recording Techniques articles.
Talking Point 2 - Free Plug-ins, what are our favourites?
Competitions
Our friends at Kali Audio are offering the chance to win a pair of their LP8 two-way monitors. The larger of the two models in the Lone Pine range, the LP8 is a two-way monitor that offers performance way beyond its price tag of $199. Please note that this giveaway is only open to entrants from the US, Canada and Europe.
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Sara - Multcloud
William - Thalia Capos