Matt and Dan discuss attention grabbing music, Coachella and perform excerpts from the Lord of Rings soundtrack (apologies in advance)

Artists mentioned:

Grimes CeeLo Green Lump Blur Oasis Laura Marling Nigel Olsen (Elton John’s Drummer) Lizzy McAlpine Brian Eno Hanz Zimmer Ludwig Göransson

Producer/engineers mentioned:

Bob Clearmountain Stock Aitken Waterman

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Matt and Dan discuss the language of audio engineering, Software instrument strings and the power of bad ideas

Artists mentioned:

Nine Inch Nails Atticus Ross Yehudi Menuhin Soundgarden Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds “Wild God”

Mixers mentioned:

David Fridmann Bob Clearmountain Spike Stent Ben Baptie David Wrench

Plugins mentioned:

Spitfire BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover Felt Instruments Blisko Timeless Textural Strings UAD Soundcity, Ocean Way

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This week Matt and Dan discuss the parallels between audio, writing and painting, as well as listening from the audience’s perspective and how we as engineers interact with a mix (see, we can do sensible descriptions sometimes!). Also everyone turns up early for their sessions.

Hardware mentioned:

Moog Sub37 Steven Slate Raven series Digidesign Command 8 SSL Nucleus 2 Avid Control (iPad app)

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