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Review of Izotope Ozone 11

Richard L'Hommedieu Home Recording, izotope, Mastering, mixing, Ozone, Plugins, VST October 17, 2023

Making a Scene Brings you a Comprehensive Review of Izotope Ozone 11 Izotope Ozone 11 is a highly acclaimed audio mastering software that has been widely praised by audio professionals for its exceptional range of features and tools. With its intuitive interface and advanced capabilities, it provides users with everything they need to enhance and […]

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Gear Reviews/ Software Reviews

Review of the Kush REDDI DI Plugin

Brandon S Hire blues, indie Blues, making a Scene, plugin, recording, REDDI, VST October 15, 2018

You wouldn’t think of a direct box as having a certain character, unless you’ve worked in a facility that has really good character DI’s. After all, in the age of Multi-I/O converters with DI inputs, it’s easy to forget the role that a quality DI box plays. High end DI boxes were used to help […]

Gear Reviews/ Recording Techniques/ Software Reviews

Top 5 IK Multimedia Plugins

Brandon S Hire audio plugins, daw, IK Mutimedia, making a Scene, recording plugins, Recording Techniques, VST November 29, 2017

Top 5 IK Multimedia Plugins Brandon Shire We all have our favorites, and in this post I want to share my top 5 from IK Multimedia! Let’s countdown, starting from number 5. MASTER EQ 432 5. Master EQ 432 The right amount of the right eq on the master bus can really bring your mix […]

Gear Reviews/ Recording Techniques/ Software Reviews

Top 5 Waves Plugins

Brandon S Hire audio plugins, daw, making a Scene, Plugins, Recording Techniques, VST, waves plugins November 28, 2017

Top 5 Waves Plugins! Brandon Shire We all have our favorites, and in this post I want to share my top 5 from Waves Audio! Let’s countdown, starting from number 5. MY DEFAULT HLS SETTINGS 5. Kramer HLS Channel This thing is just meaty. I use it as a low end enhancer more than anything, […]

Software Reviews

Why you shouldn’t sleep on Nomad Factory

Brandon S Hire blue tubes, daw. recording, making a Scene, nomad factory, Plugins, VST July 31, 2017

Why you shouldn’t sleep on Nomad Factory Brandon Shire [I realize this entire post reads like a giant advertisement, but I assure you that it’s my honest opinion about a product line that I am personally passionate about. Nomad Factory have never given me a plugin to review, I have no NFR’s from them, and […]

Recording Techniques/ Software Reviews

Why I Don’t Care About Accurate Analog Modeling

Brandon S Hire 1081, Analog, Analog Modeling, EQ, Factory, Hardware, Model, Modeled, Modeling, NEQ-1972, Neve, Nomad, plugin, Software, Software Modeling, V-Eq4, VST, Waves February 15, 2017

Plugin manufacturers are on a never ending quest to develop the holy grail of plugins…the perfect digital model of a classic analog piece that everyone in the industry embraces as the most accurate, bar none. This is admirable in that it pushes the technology further and further, and now we have top tier mix engineers […]