171: Flo Reithofer On Producing Heavy Records, Staying True To The Artist’s Vision And Being A Life-Long Student (Case Study)

I sat down with Flo Reithofer, a producer, engineer and musician from Austria. He was one of the first people to join the Self-Recording Syndicate and I've been

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169: This is What Separates Pro Quality Productions From Amateur Demos

Listen to this episode if you want to know what's keeping your recordings from sounding professional.Book a free feedback call with Benedikt, the host of the show!Here's what

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168: Producer/Drummer Lucas McKinnon On Remote Session Drumming, Drum Production, Creative Collaboration And Getting The Perfect Foundation For Your Song

Lucas McKinnon is an artist, multi-instrumentalist, session drummer, record producer, owner of Silverside Sound (a beautiful recording studio) and inviting him to the podcast was long overdue! So

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164: Playing Real Drums vs Programming Drums – How About Both?

Recording actual drums is not an option for many people, so naturally a lot of people are programming MIDI drums.But have you considered playing your MIDI drums instead?You

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163: I Need A Better Process For Tracking!

Jack, a podcast listener, commented the following on one of our episodes:"A problem i've been having lately isn't so much with getting good sounds or mixing as it

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150: We Answer Your Mixing Questions

To celebrate 150 episodes of The Self-Recording Band Podcast 🤯, we're sharing the replay of our Mixes Unpacked - Vol. 2 Q&A session with you! Book a free

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147: How To Use One Shot Drum Samples

On this show, we always talk about how to blend drum samples transparently with your real kit or how to program natural sounding MIDI drums.But what about the

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142: How To Identify Time Signatures And Note Values (Every Producer Needs To Know This) – With Thomas Krottenthaler

We got the following question from our coaching students:“How do you identify (drum) time signatures and note values? I want to get better and faster at figuring this

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136: Making No-Compromise, Premium Drum Samples – With Dave Piatek (Room Sound)

Dave Piatek and his company Room Sound set out to make the ultimate, realistic, authentic sounding, premium drum sample libraries.Book a free feedback call with Benedikt, the host

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130: How To Add Energy And Vibe Transparently With Parallel Compression

Parallel compression is one of those advanced techniques, similar to multi-band compression, side-chaining, etc. that sound like a magic bullet or secret ingredient to pro mixes.Book a free

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