Academy of Audio®

Knobs

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Knobs is an audio production podcast hosted by Melbourne producers and engineers Simon Moro and Terry Hart. Each episode dives into the real world of music production, mixing, recording, analog gear, digital workflow, studio culture, creativity, and the craft of making records. Expect conversations about signal flow, studio techniques, mixing philosophy, production approaches, gear, workflow, troubleshooting, and the countless little decisions that shape great sounding music. The format is intentionally conversational and improvised, more like sitting in on two experienced engineers talking in...

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Thick, Gooey & Controlled, Building Better Low End 05.07.2026 55:36

Low end is one of the hardest things to get right in audio production and one of the easiest things to get wrong. In this episode, Simon Moro and Terry Hart unpack the foundation of a great mix: bass, kick drums, groove, monitoring, room acoustics, arrangement, and why adding more layers usually makes things worse. Along the way they discuss bass players vs guitarists playing bass, why room acoust...

Why Your Vocals Don’t Cut Through (And It’s Probably Not EQ) 28.06.2026 56:00

Everyone wants bigger vocals. Most people reach for EQ and compression first. In this episode of Knobs, Simon Moro and Terry Hart unpack what actually makes vocals cut through a mix — and surprisingly, a lot of it happens before you even touch a plugin. From singer technique and microphone placement through to parallel compression, layered reverbs, vocal chains, automation and mix psychology, this...

We Stopped Capturing Magic 21.06.2026 31:30

What happened when music stopped being about capturing performances and started being about creating them? In this more personal episode of Knobs, Simon Moro and Terry Hart reflect on creativity, nostalgia, songwriting, technology and why modern music production feels fundamentally different to the way it did 20 years ago. From band rehearsals and old Chili Peppers records to music theory, confide...

Why Great Songs Die in the Mix 14.06.2026 35:32

Should your producer mix your music, or should you hand it off to someone else? In Episode 3 of KNOBS, Simon Moro and Terry Hart tackle one of audio’s biggest debates: who should actually mix your record. The conversation covers producer mixes vs dedicated mix engineers, when outsourcing makes sense, why great productions often fail at the mix stage, and the surprising role emotion plays in making...

Are AI Music Tools Helping or Hurting Creativity? 07.06.2026 40:30

AI is changing music production faster than almost any technology we’ve seen before, but is it making records better? In Episode 2 of KNOBS, Simon Moro and Terry Hart dive into AI music tools, voice cloning, stem separation, Suno, machine learning plugins, and the growing tension between convenience and creativity. From real-world examples where AI saved expensive recording projects to the risks o...

Analog vs Digital... but it's not what you think. 27.05.2026 27:48

KNOBS — Season 1 Episode 1 Analog vs Digital: Why Workflow Matters More Than Gear In the very first episode of Knobs, Simon Moro and Terry Hart dive headfirst into one of audio’s oldest arguments: analog vs digital. But instead of obsessing over whether tape sounds warmer or plugins perfectly model vintage gear, the conversation takes a different turn, exploring the psychology of workflow, creativ...