Production Expert Podcast

Mike, James and Julian discuss condenser mics in this week's podcast. There are so many good, inexpensive mics available. Do you need to spend more? They discuss the releases of Pro Tools 2018.7 and they answer your questions, share community feedback, and their finds of the week.

Russ, Dan and Kevin are trying their hardest not to sound like grumpy old men as they discuss the effect the democratisation of audio technology has had on standards in the music industry. They answer your questions, share community feedback, and their finds of the week.

Mike, James and Alan are discussing the new MacBook Pro. It's powerful but is it suitable for running Pro Tools? They talk compressors and answer your questions, share community feedback, and their finds of the week.

James, Dan and Julian discuss parallel compression, asking why it is as popular as it is and under what circumstances it is useful.

Julian, Alan and Kevin are discussing gear this week. Firstly with the announcement of the latest version of Neyrinck's V Control Pro bringing back Pro Controls and Control 24s back from the dead. Secondly they discuss monitor choice and answer your questions, share community feedback, and their finds of the week.

Russ, Julian and Alan get controversial, examining Julian's recent comment that the SM57 and the SM7B are overrated (light blue touch paper and stand well back...). They also answer your questions, share community feedback, and their finds of the week.

This podcast extra is part of a complete article documenting the development of Pro Tools 2018 from January to the publish date in late June. Go to the story on Production Expert to see in-depth coverage of all the new features introduced in the first half of 2018.

Russ, Dan and James are in high spirits this week as they talk about the great products from Avid's back catalogue which didn't make the impression they should have. They discuss why checking mixes in mono is more important than ever. They answer your questions, share community feedback, and their finds of the week.

Mike, Dan and Julian talk about bad habits in production and the merits or otherwise of speaker calibration or "room correction" hardware and software. They share community feedback and their finds of the week.

Russ, James and Dan talk about handling criticism, protecting yourself from RSI in your studio and they share community feedback and their finds of the week.

Russ, Mike and Julian talk about whether our studios work for us or whether we work for them? They discuss gender imbalance in the Pro Audio industry and share community feedback and their find of the week.

Russ, James and Kevin discuss monitor choice, innovation in DAW features and share community feedback and their finds of the week. DealsFor the rest of May, our friends at Sonnox are running an... With over 1 million visits a year, we’ve grown to be the place to come for Pro Tools training, resources, tips tricks and news

In this Podcast Extra interview, Pro Tools Expert Technical Editor James Ivey talks to Producer, Mixing & Mastering Engineer Dax Liniere at his Puzzle Factory Sound Studio in North London that... With over 1 million visits a year, we’ve grown to be the place to come for Pro Tools training, resources, tips tricks and news

Dan, James and Alan discuss Vocal Comping, Studio Errors and share community feedback and their finds of the week.

In this Podcast Extra for Production Expert, Technical Editor James Ivey sits down with Matt Ward and David 'Saxon' Greenep of Jigsaw24 at the Jigsaw24 London headquarters in Golden Square,... With over 1 million visits a year, we’ve grown to be the place to come for Pro Tools training, resources, tips tricks and news

Dan, James and Julian discuss studio acoustics and Pro Tools bugs, and share community feedback and their finds of the week. DealsProduction Expert has teamed up with Signum Audio to offer the... With over 1 million visits a year, we’ve grown to be the place to come for Pro Tools training, resources, tips tricks and news

Dan, James and Julian discuss the role of rough mixes, microphone choices,  receive some community feedback from a Pro Audio celeb and share their finds of the week. DealsProduction Expert... With over 1 million visits a year, we’ve grown to be the place to come for Pro Tools training, resources, tips tricks and news

Russ, James and Julian discuss the results of our Pro Tools satisfaction survey, the role of workflow when developing new products, our newest team member Woody Brown on and they answer questions... With over 1 million visits a year, we’ve grown to be the place to come for Pro Tools training, resources, tips tricks and news

Russ, Dan and Kevin revisit last week's discussion on studio security, share tips for recording vocals and they answer questions from the community and share their finds of the week. DealsCheck out... With over 1 million visits a year, we’ve grown to be the place to come for Pro Tools training, resources, tips tricks and news

James, Julian and Alan discuss studio security, talk about news from Messe and they answer questions from the community and share their finds of the week. DealsCheck out the deals from our... With over 1 million visits a year, we’ve grown to be the place to come for Pro Tools training, resources, tips tricks and news

Mike, James and Julian discuss the release of Pro Tools 2018.4 with its new , less confusing name for Pro Tools HD, they discuss the role of talent in production and they answer questions from... With over 1 million visits a year, we’ve grown to be the place to come for Pro Tools training, resources, tips tricks and news

Russ and James are joined by new team member Kevin Becka for this week's podcast in which they discuss whether it is the gear or the skills and experience which give a  professional value... With over 1 million visits a year, we’ve grown to be the place to come for Pro Tools training, resources, tips tricks and news

Dan, Julian and Alan discuss two subjects which some of the community hold strong opinions about: Software subscription and the possibility of a driver to bring unsupported control surfaces back to... With over 1 million visits a year, we’ve grown to be the place to come for Pro Tools training, resources, tips tricks and news

Mike, James and Dan question the widely held belief that Pro Tools subscriptions have driven up the cost of staying up to date with Pro Tools and how responsibly audio brands approach packaging their... With over 1 million visits a year, we’ve grown to be the place to come for Pro Tools training, resources, tips tricks and news

In this Podcast Extra Interview, Technical Editor, James Ivey chats with Matt Boudreau, host of the Working Class Audio podcast. Matt has been involved in music for 33 years. First as a drummer then... With over 1 million visits a year, we’ve grown to be the place to come for Pro Tools training, resources, tips tricks and news