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While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Take 27) sheds new light on the work of The Beatles
44 takes later...
This is how to add Tchad Blake-like subs in Reaper
Tchad Blake uses a sample for the subs. He works in ProTools. But in Reaper you can accomplish the same thing.
Tchad Blake taught me in Paris
Being in the studio with Tchad every day from 10 in the morning until 7 at night and seeing and hearing him do his stuff made an unlikely impression on me.
My final editing, sound design and mixing for podcast Het verraad van de Jordaan
I did the final editing, sound design and mixing for the podcast series Het verraad van de Jordaan.
How to set the input level on your interface for guitar? (Cordy, Massaad and Shull got it all wrong)
Cordy, Massaad and Shull got it all wrong
How to normalize audio items in Reaper using the new SWS extension (v2.14.0.3)
The new stable release (at the moment of writing: v2.14.0.3) of the SWS extension offers a great way to normalize audio items in Reaper. Why would you normalize audio items? The best way to work with digital audio in my opinion is to have a reference point for loudness. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) R.128 norm
Host versus CC/MIDI automation in Reaper
Here's how to use Host and CC/MIDI automation in Reaper.
I developed the music identity of the podcast Digitale Zaken op tafel
Commissioned by the Dutch government (Rijksoverheid), I developed the music identity of the podcast Digitale Zaken op tafel for the Adviescollege ICT-toetsing (formerly BIT). In other words: the intro and outro music of the podcast.
My future ideas for Reason
As a long-time Reason user who has been involved in its development and praises its modular potential, I suggest that the development of the Rack plugin should be prioritised over Reason as a DAW.
Superglue in Reaper is like Glue + undo!
For sound design in Reaper, I often glue audio items together. But there s one big problem: you can t undo it later. Well, now you can! The brand new Superglue SWS Extension, released about a week ago, is like a combination of glue and grouping. With Superglue, you can easily glue items together, then later remove,
I have won the PrinsjesPodcastprijs 2023!
For NRC Vandaag s episode Hoe de Groningse gasmissie van Wiebes mislukte, I won the PrinsjesPodcastprijs 2023 for my montage which I did with Anna Korterink (editor). It was presented by Floor Boon and investigative journalist Derk Stokmans was our guest. The PrinsjesPodcastprijs is the award for the best political podcast of the year. This prize,
Everything you ever wanted to know about revealing speakers
These monitors may look good, but they re actually meant to sound bad! Sound On Sound For many years I used these bad sounding speakers , Triple P Pyramids. Speakers like the Auratone and the NS10 are particularly good at exposing mid-range balance errors because of frequency responses which rise smoothly to a peak around 1.5kHz and
My sound design and audio post-production for De zwembadclub
For De Zwembadclub, the new podcast by Annegriet Wietsma, I provided the sound design and did the audio post-production. Annegriet is known for the podcast De Deventer Mediazaak (over 1.3 million listeners in the first 4 months and winner of two Dutch podcast awards). For De zwembadclub (in English: the swimming club) I fine-tuned the
Reaper Tip: align audio items to BWF position (great for importing ProTools sessions etc.)
When importing audio from another DAW (e.g. ProTools) into Reaper, audio items can be positioned according to their BWF values. Here's how.