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Page 2 of 4 "When you upgraded to Protools HD, how did that change things?" "Four years ago I upgraded to HD and also chose to go with Apogee converters, and the difference was profound. I wasn’t just an upgrade to HD, but I also made the change to the Apogee boxes and it was like taking cotton out of your ears, and being able to see on a clear day as opposed to an overcast day, it was that dramatic! The combination of the two things had a profound effect on what I was hearing and what the artists was hearing ” “The Apogee is a unique box, it elevates the recording art. It’s easy to use and once it’s plugged in you never have to think about it again. It is also tremendously affordable”. "Talk us through how you typically setup a recording session in your protools system." “Because I’m not a midi oriented producer or musician, I like to make the recording environment as close to a performance as possible. I even avoid click tracks as much as I can, I want an artist to come in here and feel as if he or she were at home or performing in front of friends and leave behind the inhibitions a studio can often cause.” "What are your favorite plug ins?"
"I’m a big fan of the Waves plugins, I have the Mercury bundle, which has great stuff on board.There is one secret little thing which I use quite a bit, which is De-Noise, it’s not just great on guitar amplifier hum and extraneous noises, but strangely it almost lends a sound that is often very pleasing. We’ve discovered that if you take the sound that it creates by removing noise, and using that noise as an instrument, it’s magnificent! Nobody can recognize what they’re hearing.” “Vocalign is a brilliant software program, not just for its conventional use... we’ve been doing some very clever tricks with instruments using Vocalign of which I’m not at liberty to disclose because my engineer, Shawn Everett has invented something called ‘liquid editing’ that is revolutionary!” “Another plugin that I use all the time is Vintage Warmer. It’s a great sounding plugin and it really lends a listenability to things that are prone to harshness.”
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