Explore the Music
Greetings! I’ve been uploading select samples of music I’ve recorded or collaborated on since this blog’s inception. Explore all posts tagged with audio uploads.
Intermodulation Distortion in The Mix
Where you place saturation and distortion in your signal chain can significantly impact the levels of unpleasant intermodulation distortion in your mix.
The Art of DSP Saturation
DSP engineering has come a long way in implementing fantastic sounding saturation designs for the ITB mix engineer. To understand saturation, let’s look at the flavors of saturation we encounter in both analog and digital domains to gain a better understanding of how and why they sound.
“Vintage” DSP: ReaComp
Nearly eighteen years after the first freeware cross-platform version of ReaComp was introduced, it still provides one of the most extensive ranges of control parameters in a compressor. Exploring its features serves as a primer on compression.
That “1176 Sound”
Why has the 1176 compressor been a staple in hit pop mixes for over a half century? Let’s explore the magic within the box.
Baseline: A Steady Diet Of Nothing
From straight-edge hardcore punk to modern wellness social media influencers, it’s been a long journey to make clean living cool again.
The Power of Empathetic Leadership
The ability to step into another’s shoes and understand their situation and challenges is a powerful trait that builds trust, faith and cohesion that is essential to the success of teams and organizations.
Remote Work Time Management
The productivity paradox facing remote workers cannot be solved with technology. It’s a management problem.
Fear, Doubt & Uncertainty
A track exploring EDM and house production techniques. Recently reading a critical review and technical analysis of an audio amplifier by a blogger I enjoy, the author mentioned the classic phrase, Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt — a propaganda tactic and sales technique. Inspired by the concept, I reordered the sequence to fit rhythmically & lyrically. … Continue reading Fear, Doubt & Uncertainty
Healing the Digitally Distressed Mind
It’s not until you schedule an intentional “digital detox” that you’ll see how much compulsive behavior punctuates your life and how much willpower it will take to permanently change it.
Got Tools?
You know the old saying, “the right tools for the job…”
The Future of Audio Mastering
Has mastering become an overloaded term in audio production? What is it and where is it going?
Graceful Degradation
Music produced in January 2024. Graceful degradation is a computer science term describing system designs that maintain essential or mission-critical functionality when significant components are rendered inoperative.
Obsolete Dreams
Music written, performed and produced by Ernie Gray for the project, “Vacations In Color” between 2021-2023.
1987: The Year U2 Broke The Big 80s
It’s difficult to appreciate now, but from an audio production standpoint, almost everything about “The Joshua Tree” was antithetical to the prevailing norms of 1987.