The Null Device Blog

Random musings, rumblings, and what-have-you from an indie electronic band.

Fix It In The Mix

As both a guy who makes music and a guy who masters other people’s I’ve encountered the tendency – sometimes even in myself – to write off some mix errors as just “stuff that can be fixed in mastering.” While maybe it’s true that the mastering engineer *can* indeed fix these things, the smartest policy [...]

On All-In-One Mastering Packages

With the rise in the DIY Mastering ethos for independent studios, a number of companies have put out all-in-one mastering solutions, generally a single program or an all-in-one plugin that handles every major step in the mastering chain.  I can’t say I’m a huge fan. With the exception of the very-high-end stuff, like SaDiE, most [...]

We Had This Kind Of Epic Lineup…

Last night we played a gig at The Frequency here in Madison.  It was the anniversary show for the local Dane101.com blog.  Jesse, the mastermind of Dane101, pretty much pulled in four wildly different bands to do four wildly different things, and the end result was pretty excellent. It was a bittersweet gig for us, [...]

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    • Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow. That means six more weeks of Andie Macdowell's career. - 1 day ago
    • I got a Stellar CM-6 tube condenser this week. It's very nice. Now afraid I'll become That Guy who gets snobby about NOS tubes and stuff. - 1 day ago
    • Nearly four pounds of @Nueskes bacon has arrived at my door. This is gunna be a great day. - 1 day ago
    • Suck! But let this be a caution to other bands: never leave gear unattended. “Madison Band Victim Of Equipment Theft: http://t.co/FpZkz5lF” - 3 days ago
    • Not a headline I would've ever expected to read: "Gordon Ramsay's Dwarf Porn Double Found Dead in Badger Den in Wales http://t.co/ayZ7N9jA” - 3 days ago
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