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The Producer Lounge

by Always400

A podcast where we chill and talk shop about electronic music production and its inner workings.

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  1. Sidechain Expansion #82 The Producer Lounge

    EPISODE 82 (0:00) - Intro (2:35) - This week (8:27) - Doof Capital (9:22) - Serious tracks (10:50) - Weird layout / Build downs (17:09) - Tip of the week / Stress test (27:46) - Ad Read (29:00) - Projects (38:24) - Sidechain Expansion (44:20) - Distortion love / low end health (49:56) - Tilt Eq…

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  2. Work in a Box Feat. Mr. Frick #81 The Producer Lounge

    EPISODE 81 Feat. Mr. Frick @fricky.boi @Mr. Frick (0:00) - Intro Feat. Mr. Frick (2:30) - This week (6:32) - Sending tracks out (10:00) - Making beats for someone else (15:00) - The journey is sweet / fasting (18:52) - Giving yourself a box (25:00) - Picking a genre / KMG (28:56) - Black Friday...

  3. Vocal Processing #80 The Producer Lounge

    EPISODE 80 (0:00) - Intro (1:35) - This week (3:45) - Tip of the week / Writer's block (18:38) - Treat yourself like a dog (20:22) - Into the Daw (30:44) - Vocal Processing (52:38) - Im a Giraffe (58:23) - Outro / Shouts If you like this kind of content leave a Sub, a Like, maybe a Comment, and...

  4. Spectral Gating Feat. Restraint #79 The Producer Lounge

    EPISODE 77 Feat. Restraint @Restraint_music (0:00) - Intro Feat. Restraint (2:58) - Tech is sweet (6:44) - This week (9:02) - Spectral Gating / Nasko's Patreon (23:05) - Restraint's week / Drum Swing (41:31) - Janzen's Week / Prep Work (52:30) - Multi-Instrument patch / Manual Granulator (56:04)…

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  5. Satisfying Stereo Image Feat. Critz #78 The Producer Lounge

    EPISODE 78 Feat. Critz @itscritz (0:00) - Intro Feat. Critz (3:07) - Stereo Image (22:18) - Panning (30:01) - Bitwig Spectral splits (36:15) - British politics / Joshing (40:50) - TV mixing (46:52) - LFOs and such (49:02) - Ableton App (54:00) - delayed sidechain (55:26) - New Critz tunes...

  6. Everything I make is shit Feat. Doct3r #77 The Producer Lounge

    EPISODE 77 Feat. Doct3r @jicama_picklebles (0:00) - Intro Feat. Doct3r (3:24) - This week / beatboxing (9:00) - Field Recorder (12:36) - Everything I make is shit (16:50) - Snare construction / sample rate (23:29) - Sidechaining (30:46) - Rip it off (39:30) - New Freakshow plugin (47:47) - Doc's...

  7. Mixing Subs Feat. Plum Charlie #76 The Producer Lounge

    EPISODE 75 Feat. Plum Charlie @plumcharlie (0:00) - Intro Feat. Plum Charlie (3:21) - Mental health (5:43) - Modular Synths (10:00) - Bitwig (24:26) - Workflow / mudpies (50:02) - Allowed sampling (57:30) - Favorite clippers (1:01:29) - Fabfilter Pro-C 2 / Sub compression (1:05:39) - 808 mixing...

  8. Rooms Feat. Shady Jones #75 The Producer Lounge

    EPISODE 75 Feat. Shady Jones @shadyjonesmusic @whoisowie x @reintahk (0:00) - Intro Feat. Shady Jones (1:53) - Fast homies (3:35) - Tip of the Week / Rooms (13:38) - Field Recorder (18:08) - Learning (24:08) - Shout out KiloHearts / Noise (31:23) - Shady Jones tracks (39:00) - Low end theory...

  9. Drums on top. #74 The Producer Lounge

    EPISODE 74 Feat. Florence (00:00) - Intro/Whoops (02:14) - Tip of the week (08:54) - 808 lines (11:01) - Drum "gain staging" (19:48) - Dan Worrall (24:58) - Groove theory (30:42) - Drums on bottom? (40:48) - Hats first / Groove 2.0 (47:41) - Swallowed (49:30) - Outro/Shouts If you like this kind…

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  10. Soothe 2 Sidechaining? Feat. Eos #73 The Producer Lounge

    EPISODE 73 Feat. Eos @Eos_music (00:00) - Intro Feat. Eos 02:24 - Tip of the week (04:19) - Kick drum sauce 06:42 - Into the Daw (09:20) - Technical difficulties (11:16) - Eos' Class / Routing (14:37) - Online Collabs (17:26) - Free Synth Free Synth (20:30) - Inovations / Project choices (29:27)…

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  11. A Mixing Hell Feat. Aeon Voyage #72 The Producer Lounge

    EPISODE 72 Feat. Aeon Voyage @aeonvoyage (00:00) - Intro Feat. Aeon Voyage (03:08) - Mixing hell (12:40) - Found on Spotify (21:16) - Fat sets (26:23) - Let the air settle (30:45) - Clipping! (48:15) - Real space clipping? (54:00) - Multiband phasing? (58:25) - Eq Reference (01:08:30) - Outro,...

  12. Your first idea probably sucks. #71 The Producer Lounge

    EPISODE 71 Feat. Florence (0:00) - Episode 71, Intro (2:40) - This week (8:00) - Tip of the week (19:06) - Why we are here (21:13) - Track evolution, the best it can be (28:52) - Caleb's experience with Mastering (30:11) - Bad vocals, and good vocals (38:04) - Mixing things (46:35) - Dan…

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  13. Just throw Biome on the Master. #70 The Producer Lounge

    EPISODE 70 Feat. Florence (0:00) - Episode 70, Intro (2:07) - This week (8:52) - Biome on the master (12:33) - white noise on everything (28:30) - Mo''s show (29:42) - "and now, into the daw" again. (31:48) - Bitcrush (39:40) - IKIGAI (46:44) - Soundcloud stats (54:52) - Full ass that shit!...

  14. Feat. NE Heights #69 The Producer Lounge

    EPISODE 69! Feat. NE Heights @neheightsmusic (0:00) - Episode 69, Intro (2:33) - NE Heights (3:33) - This week (6:18) - 69 before every show? (8:34) - EQ Shelving (16:32) - Bitwig evangelizing (17:34) - Always400 (19:01) - Morph EQ, and more Bitwig (28:47) - Pick a Lane (37:05) - Collab Concerns...

  15. Riddim delay #68 The Producer Lounge

    Welcome back to The Producer Lounge! This week the bois discuss fun ways to track your own vocals, Caleb shows us a little trick for movement on almost any sound, and they take a peek at Chowdsp plugins (specifically Chow Matrix). Check out Chow DSP plugins! www.chowdsp.com If you like this kind…

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  16. Personal Dither #67 The Producer Lounge

    Personal dither, the ideas surrounding it, corpse kits, and themed tracks. If you like this kind of content leave a Sub, a Like, maybe a Comment, and join the discord (always400.com)! We would love to hear from everyone! This episode, as always, was recorded live at Twitch.tv/always400official...

  17. EQ Mixing Feat. Hello, Mountain #66 The Producer Lounge

    Welcome back everyone, we have a special episode this week. Steven from Hello, Mountain joins the 400 bois in the studio this week. The show starts with talks of Eq mixing, and goes into mixing thoughts in general, monitoring, and room acoustics. Finishing off, the discussion dives into the…

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  18. Melody hacks with Convert to Harmony Feat. Restraint #65 The Producer Lounge

    The prodigal son returns! We have Restraint on The Producer Lounge! This week features new Minimal Audio plugins, Kilohearts, melody hacks, Filters, LFOs and samplers. If you like this kind of content leave a Sub, a Like, maybe a Comment, and join the discord (always400.com)! We would love to…

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  19. Music Production as a Lifestyle #64 The Producer Lounge

    The bois are back in town! This week the discussion starts with saturation and why its the best. Then goes into mixing details, and what makes a clean vs sterile mix. Finally we finish with an epic quote that will get you thinking. Enjoy our new friend Florence joining us on the pod this week. If...

  20. Ed Sheeren spits facts! Feat. NE Heights #63 The Producer Lounge

    NE Heights joins the 400 bois once again for some producer madness! This week's show takes a dive into ProducerTok and what we think you need to do to have a viral song. Further in an Ed Sheeren metaphor gets brought up that we can all relate to and learn from. If you like this kind of content...

  21. Music Engineer asks about our Mixes! Feat. The Ghosthouse #62 The Producer Lounge

    PLEASE EXCUSE THE POOR CAMERA QUALITY. It has been fixed, and was simply on the wrong mode -_- Thank you. The Ghosthouse joins us this week, and we are very happy to have him! Our discussion involves the difference between an engineer and a producer, and where they intersect. AI, distortion, VR...

  22. The Magic of 4 Khz #61 The Producer Lounge

    The 400 bois have an intellectual show for yall this week! Being and artist, being a dj, releasing tracks, how long do I work before I start releasing tracks, and much more. We dive straight in and give you our opinion. Later we show you the magic of taming 4 khz in your mixes. If you like this...

  23. Sub Monitoring and the Instruments of Dopamine. #60 The Producer Lounge

    Episode 60!! Big ups to chat, they were popping off this episode! The bois are back in town and bringing you ideas for sub monitoring, cutting through writer's block, cookies, and why your snare is too loud. If you like this kind of content leave a Sub, a Like, maybe a Comment, and join the...

  24. Fat32 and doofy kicks. Feat. Critz #59 The Producer Lounge

    Joined this week by Critz, the 400 bois are back to mispronounce tinnitus, and bring you a wonderful tip of the week. The talk dives into some movement techniques, Club Eqs, and how to gracefully trainwreck at a show. Find Critz - @itscritz If you like this kind of content leave a Sub, a Like,...

  25. Minimal Audio freebies, and the 5th Dimension #58 The Producer Lounge

    The 400 bois revisit intent. This time on the Mixing side. Its good to have a unique purposed mix, as long as its a good one. Topics also include the wet person conference, and pros and cons of having outboard gear. All this and Minimal Audio has their feedback module on sale for FREE! Go and nab...

  26. Roller vibes in Serum #57 The Producer Lounge

    Do you step into the studio with the intent to make something specific? It could help! In this episode the bois dig deep on this subject, and take us for a journey in serum and phaseplant making some saucy roller wubs. If you like this kind of content leave a Sub, a Like, maybe a Comment, and…

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  27. Kilohearts v2 #56 The Producer Lounge

    Phaseplant 2.0!! All of Kilohearts got a beautiful update! This week the bois discuss taking to long way around, and why, and dive deep into Kilohearts new stuffs! https://kilohearts.com/ If you like this kind of content leave a Sub, a Like, maybe a Comment, and join the discord! We would love to...

  28. Voxengo SPAN, and 8 pounds of cookie dough. Feat. Majestic Mud #55 The Producer Lounge

    Majestic Mud has returned! Him and the bois chat about metering mixes, cookies, club speaker systems, Splice sampling, and much more! If you like this kind of content leave a Sub, a Like, maybe a Comment, and join the discord! We would love to hear from everyone! (link at Always400.com) This...

  29. Oversample it all! #54 The Producer Lounge

    If you don't know, now you know. In this episode of the show the 400 bois chat about some panning preferences, some mastering thought processes, and of course oversampling your plugins. Shoutout Dan Worrell for also making a great videos about this topic! Watch them here :...

  30. Just Get Good? How do you make it? #53 The Producer Lounge

    Just get gud. Or something like that. The 400 bois are back to explore this topic and diverge into rabbit holes of favorite synths, djing, and the rise of dnb. If you like this kind of content leave a Sub, a Like, maybe a Comment, and join the discord! We would love to hear from everyone! (link…

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  31. More Sidechain, more Fabfilter Pro C-2. Feat. NE Heights #52 The Producer Lounge

    IT HAS BEEN 1 YEAR! Shout out to all our Subs, Followers, and new friends! Come join the Discord and become a friend! (Link at Always400.com) This week we welcome back NE Heights! We dive right in to compressor talk and devolve into a large conversation about sidechain for a while. We end the…

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  32. Fabfilter Pro-C2, and Future Rave. Feat. iamMTN #51 The Producer Lounge

    iamMTN has returned! The 400 bois sit down with him and discuss our love of Pro C-2, among other compressors, outboard gear, being an artist on Twitch, and much more! At the end of the show, we announced a new segment that we will be implementing, a sample flip. Between the bois and a guest we…

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  33. SoundWide, Saturation, and the hiatus. Feat. Tempo Shaman #50 The Producer Lounge

    Plugin Alliance, iZotope, and Native Instruments are forming a super group, SoundWide. Check it out at any of their respected websites and secure some free plugins! One of those plugins is The Black Box Analog Design. We love this plugin here at Always400. In this special 50th episode the bois…

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  34. Injecting randomness into your tracks. Feat. Doct3r #49 The Producer Lounge

    Doct3r has returned! Randomness is the theme of this episode. We talk ways to harness it, ways to generate it, and why its important. This episode, as always, was recorded live at Twitch.tv/always400official Don't miss a single episode! Tuesdays 7:30 pm MST @jicama_picklebles @always400official...

  35. How wet is dry? The Producer's producer. #47 The Producer Lounge

    Todays query is how wet is dry? Do yall use return tracks and/or parallel reverb? How do you spatially separate your tracks - front from the rear? On this episode, they bois discuss how they use return tracks, glue compressors for pushing tracks back or pulling them forward, and templates to set…

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  36. You need more variation in your songs! The Producer's producer. #47 The Producer Lounge

    Austin's clone is done and back in the seat! The 400 crew returns with another saucy episode. We touch on the importance of not repeating things in your songs, but rather, to keep it varied even in the most subtle of ways. Our most used delay plugins get dragged into this episode, and Caleb blows...

  37. The Producer's producer. #46 The Producer Lounge

    Caleb and Dave killed Austin, but that's okay, he will be back. This week the bois discuss something that has been floating around their brains for some time, the idea of the producer's producer. Instead of aiming to be the next Tiesto, or the next Griz, we for example, aim to be the producers...

  38. Be okay with making some shitty songs. Feat. Voyager #45 The Producer Lounge

    Voyager has returned, and we get heavy. In this episode we dive deep into some philosophies of writing music, the dangers of nostalgia and more! This episode, as always, was recorded live at Twitch.tv/always400official Don't miss a single episode! Tuesdays 7:30 pm MST...

  39. Grind Time, and your EQ Game. #44 The Producer Lounge

    The 400 bois are back with another episode! We talk the grind, the process of focusing in on a specific thing to practice. Could be writing bass lines, or perfecting your reverb game. Again, drums are brought up, and we touch on some fun EQ strategies. This episode, as always, was recorded live…

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  40. "Don't you want people to like your music?" Feat NE Heights #43 The Producer Lounge

    NE Heights is back with the bois! In this episode we discuss tuning drums, making drums, and some philosophies on music writing. This episode, as always, was recorded live at Twitch.tv/always400official Don't miss a single episode! Tuesdays 7:30 pm MST @neheightsmusic @always400official...

  41. Plugin Talk, don't sleep on Melda. Feat Restraint #42 The Producer Lounge

    Restraint returns! The bois and he talk plugins, mindset, and give us two tips of the week this week! Thanks for watching! This episode, as always, was recorded live at Twitch.tv/always400official Don't miss a single episode! Tuesdays 7:30 pm MST @Restraint_music @always400official Always400.com

  42. Don't let your tracks be boring! Feat GS5 #41 The Producer Lounge

    GS5 has made it! The bois get right down to business this week with a fat tip of the week, and some great discussion on how you can avoid boredom within your track. Whether that be stagnation, or too much fluff, we have all been there. Hope you enjoy the episode and thanks for watching! This...

  43. Color, signal chains, and NFTs #40 The Producer Lounge

    Hello everyone and welcome back! The 400 crew sits down for the 40th time on this special episode. The Tip of the Week sends the conversation right down the path of signal chains, preferences when it comes to processing, and somehow NFTs. Big ups to chat for being on top of it for this episode!…

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  44. Clipping and the headphone roast. Feat. Tempo Shaman #39 The Producer Lounge

    Welcome back Tempo Shaman! The tip of the week sends all 4 producers into a in deep talk on why and how you should be clipping parts of your signal. Then chat asked for a headphone roast..kinda. Thanks for watching! This episode, as always, was recorded live at Twitch.tv/always400official Don't...

  45. Expectations and synth drums. Feat. Restraint #38 The Producer Lounge

    What is a synth drum? Well not only do the bois figure this out, but they also dive deep into some hairy subjects of the mind: Expectations. Expectations especially as an artist can be very hard to manage. Restraint and the bois bounce it back and forth. Thanks for watching! This episode, as...

  46. Perfectionism and Tools of the Trade. Feat. Voyager #37 The Producer Lounge

    Voyager is back! The bois sit down with our good buddy and talk some heavy artist subjects. What tools are you collecting along the way, how do you use them? Know when a track is done, not perfect. Thanks for watching! This episode, as always, was recorded live at Twitch.tv/always400official…

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  47. Taking breaks, and Practice. #36 The Producer Lounge

    Practice makes perfect they say, well here at Always 400, we agree. In this episode, Caleb and Austin kill their co-host and tell you its okay to take breaks! The chat quickly hops in to keep the episode interesting, and engaging. Thanks for watching! This episode, as always, was recorded live at...

  48. How to Wub Bass! #35 The Producer Lounge

    Wub wub wub. In todays episode the bois talk about and make some wubs. Easy as that! Thanks for watching! This episode, as always, was recorded live at Twitch.tv/always400official Don't miss a single episode! Tuesdays 8:30 pm MST @always400official Always400.com

  49. How to Sub Bass! Part 2 - 808s. #34 The Producer Lounge

    How to sub bass. The bois are back to chat low end theory. In this part we dive into creating your very own unique 808s from scratch. The methods shown were in KiloHeart's Phaseplant but can be replicated in basically any synth. Thanks for watching! This episode, as always, was recorded live at...

  50. You want to collab bro? Feat MiMi XX #33 The Producer Lounge

    MiMi XX returns once again. In this episode we touch on our newest release on the label(more info @ Always400.com), Bitwig's stretching algorithms, how we feel about collabs with other music producers, and much more! Thanks for watching! This episode, as always, was recorded live at...

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A podcast where we chill and talk shop about electronic music production and its inner workings.

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