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My StudioNerds — 182 episodes

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183. DON CANNON Explains How Hit Records Really Happen

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181. The DAW Features We Actually Need

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180. Is Music Quality Actually Getting Better?

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179. Should You Buy Audio Gear Used?

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178. What You Never Notice About Audio in Movies and TV

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177. Is YouTube Helping or Hurting Audio Engineers?

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176. What’s the Best Producer–Engineer–Artist Combination?

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175. Everything You Need To Know About MASTERING AUDIO In 2026

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174. 13 Pro Audio Tools That Changed Music Forever

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173. What NI’s Insolvency Actually Means for the Audio Plugin World

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172. What’s Missing From Today’s Audio Plugins?

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171. Has Music Technology Hit a Plateau?

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170. Slate Digital Has Some Hidden Truths… Here’s What We Discovered

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169. You’re Probably Approaching EQ Wrong

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168. The Future of Big Studios: Are They About to Disappear?

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167. The Truth About Analog Gear in a Digital-First Future

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166. Is FL Studio Going To Replace Your DAW?...Here’s The Truth

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165. Apogee’s Big Move & The Audio Community’s Biggest Fear: Updating Software

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164. Your First Outboard Gear? Avoid These EXPENSIVE Mistakes

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163. I Spent Thousands on Studio Gear — Here’s What I’d Do Differently

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162. Hollywood’s Fake Studio Setups EXPOSED

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161. Old Mics vs New Mics: The Truth No One Talks About

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160. This Is Why Producers Are Losing Their Minds Over Omnisphere 3

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159. Recording vs Mixing: What Most Beginners Get Wrong With Mixed By EL

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158. Are We Using The Wrong Sample Rates?

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157. Money in Music What No One Tells Engineers & Musicians

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156. The Best Aesthetic for Your Studio Don’t Get This Wrong

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155. What Is The Best DAW To Start Your Career With

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154. Why a Union Could Change Everything for Music Creators

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153. Mixing & Production Tips Every Producer Should Know

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152. 2 Mix Engineers, 1 Song: Does It Actually Work?

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151. Is Getting a New Engineer Cheating? The Loyalty Nobody Talks About

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150. Why Do Modern Mixes Sound So Harsh Now

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149. The Secret 3D Audio Battle No One’s Talking About Sony 360 vs Dolby Atmos

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148. I Sold All My Analog Mixing Gear… Here’s What Happened

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147. Why Your Complicated Recording Chain Is Ruining Your Mixes With CRISTAL VIRAMONTES

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146. Without These People, There’d Be No Pro Tools, FL Studio, or Splice

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145. This Is Why Artists Keep Picking Lophiile’s Beats

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144. Timbaland’s AI Controversy: The Start of a Music Industry Shift?

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143. 98% of Bedroom Producers Use Plugins – Here’s What They're Missing With Austin Sexton

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142. The Update Drought: Why Most Plugins You Own Are Outdated AF

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141. Can You Record Vocals, Produce, and Mix in JUST FL Studio? With CURTISS KING And IMAN OMARI

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140. Why I Stopped Using SOOTHE for This Plugin You’ve Never Heard Of

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139. Did You Know This About Building A Home Studio With Brycen

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138. Will BANDLAB Challenge FL Studio One Day?

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137. How NOIS Mixed Songs For SZA, KENDRICK LAMAR, RODDY RICCH AND SUMMER WALKER

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136. The BIG MISTAKE People Are Making When Sending Stems TRY THIS!

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135. How Usher’s Super Bowl Performance Was Recorded Nick Anderson Talks All!

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134. The Shocking Truth About Plugin Subscriptions in 2025 (No One’s Saying This)

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133. How David Yungin Kim Recorded And Mixed For NAS, PIMP A BUTTERFLY AND HIT BOY

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132. What Is The Best DAW For Beginners?

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131. Dolby Atmos: Is It Worth It? Universal Music’s HEAD OF AUDIO ENGINEERING NICK RIVES Explains

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130. Avoid These Mistakes! What to Look for in a MIC PREAMP And SPEAKERS

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129. Recording Studio Secrets: How Simone Torres Produced Vocals For Becky G, Sofia Carson And Normani

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128. Unlocking the Secret: How Parallel Vocal Chains Transform Your Sound

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127. Mixing Background Vocals Like A PRO With BOB HORN

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126. Should You Buy An Expensive AUDIO INTERFACE To RECORD VOCALS?

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125. How Did Koen Heldens MIX XXXTENTACION's Jocelyn Flores?

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124. Is It DANGEROUS To Update Your PLUGINS OR DAW?

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123. How NEAL POGUE Used ONLY PLUGINS For Tyler The Creators CHROMAKOPIA

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122. What Were The BEST PLUGINS Of 2024?

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121. Can You Achieve A GOOD MIX In HEADPHONES?

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120. JAYCEN JOSHUA Explains How To Mix Your Drums, Use Plugins And Everything In Between

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119. How MIKE & KEYS Started Producing For JAY-Z, NIPSEY HUSSLE And DR. DRE

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118. Will AI REPLACE the Music Producers And Audio Engineers?

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117. Best Audio Interface For Home Studio

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116. What You Really Need To RECORD VOCALS

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115. Is Used AUDIO GEAR Better To Buy Than Brand New?

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114. Is The 808 Replacing The Kick In Modern Music?

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113. How CLIPPING Your Audio Can Be A Good Thing

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How KEN LEWIS Produced For EMINEM, FUTURE, KANYE WEST and ARIANA GRANDE

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111. Do You Really Know What Your AUDIO PLUGINS Are Doing?

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110. Do you Need A VOCAL BOOTH In Your Studio Anymore?

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109. Are Your STUDIO MONITORS Lying To You?

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108. Is It Too Late To Learn About DOLBY ATMOS?

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107. What Equipment Should You Buy For Your DREAM HOME STUDIO?

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106. Here Is The TRUTH about your DAW No One Is Talking About

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105. These Are The Worst Looking AUDIO PLUGINS ON EARTH

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104. How LESLIE BRATHWAITE Mixed For BEYONCE, CARDI B, OUTKAST And MADONNA

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103. This UNIVERSAL DAW FORMAT Could Destroy The Audio Engineering World

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102. How Grammy Nominated Producer JOSIAH BASSEY Produces In LOGIC

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101. Is MIXING OUTSIDE The Box Better Than Inside

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100. The 100th Episode Of The My Audionerds Podcast

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99. How To Handle Failure As An Audio Engineer Or Musician

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98. What Are The Most UNDERRATED DAWS Of All Time?

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97. How Camper Produced For KANYE WEST, JAY Z, DRAKE, And MARIAH CAREY

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96. Are Your Real Time Analyzers Messing Up Your Audio Mixing?

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95. Do Sample Rates And Oversampling Really Make A Difference?

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94. How TERRACE MARTIN Produces For KENDRICK LAMAR, SNOOP DOGG And YG

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93. Are New AUDIO PLUGINS Better Than The Old Ones?

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92. Did You Buy The Right Computer For Your RECORDING STUDIO?

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91. What Makes The Perfect AUDIO INTERFACE?

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90. Are You Reference Mixing On Different Speakers And Devices?

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89. ENGINEERING For H.E.R, RIHANNA, And LIL WAYNE With Omar Loya

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88. What Makes An Audio Mix Pro Level?

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87. The Biggest Secrets Audio Engineers Should Know With TRAVIS HARRINGTON And ANTHONY CRUZ

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86. How Jesse Ray Mixes For BURNA BOY, DOJA CAT AND BUJU BANTON

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85. Are These AUDIO PLUGINS Secret Gems People Should Know About?

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84. Is SOFT CLIPPING What Your Mix Is Missing? With Ryan Schwabe

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83. How Dro Mixed Tyla's Water And Wizkid's Essence

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82. What Are The Best Audio Plugins Ever Made?

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81. Producing For Kanye West, Nipsey Hussle And Chris Brown With MYGUYMARS

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80. Our Favorite Plugins For Low End Mixing And Production

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79. Mixing Offset Cardi B And Travis Scott Songs With TEEZIO AND BAINZ

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78. Should Audio Engineers And Artist Create A Union?

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77. What Are The Best Mixing And Mastering Techniques?

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76. Is Ableton Better Than Fl Studio? With Decap And L Dre

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75. Is A.I A Threat To Mastering Engineers?

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74. Recording LIL UZI VERT Vocals with BENJAMIN THOMAS

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73. What Audio Interface Is Right For You?

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72. What Audio Companies Had The Best Plugins Or Gear?

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71. Mixing And Recording CHRIS BROWN vocals with TEEZIO

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70. Are You Using Too Many Audio Plugins?

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69. Is It Harder To Work With Mixing Engineers Or Artist?

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68. Techniques For Recording Vocals With Meek Mill Engineer ANTHONY CRUZ

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67. Is FL Studio Going To Become The Best DAW? With Larry Ohh

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66. Should You Mix Over A 2 Track Or Stems?

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65. What DAW Is Right For You? With Wavy Wayne And Gaurav

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64. Are Ribbon Microphones Better Than Condensers? With Rodger Cloud

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63. Is Behringer Wrong For Feeling This Way?

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62. What Is The BEST DAW To Record In?

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61. What Genre Has The Best Sounding Mixes?

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60. Is Ai Taking Our Mixing And Mastering Jobs?

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59. How Do You Balance Being A Music Creative?

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58. What DAW Has Everything You Need To Make Music?

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57. Do Producers Make The Best Djs With Fabio

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56. Is Mastering Harder To Learn Than Mixing?

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55. Are You Using Your Plugins Wrong With Samuel Fischmann

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54. Are You Messing Up Your Recordings By Doing This?

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53. Youleeseas Discusses How He Tracked DRAKE In The Studio

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52. we started a podcast as a joke and then this happened...

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51. Does A $10 Microphone From TEMU Sound Good?

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50. WAV MP3 M4A Which Is The Best Audio Format?

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49. Should We Make Music In Higher Sample Rates

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48. Can We Fix The Music Industry Streaming Problem?

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47. Are You Processing Your Drums Correct With AJ Hall

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46. Does The Price Of The MICROPHONE Matter?

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45. When Should You Use An Audio Compressor

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44. Whats The Best Budget Audio Gear?

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43. Which DAW Is The Best For You?

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42. How To Get The Perfect Mix With MIXED BY ALI

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41. How To Make Money As An Engineer Or Producer

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40. Is Analog Saturation Important To Your Mix?

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39. How Bernie Madoff Ruined Audio Schools

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38. Who Had The Biggest Contribution To The Audio Community?

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37. The Strengths and weaknesses of your DAW with DECAP AND L.DRE

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36. The NAMM Episode 2023

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35. How Important Is Workflow When Making Music

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Here's Why You Should STOP Gatekeeping AUDIO PLUGINS

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The WAVES SUBSCRIPTION PLAN The Good The Bad The Ugly

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What Are The Legendary Mics?

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Is Outboard Gear Dying?

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Is The Loudness War Over?

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29. What Makes A Good Mix?

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28. What 2 DAW's Together Make A Super DAW?

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27. Which Newer Plugin Company Has The Most Potential?

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26. What Do You Put On your Master Bus?

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25. Who Has The Greatest Plugin Company Of All Time?

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24. Is Cracked Plugin Culture Over With?

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23. How To Lose Your Sessions The Right Way

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22. Are All Studio Monitors Created Equal?

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21. Who Are Your Favorite YouTube Producers And Engineers?

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20. What Is The Best Budget Audio Gear?

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19. EQ Compress Or Compress Eq?

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18. How Should We Approach Synths In Music Ft. H.E.R Producer Swagg R' Celious

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17. Are We Sampling Songs Too Soon

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16. Will Plugins Replace Real Instruments

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15. 2 Most Important Parts Of A Song Ft. Amorphous

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14. Are Preamps More Important Than Converters

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13. Are Headphones Replacing Speakers

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12. Are Large Studios Still Necessary Today

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11. What Era Had The Best Audio Mixes

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10. Is Recording More Important Than Mixing

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9. Are Subscriptions Services Good For Music Makers

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8. Whats The Perfect Audio Hardware Piece

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7. What Is The Best Plugin Chain Of Command

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6. Studio Etiquette 101

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5. Is Mixing More Important Than Mastering

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4. Will Plugins Surpass Analog Gear

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3. Which Is The Best DAW

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1. Does The Price Of Gear Matter?

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2. What Genre Breeds The Best Mix Engineers?