I'd like to share that our new Soniq Mirage EP Illusion or Truth is live today on all the streaming platforms and on-line music stores. Soniq Mirage is a pop-rock duo featuring Ken Matsuda and me.
How I would Learn Music Production (If I had to Start Over in 2026)
Most producers don’t get stuck because they lack knowledge. They get stuck because nothing gets finished.
Real progress usually shows up after deadlines, comparisons, and exports, not after watching one more video or downloading one more plugin. Finishing tracks sharpens taste, cleans up workflow, and trains the ear faster than endless tweaking ever will.
A strong learning loop is simple: reference → create → compare → adjust → export.
That loop works because it trains listening in context, inside real music, with real decisions.
If there’s one practical takeaway: Pick one reference track you love, rebuild its structure quickly, then write one original track using the same energy map. Export both and listen away from the screen.
It depends on gear. Every analog mixer has his own circuits. Mixer channel's and the output channel circuits could give an additional color or richness due to saturation (transistors, transformers, tubes - technology used to signal amplification, transmission and processing) or could be quite transparent (Apogee or some SSL circuits). Every element of circuit has his own tolerance of properties norm, so every channel could process the signal subtle differently. In addition - the biggest difference between analog and a digital signal summing is the crosstalk between channels in analog mixers which is also summed in the mixing bus. And this have real impact on the overall sound of summed (mixed) signals. So it is not a placebo. But: many modern DAWs and plugin technologies can emulate this hardware property (Studio One can do it, iZotope plugins can comunicate between DAW channels, many of Plugin Alliance plugins can emulate subtle differences of circuit elements in every instance of the plugin). And if you can smartly use this features you can emulate this analog mojo quite well. In addition the modern digital signal processing technology gives you more control over the behavior of uncontrolled properties of analog devices (eg. the noise level, crosstalk level etc.) Of course, analog summing on high-end hardware (eg. SSL, Neve, API) will always sound great, but I think the digital technology is in quite high level now, that it is better to use great plugins and modern professional DAWs then budget hardware. And the last: every summed signal, no matter with analog or digital technology, will sound great when the mix is great. ... ups... I'm sorry I little plowed your survey :)
Question: Does anybody know what is the purpose of buying Virtual studio gear? Can you train with them somewhere? Cause the sound packs I bought became part of my training material, but I can't find any training for/with the gear. Thanks!
Hi Daan, there is no other purpose than 'decorating' your virtual studio (as seen in your profile). You can't train with them (unlike the sound packs), unfortunately. Even the clock does not work 😆
Musicspot: Margherita Di Giovanni (Magghy Ji) - I Want it All
Margherita Di Giovanni (@Magghy Ji) wrote this one in the middle of real-life change, and turned it into a sunlit, funky-pop “windows down” ride: vocals up front, guitar + piano driving, and a bouncy break that’s built to make you move.
Hey everyone! My new album was released on Spotify (and other streamers) today! This community has been so helpful in helping me tune my ears and produce better songs. HUGE thanks to everyone!
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