EM Cast February 2010 

Guitarist Hunter Brown of the electronic-rock band STS9 talks about the recording of Ad Explorata, the band's new self-produced release.

What's New: Big Fish Audio Impressions: Jazz Construction Kits, Loopmasters Sound Theory 01 Habersham, PowerFX Soundstation Studio, and Les Productions Zvon Memory Collection. ...

EM Cast January 2010 

Gordon Raphael on how he produced Is This It, by the Strokes, which was recently voted as Album of the Decade by NME magazine. Raphael recorded and mixed both that album and the band's original demo in his NYC basement studio.

What's New: Len Sasso looks at four new products including Propellerhead Soul School, Native Instruments Sonic Fiction, Fixed Noise Rhythm Object and U-he Ace. ...

EM Cast December 2009 

Legendary musician and producer Todd Rundgren is interviewed about his home studio, his guitar sounds, the state of the music business and more.

What's New: Len Sasso previews The Finger by Native Instruments, Tobor Experiment Berna, Soniccouture Glass/Works, and MESA+ Wave Drum Kits....

EM Cast August 2009 

Part 2 with mix engineer Chris Lord-Alge. He talks here about monitoring, knowing when a mix is finished, optimal monitoring levels, and much more.

What's New: Len Sasso looks at Native Instruments/Heavyocity Evolve Mutations, Loopmasters/Big Fish Audio Circuit Bent Sounds 2, Dark Side of the Tune Queen's English; and he picks his three favorite Download of the Month products from 2009...

EM Cast October 2009 

Renowned mix engineer Chris Lord-Alge talks shop. In Part 1 of this two-part interview, he discusses mix setups, why he uses a tape-based digital multitrack, sampling rates and mix formats, optimum levels, and how he uses compressors.

What's New: Len Sasso looks at new sound libraries and instruments including Producer Loops Ambient Glitch, Wave Alchemy (Big Fish Audio) SFX-1, Tonehammer Cajongo and Mini, and Soniccouture Skiddaw Stones are previewed....

EM Cast September 2009 

Keyboardist Jordan Rudess talks about his recent solo CD (recorded with Synthogy's Ivory), his iPhone app JR Hexatone, Dream Theater's world tour, and more.

What's New: Len Sasso looks at U&I Metasynth, FXpansion DCAM Synth Squad, Big Fish Audio Symphonic Manoeuvres 2 and Epic Drums, and Genuine Soundware Shake Pad....

EM Cast August 2009 

Soulive's Drummer Alan Evans talks about recording and engineering the band's latest, Up Here, at his studio.

See a video tour of Evan's studio.

What's New: Len Sasso looks at four sound collections, including Ableton Samplification, Big Fish Audio Mirrorball and Earth Tones, Dark Side of the Tune MPC Kits, and Impact Soundworks Groove Bias. ...

EM Cast July, 2009 

Grammy-winning engineering legend Bruce Swedien talks about recording Michael Jackson, changes in studio technology since the days of mono and much more.

What's New: Len Sasso looks at Big Fish Audio BollyHood Beats and Studio Works, Les Productions Zvon Prepared Rhodes and much more....

EM Cast June 2009 

Renowned producer/engineer Joe Chiccarelli (My Morning Jacket, U2, the Shins, Elton John) talks production and mixing techniques.

What's New: Len Sasso looks at Propellerhead Record, Submersible DrumCore 3, Producer Loops Audio Libraries and more....

EM Cast May 2009 

John Medeski of Medeski Martin & Wood talks about the recording of the new CD, Radiolarians II, vintage keyboards vs. software emulations, and more.

What's New: Len Sasso previews Spectrasonics Stylus RMX 1.7, Sony Creative Software Evolver, Togeo Studios Free Live Packs, and three new Kontakt libraries from Tonehammer...

EM Cast April 2009 

Producer/keyboardist Sisko has remixed Gwen Stefani and Duran Duran, has done sound design for many sampling CDs, and is a member of the synth-pop/electronica duo Disco Pusher. Here he talks production techniques and gear, and he plays song excerpts.

Watch a video tour of Sisko's home studio.

What's New: Len Sasso looks at Big Fish Audio Ueberschall Elastik ScoreTrax, Camel Audio Alchemy, Modartt Pianoteq 3 Electrics, and VirSyn FDELAY. ...

EM Cast March 2009 

Composer Steve H. on writing music for iPhone games, TV scoring, using algorithmic composition for live performance, and more.

What's New: Len Sasso previews products from Sony Creative Software, Tonehammer, Impact Soundworks, and Fab Filter....

EM Cast February 2009 

Prog-rock keyboardist/violinist Eddie Jobson (UK, Roxy Music, Frank Zappa, Ian Anderson) discusses his comeback EP, replacing analog synths with soft synths, working with Zappa, and more.

What's New: a NAMM roundtable with the EM editors. A look at what impressed us at the recent NAMM show. ...

EM Cast January 2009 

Producer/engineer/songwriter Mike Chapman (Blondie, The Knack, Suzi Quatro) talks about why he's not a fan of computer-based DAW recording, his iZ RADAR-equipped studio, what it was like producing Blondie, the up-and-coming rock acts he's working with now, and more.

What's New: Len Sasso previews Kore Player Reaktor Spark, Sony Creative Software Pulse, Sonic Charge Synplant, and Soniccouture Guzheng. ...

EM Cast December 2008 

Banjo wizard Béla Fleck on how he and his band (The Flecktones) arranged and recorded their inventive new holiday-music album, Jingle All the Way.

What's New: Len Sasso looks at five new software and sound products including WaveFront Bitword, Big Fish Audio 102 Below, Artificial Audio Obelisk, and Power FX Hoodtronica and Global Groove Groundworks Vol. 1. ...

EM Cast November 2008 

Joseph Bishara talks about producing the music for Repo! The Genetic Opera, a sci-fi-horror rock-opera movie with a cast that includes Sarah Brightman, Paris Hilton, and Paul Sorvino. Bishara also discusses scoring for the horror-movie genre.

What's New: Len Sasso looks at Submersible Music's KitCore 2.0, Big Fish Audio's Urban Contemporary Gospel, and Lapjockey Flatpack 3 for Propellerhead Reason....

EM Cast October 1, 2008 

Legendary saxophonist David Sanborn talks about his new CD Here and Gone; his home recording setup; and working in the studio with Derek Trucks, Eric Clapton, Sam Moore, and Joss Stone.

What's New: Len Sasso looks at Dave Smith Instruments Morpho, Virsyn Prism, PowerFX Tribal Tech House, and Fixed Noise Kreate....

EM Cast September 1, 2008 

Keyboardist/producer George Duke talks about recording his latest solo CD, Dukey Treats; the definition of funk; working with Frank Zappa; and more.

What's New: Len Sasso looks at Big Fish Audio Stratos, Drones, and Atmospheres; Zero-G Elektrolytic; Soniccouture Bowed Piano; Puremagnetic Big Bertha; and Track Team Audio Drum.Crate. ...

EM Cast August 1, 2008 

Producer/engineer/musician Joel Hamilton (Soulive, Ludacris, Tom Waits) gives advice for recording vocals, acoustic guitar, and electric guitar. He also plays excerpts from his band The Book of Knots.

What's New: Len Sasso looks at four new products including Heavyocity Evolve, Sonivox Anatomy, AAS Strum GS-1, and Impact Soundworks Impact: Steel....

EM Cast July 1, 2008 

Part 2 of the Chuck Ainlay interview covers mixing techniques (including EQing, panning, and monitoring levels), and the future of surround audio.

What's New: Len Sasso previews and demos four new products including Big Fish Audio Found Percussion, Native Instruments Kore Kontakt Retro Machines, Humanioid Sound Scanned Synth Pro 2, and FAW Circle....

EM Cast June 2, 2008 

Producer/songwriter/recording artist Daniel Tashian (The Silver Seas, Sixpence None the Richer) talks about the Nashville pop scene, his sequencer choices, his arranging techniques, his production influences, and more. He also plays excerpts from his music and comments on the production.

What's New: Len Sasso looks at Ableton Live 7 LE, Ubershall ScoreFX virtual instrument with Melodyne technology, and AlgoMusic & BK Synthlabs Atomic step sequencer. ...

EM Cast May 15, 2008 

Film-and-TV composer Ramin Djawadi talks about his score for the hit movie Ironman, and comments on examples from it. He also discusses working in Hans Zimmer's Remote Control complex, the differences between film and TV composing, and more.

What's New: Len Sasso looks at Rob Papen's Predator synth, two new versions of Native Instruments Guitar Rig, and Haunted House Records' Electronic Critters, a sampling DVD of circuit-bent childtren's toys. ...

EM Cast May 1, 2008 

Gina Fant-Saez, who is the CEO of eSession, a Pro Tools expert, and a singer/songwriter; talks about remote recording, cool new software, her Pro Tools instruction book, and more.

What's New: Len Sasso looks at free refills for Propellerhead Reason available at Line.6.com, the new Image Line Studios FL Studio 8, and Soniccouture Scriptorium....

EM Cast April 15, 2008 

Hollywood sound designer Scott Sanders (from the post-production sound company EarCandy) talks shop, and offers a step-by-step on how he created effects for the latest Rambo and Halloween movies.

Len Sasso demos new sound and loop collections, and a suite of new processing plug-ins....