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Steve Smart Remasters Midnight Oil!
If you’re a Midnight Oil fan, you’re probably thrilled at the recent announcement of the legendary Australian band’s first World Tour in over two decades. You’ve also likely had your interest piqued…
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Five Ways To Get Weird-by Jack Prest
Blog by Jack Prest, Producer/ Engineer at Studios 301 If you’re working on electronic music production or online mixing, there will come a point in every track that you need to send…
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2016 ARIA Nominations
It’s that time of year again with the 2016 ARIA Awards just around the corner. We’d like to extend a huge congratulation to all of this year’s nominees, and give a shout…
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Ditto Music and the I Am Indie Competition
In April we launched our I Am Indie competition and we’re very happy to say that we have since been swamped with an amazing amount of unreal applicants. We’ve been well and…
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September Mastering Highlights
Tom Stephens ‘What Lies In The Difference’ – Album mastered by Andrew Edgson Shannon Noll ‘Who I Am’ – Single mastered by Steve Smart Jack River ‘Palo Alto’ – Single mastered by…
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September 2016 in the Studios
Highlights of what’s been happening in the studios: Nicole Millar in Studio 9 with Simon Cohen engineering Illy in Studio 9 with Simon Cohen engineering Horrorshow in Studio 9 with Simon Cohen…
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Malaysian superstar Anuar Zain works on his first album in five years
Malaysian superstar Anuar Zain works on his first album in five years at Studios 301. After a five year-long wait, fans of award-winning Malaysian singer and multi-award winner Anuar Zain are finally…
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Recording and Mastering Studio Recap – August 2016
August / September in the Studio Rufus – Studio 8 Steve Balbi – Studio 1 with Owen Butcher assisting Casey Chambers and Foy Vance – Studio 2 with Owen Butcher engineering, Antonia…
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Jacob Moore – ‘all in time’ EP
What do you get when you mix 50’s soul and RnB, and put them with textured and atmospheric electronic sounds? Sydney artist Jacob Moore and his EP, ‘All In Time’. We caught…
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Women In Electronic Music Masterclasses
On Saturday 13th August Studios 301 hosted Music NSW for Women In Electronic Music Masterclasses, with our very own Antonia Gauci leading the Engineering Basics masterclass in Studio 1. Also on the bill we…
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Music Oz – 301
Studios 301 are excited to announce that we have teamed up with the MusicOz Foundation to be an official partner of this year’s Australian Independent Music Awards. The AIMA’s are an amazing…
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My top 5 free VST Plugins
By Harvey O’Sullivan Plugins have come a long way, so much so that many people are now working purely ‘in-the-box’. While some of the big name developers are selling plugins for hundreds…
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Phantastic Ferniture Article
We managed to get a quick interview in with the winners of our I AM INDIE competition, Phantastic Ferniture, after a weekend recording in Studio 2 with Tim Carr and working on…
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Antonia Gauci – Producer on the rise
Since we last checked in with Antonia Gauci her work on Tinker’s single “Fill The Field” was getting some major kudos from triple j’s Richard Kingsmill. Since then she’s gone on to…
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May – June Release highlights
Just over two months on from releasing his debut record, Cut Love Pt. 1, Hayden Calnin releases ‘Cut Love Pt 2’ album – Co-produced & mixed by Tim Carr, mastered by Andrew…
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In the studio highlights – May/ June
Some highlights of who we’ve had in the studios recently: Bone Thugs & Harmony – Recording in Studio 2, assisted by Dan Frizza Sarah McLeod – Recording in Studio 1, assisted by…
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5 EQ Plugins To Use On Every Mix
by Jack Prest One of the key tools in the mix engineer’s toolbox is EQ (I’m going to presume if you’re reading this you know what that stands for). Used for subtle…
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Why Should You Have Your Songs Mastered?
by Harvey O’Sullivan Mastering is an important step in the music production process, and perhaps the most misunderstood. Once you have your songs written and they are ready to be released to…