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Meet Chris Arnott. producer, DJ, singer-songwriter, multi-Instrumentalist, wine connoisseur, musical genius, and all round top guy. In the last 3 years alone Chris has had 17 Aria Club Chart Top 10’s, and even more releases locally and worldwide. In addition to this, Chris releases as a producer, a topline vocalist, and features on various releases […]

Studios 301 in conjunction with 120 Publishing recently rolled out a competition, ‘Is It A Banger?’, specifically targeting electronic music makers and writers. As part of the prize you win a chance to record at Studios 301, partake in a collaboration session with electronic hitmaker Chris Arnott, and receive an exclusive introduction to Ministry of […]

Collab Bro – 120 Publishing Writing Camp In a first this year, the team at 120 Publishing rallied their electronic music troops at Studios 301 to hold their own boutique writing camp, “Collab Bro”. Curated by Simon Lewicki, (GT) their arsenal included DJs, producers, artists and topliners from 120 Publishing, Ministry Of Sound, Etcetc Music, Central Station, […]

OCTOBER Triple J Unearthed Winner Jess Kent “Get Down” Single. Vocal recorded by Simon Cohen in Studio 6 Matt Corby “Monday” single Mastered by Andrew Edgson Jenny Broke The Window ‘Skinny Dip’ Mastered by Leon Zervos The Bennies “Party Machine” single Mastered by Steve Smart NOVEMBER Our amazing tenants RUFUS released their album “Innerbloom” Produced […]

The studios have been abuzz over the last couple of months with November 16th– 20th seeing Studios 301 host the coveted week-long “50 Songs in 5 Days” writing camp. In its fourth year, the camp run by Specific Music and APRA, had over 100 top local and international songwriters, producers and artists come together to collaborate and […]

Studios 301 had a strong presence at the inaugural Australian Music Week music conference, held in Cronulla from November 18th– 22nd, with key team members featured as panellists among some of the most influential people in the Australian music industry. In particular, the “Do You Need A Producer” panel was moderated by Studios 301 and […]

Loudness Part 2 In the second part of this blog on loudness I’m going to delve more into metering and dynamic range in order to compare your music to other releases. Level Matching I often receive feedback from people that their track doesn’t sound like it has the same low end impact and presence as […]

Mixing with your Mastering Engineer By Steve Smart To book Steve for your mastering project, contact Lynley on 02 9698 5888 or mastering@studios301.com. In most mastering situations, stereo mixes are used for the final mastering session. But sometimes I go a little further than that…  And the producer or mixer brings in their computer, with […]

  Analogue Vs Digital Part 2 – Synths and Drum Machines Read Part 1 Here For part two of the Analogue versus digital shootout we will be comparing (arguably) the worlds most famous drum machine, the Roland TR-808 with its software equivalent inside Ableton, and the monstrous Korg MS-20 with its software MS-20 from the Korg Legacy collection. […]

  Loudness Part 1 One of the most common questions people ask a mastering engineer is “why is my track not as loud as everyone else’s?” In this article I’m going to explain in simple terms how humans perceive loudness and how it can be measured accurately.  Since the early Motown days of pressing vinyl, […]