Garrett Haines
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The Most Recent stories by Garrett Haines
- Eventide Anthology II April 2008
Late one night while mastering the tracks that comprise the latest release from The Wagner Logic, I encountered some of the coolest effects I had heard in a while. With my interest piqued, I called the engineer for the album—Mike Nadeau—to ...
- Universal Audio UAD-Nevana X2 April 2008
Let’s cut right to the chase—the new UAD-Nevana X2 bundle includes two PCIe UAD-1e DSP Cards, authorization for the base set of UA plug-ins (a.k.a. UA Mix Essentials), and all seven of UA’s authorized Neve titles: the 1073/SE, 1081/SE, ...
- Kjaerhus MPL-1 Pro SE March 2008
Do you remember that really cool Golden Compressor GCO-1 plug-in that Craig Anderton reviewed in the February 2005 issue of EQ? Well, the company that created that sweet little product has put something new on the market—the MPL-1 Pro ...
- Crane Song Avocet March 2008
Crane Song’s Avocet is being touted in chat rooms and message boards across the net as being one of the premier studio controllers for mastering and recording control rooms. Users claim that the converters are some of the clearest available, ...
- Klein + Hummel O 300 Active Studio Monitors and O 800 Active Subwoofer January 2008
The Klein + Hummel O 300 is one of the nicest studio monitors I’ve heard: You have to jump to larger models, audiophile makers, or mastering-grade speakers for better performance. The horizontal design is smart. And combined with a ...
- Mackie 1604-VLZ3 December 2007
In my travels, the Mackie 1604 has become as ubiquitous as the Shure SM57. Visit any studio, production house, or live venue, and the odds are good you’ll find one of these workhorse mixers. The latest incarnation, the 1604-VLZ3, adds ...
- KRK Systems VXT8 December 2007
With a street price that’s a fraction of KRK’s Exposé line, I mistakenly assumed the VXT line was a cosmetic redress of old KRK technology. Wrong. The VXT series has benefited from the R&D that went into the Exposé in ways that ...
- 8 Steps To A Perfect Kick Sound October 2007
As a drummer and a studio owner, I can attest to the fact that many drummers do not know how to properly tune their kick drums. And their records suffer for it. So unless you are triggering your kick (and keeping a 100 percent wet kick ...
- Universal Audio Helios Type 69 EQ July 2007
Even with recent successes such as the Neve 1073 and 1081 EQ and 33609 compressor plugs, we all knew Universal Audio were not resting on their laurels. Still, when the Helios Type 69 — a vintage-style EQ full of personality — was announced, ...
- Waves MaxxBCL July 2007
Many of us were confounded when Waves announced they would no longer make the L2 Hardware Limiter — the closest to a “must have” unit for mastering engineers as anything produced in the last decade. Was it because of the people who ...