The Spirit Studios Podcast
As the UK's first school for music production and sound engineering, we certainly know what we're talking about. Expect conversations with our expert tutors, inspiring students and creative guests from the music industry. If you're looking to discover new artists, learn how to take your tracks to the next level or just want to get nerdy about synths, this is the podcast for you.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 51
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Supporting Small: Andre Pires
Al chats with Andre Pires about his one-man experimental metal project Cut the Berry, self-promotion on a budget, and moving to the UK to study sound engineering.
Andre's playlist: https://spoti.fi/…
00:34:06 |
Wed 24 Jun 2020
Compression 101
Compressors are one of the most useful tools at our disposal when working with sound. In this episode, Al introduces the main functions and controls of a compressor, and explores some creative ways y…
00:19:17 |
Wed 10 Jun 2020
Supporting Small: Aaron Haigh
Join Al as he chats with Aaron Haigh, a drummer and producer who plays with Seafret and has toured as a drum tech with artists like the Courteeners, DMA's, and the Chainsmokers.
Link to Aaron's pla…
00:30:07 |
Wed 03 Jun 2020
Making Tracks: Logic Lofi Loops
To celebrate the massive Logic Pro update that recently dropped, Al creates a lofi track using its main new features. In this episode he chops things up with the Sampler plugins, gets granular with s…
00:20:43 |
Wed 27 May 2020
Supporting Small: Chris Sherwin
Al chats with Spirit Studios alumnus Chris Sherwin, live sound engineer at Manchester venue Night & Day and singer/guitarist in post-rock outfit Bards.
Link to Chris' playlist: https://spoti.fi/3bJ1…
00:28:12 |
Wed 20 May 2020
The Home Studio Setup
Link to our downloadable Home Studio Setup guide here: https://adobe.ly/2T15BZj
00:16:11 |
Wed 13 May 2020
Making Tracks: Bedroom Pop
Join Al as he explores the budget-friendly genre of Bedroom Pop & creates a track with harmonised guitar parts, lo-fi synths, and lots of delay plugins.
00:18:44 |
Thu 07 May 2020
Production Lockdown: Arrangement & Mix
In the third part of our Production Lockdown series, Al finalises the arrangement, mixes Motown-style vocals, and makes moves with automation.
Full track: https://soundcloud.com/al-atcheson/no-rush
00:20:28 |
Wed 29 Apr 2020
Production Lockdown: Guitars, Synths & Vocals
In this episode, Al explores vocal harmonies, retro arpeggiators, and pastes together a guitar solo.
00:16:37 |
Wed 22 Apr 2020
Production Lockdown: Drums & Percussion
In this episode, Al delves into drum processing, recording percussion elements, and creating your own sample loops from scratch.
00:13:33 |
Tue 14 Apr 2020
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