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Take Three: What would Dolly do?
Three minute reads for audio engineers and music makersBy Thomas Dulin Hey Reader, hope you're having a great week. Here's this week's Take Three email. PhaseLock Beta folks! This is my weekly email. Friendly reminder that if you don't want to receive Take Three emails, no hard feelings. Opt out here to stay in the beta. If you just "unsubscribe" you'll kick yourself out of the beta. TAKE ONE: QUICK LINKS
TAKE TWO: GEAR HIGHLIGHTI'm selfishly holding the Take Two section this week. My upcoming plugin release PhaseLock is now in private, invite-only beta. What does it do? One of our testers summed it up really well in an email to me yesterday: As a member of this Take Three email community I wanted you to have access to it. Let me know what you like and don't like. I haven't said this anywhere else yet, but I'm aiming for an October 1 release. Last thing I'll say about it for now: I'm looking for folks in my network to help with the release by creating content about your honest review of the plugin. Willing to compensate you for the right fit. If that sounds fun, hit reply and let's talk! TAKE THREE: WHAT WOULD DOLLY DO?The passing of music legend Dolly Parton is objectively the biggest news in music this week. My client/friend Ben Rector made a really sharp observation on Instagram. He noted that people from all walks of life universally loved Dolly, and in a world of tribes and polarization, how rare that is! Dolly was both unapologetically herself and uniquely graceful at approaching sensitive cultural moments. As I'm writing this -- I started trying to compile and fact check all the examples I could remember of her charitable contributions (Hurricane Helene recovery / children's vaccinations / Tennessee wildfire victim support / her Imagination Library program, etc.) and the list was literally too long for this email. She had a humorous and easy-going way of moving through the world and always supported musicians, songwriters, and anyone who she noticed needing a hand. As someone who has directly benefited from her generosity, I hope to leave behind even 1% of the legacy she did. So when I'm dealing with mix clients or answering questions about one of my plugins or even talking to local stagehands -- I'm going to try to ask myself "What would Dolly do?" Until next week, happy music making, Reader. |
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Three minute reads for audio engineers and music makers By Thomas Dulin Hey Reader, here's this week's Take Three email. Today is October 1, which means that all the beta versions of PhaseLock will no longer run. If you want to continue using it, there's still time to get the intro price with code LAUNCH at the jelly site here. TAKE ONE: QUICK LINKS Waves Tracks Live 2.0 is out. I used v1 a few years ago and eventually switched to Harrison LiveTrax which remains lower-priced Which M6 or M5...
Three minute reads for artists and producers who want to make better records By Thomas Dulin Hey Reader, I hope you're having a great week so far. Here's this week's Take Three email. PhaseLock Beta folks: Friendly reminder that your plugin will stop working in about a week, and will not recall after that. If you'd like to buy the plugin to keep using it (or use the free trial), you can do that here. TAKE ONE: QUICK LINKS 5 Free Tape Saturation Plugins Worth Adding To Your Sessions, via...
Three minute reads for audio engineers and music makers By Thomas Dulin Hey Reader, here's this week's Take Three email. TAKE ONE: QUICK LINKS Here's a free pack of Casio SK1 samples, via Sample Radar This studio owner is using 100% solar power, via Production Expert TAKE TWO: RECENT RELEASES Here are a couple of recent mixes that were released. Fun fact, "If You Wanna Fly" is one of the first mixes I did where I fully trusted PhaseLock to handle the drums. If You Wanna Fly Joel Guptill...