Published: May 29, 2006, 12:15 p.m.
\n\nA couple of cool news items. some tips and tricks, we tweak the stupid knob, we introduce a new feature and we present the last part of a four-part interview with Charles Dye that finishes off our first mini-series we call The 30 Days Of Dye.
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Tweak The Stoopid Knob:\n
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Celebrity Interview:\n
Week #4 - Final EpisodeMulti-platinum, Grammy Award-winning engineer, mixer and producer
Charles Dye began his engineering career in 1992. Since that time he's mixed hits for
Ricky Martin, Sammy Hagar, Julio Iglesias, and
Jon Bon Jovi. He's also recorded artists such as
Aerosmith, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira and
Gloria Estefan, among many others. This is the final installment in our special series,
The 30 Days Of Dye.
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Mix It Like A Record was filmed:
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http://SuperSonicStudios.com\n\n
Click to hear Charles' recent productions and mixes!\n\n
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Lane Sumner
Instrument Spotlight:\nThis week we present a new feature that will appear on the show from time to time. It's Lane Sumner's Instrument Spotlight. Lane is, of course, the world-class guitarist that wrote and performs our theme song. This first installment is called:
Breaking Out Of A Soloing Rut\n\n
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Answer To Last Week's "How'd They Do That?\n
Q: In the Cher song
Believe there's a cool vocal effect...
How'd They Do That?\n\n
A: A combination of hybrid digital vocoding and filtering.
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Mark Taylor
The Man Behind The Cher EffectThere were a lot of good guesses! Honorable Mention goes to
Jamin (Jay-men) Boggs who said, "
Let the studio's pet monkey tune the vocal."
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Don from
Digital Music Mag who thought it was a Digitech Vocalist.
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Ronnie Marler and
Aage from Norway who simply said, "
It's a vocoder."
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Dave Hendrickson
Patron Of The ArtsThanks to
Dave Hendrickson For Supporting PSN! Go see his web site and listen to all his wonderful original tunes.
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