New Monday #31

Happy Monday!

Gah!!! We hoped to have a new plug-in out this week, but it will be released in October. Note to self: don’t announce things unless it’s a sure thing.

There is a ton going on, though, at Korneff: new plug-ins, a bunch of plug-in updates that you’ve been asking for, some new collaborations with some very interesting entities and people, a booth at NAMM... the fun never ends.

Here’s a thing to listen to while you read...

Oh my... Scandinavian folk metal anyone? Would these guys absolutely crush the Cranberries in a fight? Judging by the video, they’d crush just about anyone in a fight.

Onward.

The last two New Mondays have been loosely connected by the math of overtones, or harmonics, and how that applies to equalization and last week, how saturation and distortion fall into this same mathematical black hole.

This is foundationally important stuff, and without a good sense of it, it’s really hard to have a firm grasp on all sorts of things. Understanding this will help you to know why use a limiter here and not there, or add saturation here and not there. Or why mixing in a perfectly in-tune guitar part can suddenly make the whole record sound out of tune.

It’s all about...

Inharmonicity

Ever notice how much a tuner jumps around when you first hit a note? It’s because the initial strike is essentially pitchless. It’s “inharmonic,” which isn’t a real word but inharmonicity is.

I found this video on why bells sound out of tune. It’s not a technical explanation of inharmonicity, but it is a great illustration of it.

Here’s a thing I wrote on inharmonicity. Don’t know this stuff? Read about it.

Intermodulation Distortion

The way equipment and devices, whether analog and tangible or digital, create inharmonicity is through something called Intermodulation Distortion.

It’s your friend, it’s your enemy... typically it’s your enemy. Here’s a video of a guy demonstrating it with a guitar.

Again, I wrote more on it here.

Ai Criminals

The music industry, in general, doesn’t know how to deal with Spotify and streaming services. Good guys? Bad guys? Evil? Necessary evil?

This guy ripped them off for millions and now he’s off to jail. Robin Hood? Jesse James? Michael Smith?

A Drum Trick

Here’s a tuning trick for floor toms, which are always a pain in the head it seems. I haven’t tried it yet, but it does appear to work, and why would someone fake this? It’s not like there’s millions to be made from Spotify with streams of it.

Vault of Marco

Marco strikes again with some very obscure and excellent early 70s soul from Marie “Queen” Lyons. What a fabulous singer. Bizarre mix. The whole thing is mono except for the horn part, which panned right with reverb on the left.

Marie made one record and then vanished into the mist of time.

Have a great week, y’all.