2012’s Not Your Kind of People continues the electronic rock legacy that Garbage began with their self-titled 1995 platinum debut release. Helping the group craft their sound is producer, mixer, and engineer Billy Bush, who uses Universal Audio tools on the band’s edgy guitars, driving percussion grooves, and glistening electronics.

The most important pieces of hardware in any studio are the ones on the sides of your head. In this article from Sound on Sound magazine, we'll take a close look at the ear — how it converts physical sound waves into sonic information in the brain, and how this process has numerous practical consequences for music production.

Harmony Central editor-in-chief Craig Anderton is putting the Apollo High Resolution Audio Interface to the test in his current pro review, complete with an in-depth analysis on its software design and under-the-hood images of its components and build quality.

Universal Audio’s 710 Twin-Finity Tone-Blending Mic Preamplifier & DI Box is a radical UA mic preamp design that combines both the classic retro warmth of tubes with the transient bite of solid-state, all in a 2U, half-rack unit. In this article, we’ll share some helpful tips and tricks for how to get the most out of the 710.

Reavis "Rev" Mitchell has been involved with many facets of the professional music game — including mixing, producing, and product development. Learn how his arsenal of UAD Plug-Ins helped create the punch and sonic depth for the sounds in his latest project — the Beat Thang mobile music workstation.

For those of you lucky enough to own one of Universal Audio's tube-based hardware preamps, channel strips, or compressors, you will at some point need to deal with replacing the tubes in these units. How is this done? What tubes do you need? Read on my friends, and the answers to your questions will be revealed!

As the go-to source for news and reviews in the world of digital audio plug-ins, we were honored when KVR's Chris Halaby recently rode his motorcycle from his office in Menlo Park to interview our founder, Bill Putnam Jr., for their Developer Focus series.

While you’ve been working hard and paying attention to the songs, the parts, the sounds, and all the other big-picture stuff, maybe something’s just ever so slightly out of tune. Tuning is one of the little things that can end up making a huge difference in the final quality of your recordings, so here are some final things to listen for before you start your first take.

Tony Maserati’s renowned chops has had him mixing everyone from Lady Gaga, Sting, and Mariah Carey, to The Notorious B.I.G. and Alicia Keys. His latest high-profile project is Jason Mraz’s Love Is a Four Letter Word, a project he expertly crafted with the help of a host of Universal Audio tools.