Blue World Music
Gina Fant-Saez's phone rings every half hour with calls from friends and associates looking to her for help and tech support. Owner, engineer, and 'Head Honcho' at Blue World Music in Austin, Texas, she's very gracious in sharing her deep Pro Tools knowledge. Just ask session guitarist Gerry Leonard (David Bowie) and bassist Paul Bryan (Aimee Mann.) [read on]

Ian Blanch
If you're tired of fixing drum machine hiccups on bar 1/beat 1, bored with your plug-in vocal chain, and need to repeat exactly the same filter sweep on multiple song prints, read on. Thanks to engineer Ian Blanch, Queen Latifah, DJ Quik, The Alcoholics, and Brandy didn't sweat any of the above when he was behind the board. Blanch, a 26-year old independent engineer represented by HitMixers Engineer Management Company, offers up the following Pro Tools and TDM plug-in tips. [read on]

Hyde Street Studios
Among legendary San Francisco recording studios, perhaps none has shone so brightly over the years as Hyde Street Studios. Engineer Gabriel Shepard has chalked up an impressive set of credits the past six years since joining Hyde Street. Chris Isaak, George Clinton, producer Eric Drew Feldman, the last two Cake records and a live recording of modern guitar legend Jim Campilongo at Cafe Du Nord have enjoyed this engineer's touch. Following are two of many Pro Tools tips he's picked up along the way. [read on]