Job for a Cowboy "Beyond the Chemical Doorway" from the album "Moon Healer"

Job for a Cowboy "Beyond the Chemical Doorway"

IOTUNN "Iridescent Way" from the album "Kinship"

IOTUNN "Iridescent Way"

Lifesick "Loved by None" from the album "Loved by None, Hated by All"

Lifesick "Loved by None"

Mantar "Rex Perverso" from the album "Post Apocalyptic Depression"

Mantar "Rex Perverso"

King Diamond "Spider Lilly"

Killswitch Engage "I Believe (Alternate Edit)" from the album "This Consequence"

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Space Chaser "Ignite the Skies"

Rok Gulič, founder and CEO of OLLO Audio talks to Sam Inglis about the origins of the company, the launch of their brand new X1 headphones and working with dSONIQ to offer calibration via their Realphones software.

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
01:31 - Path To Becoming An Audio Manufacturer
04:12 - Simplicity And Sustainability
06:19 - Flat Frequency Response
08:38 - Total Harmonic Distortion (THD)
10:01 - Introducing A Closed-Back Version
11:48 - Teaming Up With dSONIQ
13:16 - X1 Calibration Process
14:45 - Using Broad Q Factors
17:29 - Preference For External DSP
19:27 - A Great Sound With Any Amp
22:27 - Working With User Feedback
24:42 - Global Distribution And Support
27:39 - Catering To Different Global Tastes

https://www.soundonsound.com/music-business/ollo-audio-headphones-sos-podcast

#olloaudio #dSONIQ #realphones

OLLO Audio Biog
Prior to the launch of OLLO Audio, founder Rok Gulič was experimenting with tactile transducers in order to recreate the feel of a studio’s deep, immersive sound at high volumes but in a personal, headphone-like format and this resulted in him building, testing and refining headphones for personal use. On receiving multiple requests from friends for their own headphones, what started as a passion project in a garage became a fully-fledged business.

Based in Solvenia, all headphones are hand-built. The company launched with the S4X model in 2019, followed by the S5X and launched the X1 in 2025. OLLO Audio’s vision is that headphones should be durable, fully repairable with home tools and made to last, which is why every OLLO model is designed with replaceable parts, making them some of the most sustainable and long-lasting headphones on the market. Their designs avoid plastic where possible, instead using metal and wood to create a design that’s both visually striking and built for longevity.

https://olloaudio.com/
https://www.instagram.com/olloaudio/
https://www.facebook.com/ollomixingsystem/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr6MScEyGwoduri4jQnRENA
https://www.linkedin.com/company/ollo---headphones-mixing-system

Sam Inglis Biog
Editor In Chief Sam Inglis has been with Sound On Sound for more than 20 years. He is a recording engineer, producer, songwriter and folk musician who studies the traditional songs of England and Scotland, and the author of Neil Young's Harvest (Bloomsbury, 2003) and Teach Yourself Songwriting (Hodder, 2006).

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People & Music Industry

OLLO Audio - Behind The Brand

OLLO Audio - Behind The Brand | Podcast

Pascal Gabriel, aka Stubbleman, gives Kevin Paul an insight into his working methods, favourite studio equipment and shares some valuable advice to artists and producers looking to carve out a career in the music industry.

https://www.soundonsound.com/people/pascal-gabriel-music-producer-sos-podcast

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
00:31 - The Origins Of Stubbleman
03:25 - Using Ambient Noises On The Record And Live
05:17 - Working In A Studio
07:15 - What Makes A Good Producer?
09:28 - Working With An Engineer
11:29 - S'Express and Bomb The Bass
13:53 - Success With Peach and Dido
15:54 - Working With Top Line Writers
17:55 - Pushing Bands Out Of Their Comfort Zone
20:46 - The Art Of Lyric Writing
22:06 - Advice To New Artists
24:30 - Favourite Piece Of Studio Kit
27:09 - The No Phone Rule

Pascal Gabriel Biog
Stubbleman is the alter ego of Pascal Gabriel, a Belgian-British composer and producer known for his genre-defying career. From a punk background, he became a key figure in the late ’80s UK Acid House/Breakbeat explosion, co-writing and producing "Theme from S'Express" and "Beat Dis" with Bomb The Bass, before collaborating with artists like Wire, EMF, Goldfrapp, Dido, Miss Kittin and Kylie.

Returning to his electronic roots, he created Stubbleman, blending modular synthesis, found sounds and live instrumentation. His debut album, Mountains and Plains, captured the vast landscapes of a U.S. road trip in an ambient soundscape. His follow-up album, 1:46:43 - The Ventoux Trilogy, transforms the legendary Mont Ventoux cycling ascent into music, using real-time ride data to drive evolving synth sequences.

http://melophobia.com/
https://www.facebook.com/stubblemanmusic/
https://www.instagram.com/stubblemanmusic/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOLb3yT9AQhByo2UYvZspog

Kevin Paul Biog
Kevin Paul started his career as a DJ but quickly found his passion was sound engineering. His first audio job was at Soho Studios in 1991, moving to Konk Studios six months later, where he worked alongside successful producers and engineers such as Bob Clearmountain, Adam Mosley, Pascal Gabriel and Gil Norton, as well as bands such as The Kinks, Galliano, Terrorvision, UFO and Elastica.
 
After working on archiving the Depeche Mode back catalogue in 1994, he was offered an engineering role at Mute Records’ in-house studio, which eventually lead to a position as Head Engineer, which gave him access to the entire Mute Records roster. Highlights include mixing Goldfrapp’s “Felt Mountain”, David Bowie’s “Hours” and Nick Cave’s “No More Shall We Part”. He also worked in 5:1, mixing Moby’s “Hotel”, Goldfrapp’s “Black Cherry“ and more for DVD.

In 2004 Kevin went freelance and re-mixed the entire Depeche Mode and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds back catalogues for SACD/DVD. Since 2008, Kevin Paul has been in charge of mixing and remixing performances at the iTunes Festivals in the UK and Germany. He has mixed over 100 artists to date, including Adele, Ed Sheeran, Alicia Keys, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The XX, Calvin Harris, Foo Fighters, Jack White, Linkin Park, Florence & The Machine, Deadmau5, David Guetta, Jessie J., Norah Jones, Oasis, Mumford & Sons, N.E.R.D., Lykke Li, James Blunt, KT Tunstall, Hot Chip, Paul Weller and many more.

He continues to record, engineer, produce and mix many projects in music and film, runs the mixing and surround mixing modules for the Masters Degree course at UK’s Westminster University and divides his time between London and Berlin. Recent works include the International selling new album by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and mixing the latest album of Denmark’s “Dúné” with the first single premiering at the Danish Music Awards, plus the latest iTunes Music Festival.

http://www.kevin-paul.com/

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Pascal Gabriel - Music Producer

Pascal Gabriel - Music Producer | Podcast

Oli Freke talks us through the history of samplers, from the introduction of the Mellotron in 1963, through to current day sampling software, while highlighting the golden era of sampling from the late 80s to early 90s.

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
01:08 - The Mellotron
02:28 - Pre-Digital Samplers
03:18 - Pierre Schaeffer And The Phonogène
04:03 - Peter Zinovieff And EMS
05:44 - The University Of Illinois' PLATO
06:08 - Harry Mendell's Melodian
07:21 - Wendel Sampling Computer
08:29 - The Fairlight and Fairlight II
15:20 - The Fundamentals Of Sampling
19:43 - The Synclavier
23:47 - Digital Delay Lines (DDLs)
26:04 - EMU Systems Emulator
31:01 - Ensoniq Mirage
32:39 - Other Notable 1980s Releases
34:46 - Akai S1000 and Roland S Series
38:14 - Sampling And Legal Issues
41:16 - Modern Day Sampling

https://www.soundonsound.com/sound-advice/history-samplers-sos-podcast

Oli Freke Biog
Oli Freke is a London based musician, artist and author who has had a life-long passion for electronic instruments, synthesizers and electronic music. Currently working for the BBC, he has previously enjoyed success with electro band Cassette Electrik supporting the Human League on tour, written music for television and produced dance music since the 1990s.

His Synth Evolution range of posters, celebrating the synthesizer and electronic music culture, launched in 2017 and led to the definitive, hand-illustrated book, ‘Synth Evolution: From Analogue to Digital (and Back)’, featuring every commercial synth of the 20th century.

www.synthevolution.net
www.linktr.ee/olifreke

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