The Official Podcast of The Continuum Music Studio is up! The Podcast talks music production, audio engineering, and the "spiritual side" of music creation. 

Poolside Chats Episode #1: Lip Smacks and DAW Templates 

Topics Covered:

-What is “Poolside Chats”
-Knowing what Youtube videos will help you and which won't
-Taking people's word for things vs. being open to new things
-Templates
-Coined the phrase “Musically Spiritual” 
-Our Bios: Sort of
-Ideas and perspectives on doing what you love!

Poolside Chats (Ep. 1) - Lip Smacks and DAW Templates

Poolside Chats Episode #2: Just Grab It!

Topics Covered:

-A shout out to Nugen Audio
-Metering and loudness
-Different music platforms and compression algorithms
-A bit on mastering
-Growing as a creative person
-Beating yourself up/ Having confidence
-Limiting yourself
-Getting to know what you have, not what you want

Poolside Chats (Ep. 2) - Just Grab It!

Poolside Chats Episode #3: Tone For Days

Topics Covered:

-EQ before or after compression?
-SSL bus compression
-Our thoughts on compressor side chain detectors
-Using and abusing gear for EDM

Poolside Chats (Ep. 3) - Tone For Days

Poolside Chats Episode #4: Compression and Contrast

Topics Covered:

-What is compression to us?
-Compressor attack times
-Creating contrast
-Using mix notes
-Our mix busses
-Limiters
-Facebook/What we about

Poolside Chats (Ep. 4) - Compression and Contrast

Poolside Chats Episode #5: Casa de Continuum

Topics Covered:

-Things you should know to get a leg up at a recording arts school.
-Our thoughts on education.
-Why you don't apologize on a podcast.-Our monitors.
-No excuses!

Poolside Chats (Ep. 5) - Casa de Continuum

Podcast Episode #6: Collab 

Topics Covered:

-The ContinUum (Re)Mixing, and Mastering Contest in detail
-Remix contests
-Influences and Idols
-Dance music
-Bit crushing
-Samples

Poolside Chats (Ep. 6) - Collab

Poolside Chats Episode #7: That Guy in the Mirror

Topics Covered:

-Hi-pass filtering (good starting frequencies)
-More about compression
-Parallel processing

Poolside Chats (Ep. 7)- That Guy In The Mirror

Poolside Chats Episode #8: Sausage Towel

Topics Covered:

- Our favorite plugins on kick
- Our favorite plugins on bass
- Our favorite plugins on vocals
- Our favorite plugins on drums
- Our favorite plugins on synths
- Our favorite plugins on much more
- Our favorite time based effects

Poolside Chats (Ep. 8) - Sausage Towel

Poolside Chats Episode #9: Rare Unfriendly Stick

Topics Covered:

-Time Based Effects (Reverbs, Delays, Etc...)
-Effecting Time Based Effects
-Stereo Wideners

Poolside Chats (Ep. 9) - Rare Unfriendly Stick

Poolside Chats Episode #10: Don't Over Think It

Topics Covered:

-All about DAWs
-DAWs, pros and cons
-Why we use the DAWs we use
-No one does it all, but everyone tries!

Poolside Chats (Ep. 10) - Don't Over Think It

Poolside Chats Episode #11: First Set Ups

Topics covered:

-What we used when we first started in music
-What we miss, and what we don't

Poolside Chats (Ep. 11) - First Set Ups

Poolside Chats Episode #12: Where Did The Emotion Go?

Topics Covered:

- Mixing is all about emotion
- Getting lost in mixing tools vs. the essence of the song
- Redoing mixes with new perspectives
- Mixing vocals
- Parallel distortion and saturation
- Mixing vocals in hardware vs. software
- Vocal compression
- Vocal EQ
- Favorite EQs in both software and hardware
- Compression before EQ or after?!

Poolside Chats (Ep. 12) - Where Did The Emotion Go?

Poolside Chats Episode #13: Wait, How Loud?!

Topics Covered:

- we talk about our successes, and many struggles that came from trying to get a master really, really loud. 

The podcast cuts off abruptly in the end because we split one long one into two, so den't get mad. Or do. It's no deal.

Poolside Chats (Ep. 13) - Wait, How Loud?!

Poolside Chats Episode #14: There's Always Something To Learn

Topics Covered:

-Apprentiships
-Why we prefer certain tones
-The real reason we prefer analog gear
-Music and Sex
-Psychedelics and trivial matters

Poolside Chats (Ep. 14) - There's Always Something To Learn

Poolside Chats Episode #15: Creative Blocks

Topics Covered:

This episode dives into the deep end of creative struggles and the blocks that commonly afflict artists.

Poolside Chats (Ep. 15) - Creative Blocks

Poolside Chats Episode #16:  All.About.Sound.Design.

Topics Covered:

This episode is all about sound design! We had a lot of fun talking all things creative while sitting on the studio floor. Enjoy.

Poolside Chats (Ep. 16) – All.About.Sound.Design.

Poolside Chats Episode #17: Frank And Sally, Sally And Frank

Topics Covered:

This B.E.A. Utiful episode of the Poolside Chats Podcast starts out with a conversation on a beautiful quote by Theodore Roosevelt. It then trails into the timeless topic of our favorite new (and old)plug-ins and some other stuff in between.

Poolside Chats (Ep. 17) – Frank And Sally, Sally And Frank

Poolside Chats Episode #18: We Got Questions!

Topics Covered:

In this special episode we answer a few questions from our friends on social media! Enjoy!

Poolside Chats (Ep. 18) – We Got Questions!

Fission - New Beginnings (Ft. Tom Plummer)(Before Stem Mixing/Mastering)

Fisson - New Beginnings(Ft. Tom Plumber)(After Stem Mix and Master) -

Galactic Groove - Ignition (Before Stem Mix And Master)

Galactic Groove - Ignition (After Stem Mix and Master)

CORI - "Tim" (Original Mix) - (After Production, Mixing, and Mastering)

Galactic Groove - Things Are Going To Get Better - (After Production, Mixing, and Mastering)

Galactic Groove - Things Are Going To Get Better

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