“I don’t want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them,” said author-playwright Oscar Wilde. The term Emotional Intelligence (EI) wouldn’t be coined until 90 years after his death, but Wilde certainly had the gist of what it meant to possess it. We know what an important tool EQ (Emotional Quotient) or EI is in the workplace, but applying it to your relationships can also ensure a fulfilling personal life.
A recent study conducted by the Korn Ferry Hay Group used data from 55,000 professionals in 90 countries. The findings? Women outperform men in almost every emotional intelligence competency (11 out of 12) except for emotional self-control, where no gender differences were observed. So how do we, as women, apply these heightened competencies to our personal lives, for better relationships with our partners, children, parents, siblings and even friends?
Practice self-awareness
Delhi-based Lata S, Founder-Director – MEQ Academy, Emotional Intelligence Trainer & Assessor, EQ Educator and Life Coach says self-awareness is the key. “Most of the time we blame others for our unhappiness. This is because of our own expectations. Women never ask for help. They keep working doggedly for ages, and then they’re suddenly tired. They feel like no one loves or cares for them. If they practice self-awareness, they can first figure out what they want and need first. The idea is to give up complaining, and instead work on yourself first.”
An article in Forbes by Dr Shaw Andrews says that men and women have different EQ strengths. It goes on to state how we are bombarded with both direct and indirect messages our entire lives about how we should behave – through our parents, family members, friends, teachers, coaches, magazines, books, movies, television and even the toys we play with. The article says, “Boys are socialised very early on to be competitive, confident, assertive, decisive and even aggressive. Girls are socialised to be nurturing, care about others, show emotions, get along and be empathetic. Girls learn that the process is more important than winning and that relationships are key.”
As a result, women always prioritise themselves last and end up feeling short-changed. Change this – you’re not obliged to make anyone else happy at the cost of your own happiness.
Start a handwritten journal
“Aatmanirbhar bano,” says Aditi Surana, High performance coach and Founder of APT mental gym. “You heard me right. Most people depend on their relationships to deal with their own emotions. Set out 15 mins a day to use handwritten journaling to find emotional release and resolve. Address your small emotional issues. This simple mental workout will make your emotional baggage much lighter.”
Not only does journalling provide a safe space for you to direct your emotions, it allows you to reflect on your own strengths, weaknesses and limitations. It means you’re also taking responsibility for how you feel and express yourself, and how that in turn affects everyone around you. In addition to pouring out your emotions, also set aside some time to write about the roles you fulfil in your personal life, how you feel about them, what works for you and what doesn’t.
Be an active listener
Empathy is an important component of EI. It means trying to put yourself in someone’s shoes to understand how they may feel. And empathy begins with listening actively. Surana says, “If you’re worried, overwhelmed and preoccupied then you cannot listen to anyone. Deep listening is an art. Filmmaker, author and artist Paromita Vohra once told me that ‘most people suffer as they only listen to the words in conversations.’ Active listening is about deeply listening to the words as well as observing the gaps. You can’t do it without genuinely being interested in people.” Lata S agrees adding, “We always tend listen less and reply more – in fact we listen only to reply!”
Respond, don’t react
It is human nature to react immediately and instinctively to both positive and negative words and incidents. Don’t. Restrain yourself, no matter how hard it is and process the information first, along with what it means. You should ideally respond from a place of logic, instead of a place driven solely by emotion. “Taking a small pause for at least six seconds – because our emotions take this long to sink in – it really helps,” says Lata S. “Take a deep breath and count from 10 to 1. During this time, think about whether your reaction is justified or appropriate in this situation. Many times, situations actually don’t even need a reaction. Of course, developing this trait takes time – it doesn’t happen overnight or on day one. But take that first step towards it.”
Work out your EQ
Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither can your control over your emotions. Developing your EQ is much like maintaining physical fitness. You first have to become optimally fit, and then maintain that. Says Surana, “EQ is a muscle. You need to build it. This one skill you cannot practise in isolation… I have created a small workout that you use in each and every conversation. Ask yourself three questions at the end of each interaction – Was I actively listening? Was I triggered? What else could I have said or done?” Answering these questions gives you clarity on what you can do differently to enhance your EQ.
Embrace conflicts
Our first response is always to defend ourselves. That’s not necessarily wrong, but when we are trying to put relationships ahead of individuals, the point might be lost. Defence is fine, as long as it is backed by actual logic. “Let’s accept it – you can’t avoid conflicts,” says Surana. “It is an essential part of being in any relationship. Most people run away from the fights. Do you do that? Stop doing it. Avoiding conflicts festers them more. Dealing with them can be painful like dressing a wound, but if done correctly, with each dressing it starts healing. The quality of your relationship is dependent on how healthy your fight is.”
Saucon Source (https://sauconsource.com/2022/12/09/bar-talk-the-eq-series-week-6-tying-it-all-together/) Read More of The EQ Series: Part 1 • Part 2• Part 3 • Part 4 • Part 5 Over the past five weeks we’ve covered a lot of Emotional Intelligence ground. If we look at the totality of EQ it’s easy to see how the description ‘The Swiss army knife of life’ is on the money, based on how many tools and solutions the various practices can provide. A common goal most of us have is to live a productive, successful, happy life and be the version of ourselves that we aspire to be. Unfortunately, that’s easier said than done, and it’s not unusual that we end up having drastically different days than we envisioned when we woke up. While there are many reasons this can occur, a common theme is that our mindset and perspective play a significant role in how we respond to and process all events and interactions we have on any given day. It’s essential to recognize that many of our natural tendencies and reactions are default settings that are not optimal for modern-day life. In our early ancestors’ lives, it was critical to identify threats and dangers to survive another day. We are still operating under that same neural programming to zero in on negative aspects of life, even though they are no longer life-threatening. Not surprisingly, this default tendency to focus unconsciously on negative aspects before positive ones leads to plenty of unnecessary stress and anxiety. Now imagine if that was the other way around, and your default perspective was first to see the positive instead of the negative. This approach ties into self-awareness and self-management and enables you to fundamentally shift your outlook to minimize stress and increase your happiness. It’s important to note that this is not an attempt to become oblivious to problems that come up; of course, those still need to be dealt with. More to the point, it’s developing the understanding that we have significant control over our emotions and the lens through which we see the world. As much as developing our skills and abilities around EQ will help us manage our emotional responses and optimize our relationships with others, there is also a substantial upside related to upward career mobility. While it’s easy to make a case for why building our EQ powers should be a priority in our personal lives, it’s significant that EQ in professional applications proves valuable and financially rewarding. For example, LinkedIn is widely considered a reliable barometer of emerging workplace trends based on the millions of employers and employees providing activity data that can be used for analysis. In 2022 studies, LinkedIn determined that 57 percent of employers list ‘soft skills’ (aka EQ) as the most in-demand expertise they are recruiting for. Additionally, Harvard Business Review published an eye-opening article in August 2022 titled ‘The C Suite Skills that Matter Most,’ which looked at the evolution of hiring practices at the highest levels in the largest U.S. companies. Essentially, the article spoke to the historical recruiting practices of searching out candidates based on the right education pedigree and track record of financial management success, or trying to lure away executives from companies like GE, IBM and McKinsey, and determined it was “ancient history.” Put simply, relying on those established hiring practices is no longer a reliable indicator of managerial success. As such, executive recruiters have adjusted their focus to finding people with soft skills instead of hard skills. Their reasoning is simple: modern-day workplace priorities have evolved to where expert communication and collaboration is the prioritized need. The management expert Peter Drucker was prophetic in his quote decades ago that “the more we automate information handling, the more we will have to create opportunities for effective communication.” As technology now allows businesses to be run mainly through automated processes, Drucker’s prediction has come to fruition. Suppose we consider that the world’s largest companies uniformly have access to the most robust and cutting-edge tech to operate day-to-day functions. In that case, their competitive edge is derived from what the technology cannot yet offer. Specifically, these are intangibles such as judgment, creativity and navigating a diverse workforce with employees placed globally. The nature of how the world’s largest companies operate is radically different in 2022 vs. 2002, and the skillsets that define the most successful leaders have also evolved. The companies that are most responsive to these evolutions are the most successful. Additionally, the people in tune with these changes are building their skills in these in-demand areas. In doing so, they are well-positioned to align themselves with the top leadership positions now and in the future. As you may have suspected, all of these in-demand and prioritized skills referenced in articles and studies are under the umbrella of EQ. They are just being referred to as the better known (and slightly vintage) term of “soft skills.” While the research and data make it clear that EQ will continue to have a growing significance in hiring decisions, career growth and leadership roles, you may ask: How can this help me now? To that question, here’s a takeaway to help put a financial incentive on building your EQ skills. Dr. Travis Bradberry, the co-author of ‘Emotional Intelligence 2.0’ and co-founder of TalentSmart EQ, published a study of 42,000 participants who took the Emotional Intelligence Appraisal Test with a comparison to their annual incomes. People with high EQ scores make a yearly average of $29,000 more than people with low EQ scores. On average, each IQ point added $1,300 to annual income. Think about that data; not only does building your EQ skillsets reward you with the richness of functioning as the best version of yourself, but you’ll also likely reap the rewards in your paycheck now or in your next role. For some final EQ starting steps, I’ll leave you with these suggestions:
Begin the habit of honest and accurate self-assessment to identify areas you would like to develop your skills, and equally important, in order to ‘catch yourself doing something right’ by keeping track of daily successes.
Ensure you maintain a growth-mindset as opposed to a fixed-mindset. By doing so, you remain open-minded to new ideas and opportunities to progress and evolve each day. Curiosity is a superpower, and the road of self-improvement is always under construction.
Be mindful of staying present in the present and dedicating your focus and attention to whatever task you are involved in. Multitasking is often characterized as doing many things poorly at once.
On a related note, be an active listener and pay close attention to non-verbal communication, as that will be a much larger part of any conversation than whatever words are being said.
Form a relationship with your future self and develop the habit of seeking their advice. When they tell you what they wish they did 10 years ago, that’s what you do in present day. It may not be the easiest choice, but it’s advice from a wiser version of your subconscious self that will rarely steer you wrong!
About Eric & Bar Talk
Eric Bartosz is the founder of BAR40 and the author of the internationally acclaimed and bestselling book ‘BAR40: Achieving Personal Excellence.’ He lives in Center Valley with his wife Trish, daughter Riley and pug Piper, is an adjunct MBA professor at DeSales University and serves the community as an Upper Saucon firefighter, a board member of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lehigh Valley and a local race organizer. Eric is a 20+ year runner and racer and can often be found logging miles on the Saucon Rail Trail.
Gaming Music has always been an adjacent genre to K-Pop. With euphoric progressive house to trap and melodic glitch-hop, video game music has always geared itself to tell a story the same way that many theatrical and hit K-Pop tracks do! Now more than ever, you’re seeing K-Pop expand its sound with consideration towards many alternative genres and concepts. Most recently, TheFatRat, otherwise known as the world’s most influential Gaming Music artist, has extended his mastery of Gaming Music to K-Pop girl groups; most notably: EVERGLOW!
TheFatRat boasts millions of fans worldwide and has one of the largest followings for artists of this caliber, and K-Pop as a genre continues to benefit from creative involvement from folks like him that continue to push the envelope for what songs from these groups can sound like. The artist’s forward-thinking approach to lifting copyright restrictions has also led to the widespread use and recognizability of his work. allkpop sat down with TheFatRat to get to know more about his journey as a Gaming Music artist expanding into K-Pop and asked all about his process! Learn more about TheFatRat’s experience writing with EVERGLOW and his place in the Pop Music world in the exclusive interview below:
allkpop: A massive welcome to TheFatRat! It’s a pleasure to speak to such a renowned Gaming Music artist! Please introduce yourself and tell a little about what you do to our readers who may not be familiar with you. TheFatRat: Hey, I’m Chris, aka TheFatRat. I’m an independent music producer from Germany. My music is especially known in the video gaming space and on YouTube, where I have six million subscribers. If you wonder where that artist’s name comes from, it was my nickname in school that people used to bully me. At some point, I decided to pick that name up, wear it with pride and show that you are not defined by what people say about you.
allkpop: I’d love to understand a bit more about how you got your start making music and, more specifically, video game music. What led you down this production path? TFR:My start in making music was very early because I learned it like a language when I was two years old, sitting on my mum’s lap when she was playing piano, and I was hitting random keys. After doing this for a few weeks, the keys I hit started fitting with the music my mum was playing. So I grew up learning a couple of instruments, with the piano being my main. As a teenager, I got into music production. The shift to gaming music came much later and was not even intentional. For many years I had produced for other artist and made whatever the record companies requested. But in 2013, I decided to make music just for myself, and because I was a gamer almost my entire life, the music I made was heavily influenced by video game aesthetics. Not surprisingly, when the music blew up, it was in the video game space, and before I realized it, I was a gaming music artist.
allkpop: Being a Gaming Music Artist, what Game OSTs are your favorite? Which are you most inspired by? TFR: Koji Kondo is definitely one of my favorites. It blows my mind that he not only made the iconic, playful music for Super Mario but also for The Legend Of Zelda. He managed to create an epic fantasy theme with just three oscillators that are played by the world’s best orchestras today.
allkpop: You recently collaborated with award-winning K-Pop group EVERGLOW for an energetic new single. Share a bit about how this collaboration came to be! TFR:I had discovered EVERGLOW through their song “Pirate,” which I found in a K-Pop playlist. It really stood out to me, so I listened to more of their songs and became a fan. Then at the beginning of this year, I wrote “GhostLight” and thought it might be a great fit for them. Of course, I was very happy when they agreed to sing the song. It was my first time in South Korea, and I had a blast.
allkpop: Tell us more about the production process. You’re not one to go for the traditional ‘bubblegum pop’ sound, and neither is EVERGLOW, so tell us a little bit about how this saxophone-heavy trap single, “Ghost Light,” came to be! TFR: Edgy Saxophone lines have always been fascinating for me. They can be melodic and emotional but also rough and heavy at the same time. That’s why I was experimenting a lot with them at the beginning of this year. When it comes to the emotion of a song, I simply follow my own taste. And by the time I wrote the song I was into darker and more gritty sounds, rather than playful and airy. But in the future, that may very well change. I always love to discover new terrain musically.
allkpop: The song’s tone switches between powerful belts and soothing, ethereal vocals and is boasted by the track’s overall enthralling build-up. How did you settle on this alluring and seductive appeal, and how do you go about achieving a satisfying build-up and drop on a song? TFR: When I first wrote the song, the verses were completely different, more in the vibe of the drop. After I had the demo finished, I purposefully didn’t listen to it for a couple of weeks. When I got back to it with fresh ears, I still loved the saxophone part, but wasn’t quite happy with how I did the verses. However, I also wasn’t quite sure what to do instead. Then, one morning I woke up early, around 5 am, and had that melody playing over and over in my head. I tried it on the song, and it turned out to make a great verse for it.
allkpop: Your use of brass in this instrumental is particularly unique- what led you to opt for horns on this track? Is it a feeling, or is it something else in particular? TFR:Horns are such fun instruments. Especially when you have a lot of them playing the same note at once and layer them on top of a synthesizer. I have this song called “Stronger,” where I use a similar technique, and I always wanted to apply that to a more vocal-heavy song. In this case, it was just the right way to increase the energy even more after the saxophone part.
allkpop: Each member offered a different vibe that rounds out the song nicely. What did you like best about each member’s vocal contributions, and what strengths did you want to make sure showed on the collab? TFR: Working with a group is so different from working with solo artists because the song can have much more variety. Onda and Mia simply killed the tagline “Come And Get Me,” as well as the chorus. They both have powerful voices, but if you put them together, it takes it to the next level. Especially when they’re backed up by E:U’s ad libs. Si-hyeon’s voice, in contrast is perfect for the high and airy verses. Unfortunately, Yiren was still in China at the day of the recording. Aisha gave her very best, and it stood out to be great, especially with her singing harmonies. Working with them was simply great. They are all very professional but have such different personalities. Si-hyeon is elegant and ladylike, Onda is so humble and nice. E:U is more mysterious, and I’m not sure if I’ve ever met a person that is radiating so much positive energy as Mia.
allkpop: Your collaboration, “Ghost Light” with EVERGLOW follows a ten-track album release, PARALLAX, that came out in September 2021. Share a bit about this album, as well as the lore that has fans intrigued and following along! TFR: Every song on the PARALLAX album has its own artwork, and together with the lyrics, the entire album tells a story. It is, in fact, only a small snippet of the story that I have been developing throughout the last couple of years, that we are revealing bit by bit with new songs and artworks.
allkpop: You’ve recently been seeing some incredible media virality with a 2014 song, “Xenogenesis,” that created a trend on social media! What are your hopes for folks just discovering the music you have to offer now? TFR: Yeah, that “OutroSong” trend on TikTok is pretty crazy. Friends from all over the world reached out to me, asking if I saw that the song was going viral. Of course, it brought me a lot of new listeners, and I hope that many of them will discover and enjoy more of my music. When I initially made the track “Xenogenesis,” I planned to have vocals on it. But at that time in 2014, I didn’t have any contact with a vocalist that would fit, so I simply released the instrumental on its own. Now that it went viral again, I used the opportunity, and together with NEFFEX we turned the instrumental into a song called “Back One Day.”
allkpop: Can you share what’s on the horizon for TheFatRat? More collaborations? Live shows? More albums? TFR: The new song “Back One Day” will be out on the 16th of December. Other than that, I’m working on a ton of new songs that will be released as singles in 2023. I try to focus on what I can do best, which is being in the studio and writing and producing new songs. And there is a lot of new music coming in 2023. Connect With TheFatRat:YouTube | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Website | Discord | Spotify Connect With EVERGLOW:YouTube | Instagram
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Getty According to a study from CCL—Center for Creative Leadership—75 percent of careers derail for reasons relating to emotional competencies. This scenario includes the inability to handle interpersonal problems, unsatisfactory team leadership during times of difficulty or conflict, or the inability to adapt to change or elicit trust. That’s quite the laundry list of misery. DB Bedford, the founder of iNeverWorry Consulting and author of 30 Days to Emotional Wellness, says emotional intelligence means stopping your emotions from overpowering your intellect. Unfortunately, when organizations hire him to train staff and leaders, one of the clear signs of a lack of EQ (emotional intelligence) is when leaders exhibit strained relationships with the team they lead. In essence, more misery. “Just making people feel good about being in your presence goes a long way,” said DB. He refers to situations when decision-makers are looking to lift team members up or perhaps when you give them that special assignment. “I think those who practice emotional intelligence have a secret weapon that will move them up, and even the person making a decision might not even really know what it is. They just know it’s something about this person that they want to keep them closer to them.” The statistics on emotional intelligence agree with DB Bedford’s commentary. Daniel Goleman—a legendary researcher and thinker in the EQ space—completed a study to look for the characteristics that distinguish star performers, regardless of their field or position. The results showed that 67 percent of the competencies that led to people’s success were emotional intelligence competencies. DB Bedford In his book, 30 Days to Emotional Wellness, DB Bedford unpacks barriers to emotional intelligence and takes readers through daily exercises to improve EQ. In our conversation, DB unpacked the concept of biases. “The biases are what trips people up relatively quickly. I noticed that whenever someone is bothered by somebody else, it is typically because they’re looking at them and saying, ‘Why would you do that,’ or ‘Why are you doing it like that?’ What you’re actually saying is, ‘That’s not how I would do it,’ or ‘That’s not how I would say it.’” DB pointed out that when people project their energy out instead of allowing people to be who they are, problems ensue. DB delved further into the EQ factors alluding to the concept of confirmation biases. It’s the scenario in which people around us (as well as ourselves) agree with engrained biases, confirming them without due diligence. Status quo biases are another type of bias where people get stuck because they want things to stay the same. “Those emotional biases can show up in different aspects of our lives and, if you’re not careful, affect your behavior,” he said. “This will probably parlay into emotional grudges where you have a strong feeling about something somebody did or said that you disagree with. When you have these thoughts, you are not practicing emotional intelligence because those of us who practice EQ know that the other person can have a feeling about whatever, and it has nothing to do with me. If I run across you in life and catch some of your negative energy, it’s still not personal and doesn’t have anything to do with me.” Emotional intelligence can be applied to all areas of life, not just leadership. Let’s assume your goal is to have the best day ever. Yet, frustrating situations appear. Someone honks at you in traffic because you took a second too long at the lights. Someone decides to cut in front of you in the checkout line at the grocery store. Each situation can be remedied with emotional intelligence, making it easier to handle in your head. DB responded perfectly to these EQ opportunities: “I like to choose purpose over pettiness.” One of the ways we can make a conscious choice not to be petty is through what he likes to call a “purposeful pause.” “It just means you put some space in between your response. The goal is to let logic catch up with you because when emotions are high, logic tends to be low.” Another mindset shift DB recommends for improving your emotional intelligence is setting boundaries. He provided a fantastic example with the recent kerfuffle with Kanye West. “Just because someone throws you a ball doesn’t mean you have to catch it, right? Someone recently asked me on a call what I thought about the Kanye West situation, and I replied that I don’t. It has nothing to do with me, and I don’t need anything to do with it. I’m busy doing what I’m supposed to be doing in life.” DB’s point? To be emotionally intelligent, sometimes you just have to say “no,” and not bother getting into situations you can never change. Watch the interview with DB Bedford and Dan Pontefract in full below or listen to it via the Leadership NOW series podcast. _______ Check out my award-winning 4th book, “Lead. Care. Win. How to Become a Leader Who Matters.” Thinkers50 #1 rated thinker, Amy. C. Edmondson of Harvard Business School, calls it “an invaluable roadmap.” Publishing in October 2023, a new book: Work-Life Bloom. (You won’t want to miss it.)
Sign In | Become a Member | Contact Us Press release from the issuing company Print Studio One’s Wide Format Specialist and lead Kongsberg operator Sam Toews, seen putting the X24 through its paces. Design and print specialist Print Studio One has invested in the latest digital finishing technology from Kongsberg Precision Cutting Systems (‘Kongsberg PCS’) to boost production capacity and expand its product offering. The Manitoba, Canada-based business, alongside sister company Three-Six North Marketing, has installed a new Kongsberg X24 Edge cutting table and a range of advanced tooling in order to drive throughput and meet increasing demand at its facility in Steinbach. “Print Studio One and Three-Six North Marketing partner with clients to build their brands across physical and digital platforms, ultimately connecting people to their products and services,” said Tim Penner, Partner – Operations. Tim, together with brother Matt, runs the family business first acquired by their parents Dave and Lois nearly 20 years ago. “On the production side, our expertise is in print, signage and vehicle decals, with digital services and design also being developed and delivered under one roof,” said Tim. “As we continue to increase our offering, for example with the introduction of new packaging products, we recognized we needed to cut faster without compromising on quality or accuracy – and that’s what led us to the Kongsberg table.” Vince Tuccitto, Kongsberg PCS Territory Sales Manager for Eastern Canada, said that with the X24 Edge, Print Studio One has acquired a combination of tried and tested Kongsberg productivity, flexibility and best-in-class reliability. “The Kongsberg X24 Edge can easily handle the full spectrum of display, signage and packaging materials from kiss cutting vinyl through to heavy duty milling,” said Vince. “There is no sacrifice on machine configuration with all the X-Series options available, and perhaps most importantly the X Edge can evolve to keep pace with the changing demands of Print Studio One. “Packed with specialty tools, the cutting table handles a wide range of applications, offering speed, power and the flexibility to add new tools for new materials, new applications, or more capacity,” said Vince. “This means that a business can add volume and enter new market segments – just as Print Studio One has done.” The new Kongsberg X24 has been fitted out with a 3KW router and an assortment of tool options, including vinyl kiss cutting tooling and packaging and creasing tools. “For a business like ours, the ability to deliver quality results in a faster time is crucial – quality is one of our core values, it’s something our clients have come to expect from us,” said Tim Penner. “The ease of operation plays into that, and we have enjoyed significant overall efficiency and productivity gains. “Having the ability to turn around a wider array of jobs in a quicker time has allowed us to not only expand our offering, but also to attract new opportunities by being able to think outside the box,” he said. “We believe all organizations should have access to first class, full-service marketing support and that business is about more than just making a profit – it’s an opportunity to make a difference. The Kongsberg X24 will allow our business to continue to make a difference in the world.” For more on the Kongsberg X Edge or the entire range of digital finishing solutions and tools visit www.kongsbergsystems.com. For more on the work of Print Studio One and Three-Six North Marketing, visit psone.ca. Join the discussion Sign In or Become a Member, doing so is simple and free More Video
The latest in DAW news: PreSonus’ Studio One has added a bunch of features, including improved collaboration and video scoring and some fun new devices. Here’s what’s new and what folks are saying. Now, if you are going to upgrade, what you really need is … this studio, with wall-sized display. Time to work on the studio in your hollowed-out volcano lair! There’s a bunch of stuff in this feature, including some vaguely Apple Logic-like stuff: a Customization Editor for turning on and off features, project templates, and track templates. Arguably those do look like you they might actually be more useful in this implementation than Apple’s – the track presets also hook into collaboration, and project templates have a nicely-designed setup. Studio One is even taking on Logic’s notation features. I’m going to go out on a limb, though, and guess these are the tools you’ll be most interested in. Video Track lets you cut directly to picture, with basic editing of video, too – they recommend this for podcasts as well as scoring. You’ll need the Professional Edition. PreSonus Sphere collaboration is improved with archiving, collaboration, and invites even for non-users. And you get a bunch of new devices: De-Esser for tackling sibilance in vocals and other high-frequency taming. Vocoder with side-chain or internal carrier and a cute Music Easel-style patch matrix. ProEQ 3 which – with dynamic mode has sort of morphed into a multiband dynamics processor. Mixer Channels get two new features. First, I love this Mixer Channel Overview, which manages to put all your inserts, sends, and channel strip settings in one place without being quickly squashed (Logic) or clunky (Cubase) — apologies to our various friends in Hamburg. There’s also a right-click Fader Flip which lets you pop-up a particular bus right from the send on the channel fader – really clever. This might be overkill in simpler mix settings, but for managing more complex sends and whatnot, it looks like a godsend. Plus Alternative Panning Modes, updated browser favorites and folders, and a new start screen. What, you don’t like my witty banter (or as some like to describe it “sprawling rambling partly-coherent prose)? Reading and all that? Here, have some videos, some of the sharpest YouTuber analysis: Studio One 6 – what’s new Mac and Windows, available as one-off purchase or subscription.
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It’s the most on-sale time of the year. You know the drill – but here are some select picks out of the flood, including some sales on tools that happen only this week, both for music creation and live visuals. Keep reloading, this story is being updated live! And include your favorite deals at bottom! Some resellers include affiliate links – thanks for helping support CDM in 2023 to do more weird and unprofitable stuff, too! Image generated with machine learning, using NightCafe Studio. Sweetwater has their usual blowout Black Friday sale, which also brings together a lot of the software sales on now in one place. Sweetwater Black Friday A few deals stand out. Gear: KORG synths and controllers are on sale, including the whole volca range (up to $60 off), and on top of the sale pricing buy 2 volcas and get 1 volca (beats, drum, or sample2) for free That includes the Korg volca modular for $169 – see Francis Preve’s write-up for CDM. Well, damn, this is the one I want. Santa, where are you? Bitwig Studio 4 crossgrade for $249, from any DAW (regularly $299) – Sweetwater exclusive Roland Video A/V mixers are up to US$1100 off Roland SP-404MKII is in stock (whoo!) and both the SP-404 and TR-8S come with a free 6-month Roland Cloud Pro subscription. That’s Pro, not ultimate, but still the prices here are solid. The TR-8S is $100 off for Black Friday, and they have carry bag and Decksaver bundles, too. But will you get that, or – Akai MPC One for $200 off? Various headphone deals, too – amidst some consumer-y crap I hate, here are some cans I love: Sennheiser HD 650 open-back headphones are usually too expensive to buy, beautifully comfy and nice-sounding as they are, but now they’re $150 off for $399.95. The full Beyerdynamic range is on sale, up to $60 off, with some appealing prices on the DT series. (If you’re in Europe, check Beyerdynamic direct – probably the only Twitter ad I clicked on all year.) IK Multimedia iLoud Studio Monitors are already a bargain, now they’re $150 off I just started testing Universal Audio’s SP-1 and SD-1 mics and they’re really lovely and great-sounding for the price – currently $50 off SSL Logic SiX 6-channel mixer is $300 off, and I really need Santa again. See also $70 off their USB audio interface. Or an SSL channel strip for $299, $200 off… Universal Audio’s new Bolt audio interfaces are discounted and bundled with free LA-2A Collection and Pure Plate. (These are native; the Volt don’t use UAD. But they’re quite nice.) Tascam’s DR-07X stereo recorder is $169 and includes a 16GB SD card and – I just paid a lot more for mine. (I love it, though! Well, Tascam menu diving aside…) Rode RODECaster Pro looks handy for podcasting and it’s $169.23 off for $429.77. Shure mics don’t get discounted so often, and they’re discounted across the board, up to $210 off. AKG is on sale, as well. And if you always wanted a Kurzweil, the PC4 is $500 off. Software TAL Software for 20% off including some serious favorites like their 101 model 50% off Reason 12 50% off Steinberg WaveLab – which remains my favorite mastering environment, and just in time, Steinberg recently adopted a dongle-free authorization 50% off Steinberg Dorico notation software – rarely discounted this deeply, and in my humble opinion the scoring software to beat (and notation software is actually how I got into music tech) Up to 50% off Baby Audio plug-ins including their awesome Spaced Out reverb/delay and IHNY-2 parallel compressor $149 for Moog Moogerfooger effects plug-ins line is the lowest I’ve seen – and now includes the MF-109S saturator plug-in free, both limited-time offers. iZotope is on serious discount – Neoverb for $25 (75% off), 75% off RX 10 and Post Production Suite 7, and more – the Holiday Bundle is $49 for 92% off?! 50% off Arturia V Collection 9, FX Collection 3, and Pigments 3 is a huge deal on still more favorites Less of a holiday for Amazon amidst whatever Prime days, but they do have some deals going, particularly via Alto Music: Moog Matrarch Black – now discontinued, so your last chance to buy new – for US$1699. Honestly, even with unlimited money I’d probably choose this over the Minimoog reissue, honestly. That’s a terrific deal. MPC One for $699 also via Alto Music PreSonus ATOM controller for $99.95 (50% off) PreSonus AudioBox USB for $74.99 Zoom V3 vocal processor for $189.99 Audio-Technica ATH-M50X headphones, one of the few pairs I’d be comfortable for both mixing and DJing (usually one negates the other) Shure SM7B for $359 30% off everything from Bastl Instruments is one of the bigger hardware sales of 2022. That includes the wonderful Casper collabs, modules like Pizza I was recently raving about… fabulous. Schneidersladen are here in Berlin, where “Black Friday” isn’t even a thing, but … they’ve got some great discounts. That includes the Befaco Lich, my current favorite module (run Pd and SuperCollider), great stuff from ALM Busy Circuits, and more. Check the Schneiders sale page Perfect Circuit not only have a bunch of Black Friday deals, but also store-wide 10% off non-sale items with only a few exceptions. Uh, wow. KORG’s buy two volcas, get one volca free is available on their site so you can go to your favorite dealer Elektron Syntakt, which is just one of my favorite boxes of the moment, is heavily discounted across dealers. AIAIAI is up to 30% off Elevator Sound, another favorite European retailer for modular stuff, has their seasonal clearout with some lovely stuff – see the UK store or EU store UPDATED Thonk has everything 20% off in their store – for your modular / DIY synth needs! Noise Engineering has 15% off everything including modules, through Monday You can get Soundtoys’ Little Radiator (modeled tube mic pre-amp) freethrough the new year. HoRNet’s awesome Sybilla “intelligent de-esser” is free today – yeah, downloading that for myself right now! Waves are back with their usual sale – and this year’s freebie, which is Lil Tube saturation. (I’m going to pass on that one, though, and stick with Little Radiator – true story) The fine folks at Isotonik Studios are doing a 12 weeks of Christmas promotion with free stuff for Ableton Live users every week Soundtoys has Soundtoys 5 at 55% off again – still some of the software I use most often. Up to 80% off everything else, 55% off upgrades. See my last round-up of tips. AAS is up to 60% off– absolutely essential for us physical modeling lovers, especially 20% off Ableton Push + packs (this is always the one sale of the year) 50% off Arturia flagship software AudioThing is up to 70% off (whoa) and you get Bubbles free with any purchase Puremagnetik, makers of a lot of really wonderful and creative stuff, are 50% off everything Waldorf just made a software version of their Streichfett string synth, and you can grab it now for an intro price of 33 EUR (for instance) Big discounts at Plugin Boutique A livestream? That’s daft. Harrison has their AVA plugins for $29 instead of $267 Independent maker Klevgrand is another rising star and they’re up to 70% off now Eventide just released Newfangled’s Invigorate bus compressor/limiter/overdrive – writing about that next week – and it’s on sale for 50% off at $49. It’s truly one of the product releases this year I’m most excited about. VSTBuzz has a bunch of steep discounts on tons of software, even including IRCAM stuff (“The Snail,” anyone?) AudioDamage is 40% off everything, from one of the great all-time plug-in makers (and no annoying copy protection schemes, either) UPDATED – Everything Plogue is 50% offthrough end of the month Patchworld is deeply discounted on the Meta Quest Store for VR-based music creation (now with Mixed Reality support, too) Everything from Resolume is 50% off this weekend, from educational licenses to t-shirts. Really. Wire, Avenue, Arena, the lot. MadMapper just dropped a big upgrade and everything is 20% off Unreal Engine’s Marketplace has up to 70% off its catalog Vidvox only does one sale a year, and it’s now – grab VDMX for $100 off [ … updating … ] Who have we missed? Best deals only … let us know in comments. Ed.: There’s a great comment thread going so I’ll direct you there! Some nice tips. Now, my favorite is the Freakshow Industries Black Friday sale, where they increase prices for the ‘holiday’: A post shared by Freakshow Industries (@freakshow_industries)
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The “intelligent” update to the audio mixing suite features AI-powered assistive audio technology iZotope has announced the launch of new professional mixing and production suites Neutron 4 and Music Production Suite 5 Universal Edition. The new and improved Neutron 4 suite – which can be used with any DAW – will offer all the same features as Neutron 3 but now comes furnished with eight plug-ins. Among the other features comprising Neutron 4 are a new Unmask module, for fixing masking issues like bass and kick drum frequencies clashing, a new Trash mode and Punch mode, and an update to the US audio technology company’s AI-powered assistive audio technology, Mix Assistant, which has now been morphed into the new “intelligent control centre” Assistant View. The comprehensive Music Production Suite 5 Universal Edition boasts 52 plugins and includes the new Neutron 4 mixing plug-ins, as well as VocalSynth 2, surround reverbs with Stratus 3D plus Symphony 3D by Exponential Audio, and six additional plug-ins from Brainworx. Earlier this year, iZotope formed a new umbrella company with Native Instruments, long-running plugin developers Brainworx and their plugin storefront platform Plugin Alliance, called Soundwide. Neutron 4 and Music Production Suite 5 Universal Edition are available now from the iZotope site and from selected retailers. Neutron 4 costs $299 (£239) (introductory price) or $399 (£319) (regular price). The Music Production Suite 5 Universal Edition costs $599 (£479) (introductory) or $999 (£798) (regular). iZotope is also offering loyalty discounts to some existing customers. Watch a demo video of Neutron 4 below and find out more here. Watch how to master your own tracks with iZotope Ozone 9 in this masterclass from Point Blank. Thrust Publishing Ltd, Unit 3, 30-40 Underwood Street, London, N1 7JQ, United Kingdom. Tel: +44(0)7940488008
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The best plugins for mixing vocals will result in the best-sounding vocals. If you want to incorporate a vocal track into your music, it is essential to have some of the best VST plugins for vocals. However, vocal plugins can be costly and if you are just starting as a music producer, you may not have the funds for premium plugins like Autotune or Waves Diamond Bundle. We've compiled a list of the most effective free VST plugins for vocals. Yep, you heard that right… We're talking free reverb plugins, free vocal processing plugins, and even a free saturation plugin or two. In other words, you need some high-quality vocal effect plugins to make your singing sound as good as your favorite performers. But that doesn't mean you have to spend a lot of money. Check Out All Of Our Production Tutorials Here <<< This vocal eq is a great plugin that both equalizes the signal and adds subtle harmonic content. This allows you to alter the frequency response of the vocal while also allowing the vocal to sound full and warm because of your EQ plugins. The EQ allows you to adjust the left and right channels independently through its L/R mode. Of course, you can also change it to mid/side processing for a wider and more dynamic vocal mix. Each side allows you to affect seven bands whose frequencies can be altered anywhere from 20hz to 20kilohertz. There is also output on each channel. Overtone GEQ not only balances the frequencies but also applies harmonic enhancement. It has seven modules, each affecting a different band, to create a rich, harmonic sound. It was designed to allow audio engineers to apply quick EQ shape adjustments together with adding a bit of harmonic richness to the audio material (mainly mixes and sub-mixes due to a comparably high load this EQ puts on a CPU). NOVA is a parallel dynamic equalizer that uses the familiar layout of a parametric equalizer. Each band also includes a full-featured dynamics section, allowing the processor to cover an impressively-wide range of applications. Whether you need to add density to a master track, make drums sound more crispy, or fix sibilance in a perfect take, NOVA has an elegant answer. TDR Nova is an excellent mixing and mastering equalizer for newcomers and experienced users. The built-in spectrum analyzer and the equal loudness functionality make it very intuitive. The most impressive thing about TDR Nova is how easily it transforms from a simple parametric EQ into a super-precise dynamic equalizer. PTEq-X is a digital emulation of 3 famous vintage passive program equalizers, with all the characteristics of the original hardware, plus some circuit improvements and additional features to increase its versatility. The PTEq-X replicates all the features of the original hardware, as well as improves on some of the circuits and adds additional features to increase its versatility. It is intended to be used as a studio equalizer for tracking, mixing, and mastering inside hosts that support VST or AU Plug-Ins. T-De-Esser is designed to be simple and easy to use, while still giving you the ability to adjust the processing to your liking. The plug-in starts working when you turn the knob, and you can choose how intense you want the effect to be. There are four frequency bands available, so you can target the harshness and sibilance depending on where they're coming from. While this plugin is a simplified version of the company's premium de-esser, this thing is so effective and useful you may find that you never need to upgrade (…unless of course, you want to). We appreciate how effortless the plugin is to use, as there are only a few tweakable settings on the interface. These settings comprise intensity, depth, and pitch. The "pitch" setting is great, as it lets you target three separate frequencies, making this unassuming free de-esser more flexible than you might anticipate. Get Perfectly Balanced Vocals Every Time Right Here <<< After you've picked the appropriate frequency range, turn the depth knob to the point where you have the perfect amount of de-essing for your track. If you start to hear that your vocal sounds too lispy or that the de-esser is getting rid of too many high frequencies, you can use the plugin's 'soft' mode. Lisp is one of the few de-essing plugins available for your digital audio workstation that works regardless of the input level and requires no frequency setting. Simply set your reduction amount and Lisp will automatically detect the "ess" sounds in your audio track, turning them down with highly transparent results. Some of the first de-esser plugins that come to mind are the Lisp De-Esser and the Classic De-Esser. Both plugins are level-independent sibilance processors with plenty of unique controls, including sensitivity, attack, release, reduction amount, sibilant range, stereo mode, and processing mode. A free vocal pitch tuner is simultaneously the best vocal plugin and also the hardest plugin to find. Autotune and Melodyn are the heavy hitters in the world of premium pitch corrections, but there is a sizable lack of free alternatives. But MAUTOPitch allows for all of the most popular features of standard pitch correction, including formant adjustments and pitch correction. Doubling down on these features also allows you to adjust the depth of pitch modulation and the speed at which the plugin corrects the tuning of the vocal or instrument. There is the added parameter for global tuning adjustments and base tuning to help created thicker, double-tracked vocal stacks that still sound in-key. The onboard effects allow you to nestle the affected vocal underneath the raw audio while also giving formant shifting features and an added width parameter that allows you to widen your vocal. The global tuning knob allows the plugin to lock into the key of the song so that it knows exactly which notes to be adjusting and which ones to leave on every vocal. Graillon 2 is a powerful vocal modulation plugin to have in the vocal chain that lets you shape your voice any way you want — add different harmonic voices, octaves, bit-crushing, etc. The free version gets you the essential Pitch-Shift and Pitch Correction modules of the plugin, perfect for dialing in a robotic vocal or something similar to the “classic” Auto-Tune sound. Graillon 2 has many great features, one of which is that it can take MIDI input. This means you can make your vocal performance follow the pitch of specific MIDI notes, resulting in a more vocoder-like sound. There is also a knob called "Smooth" which controls how quickly the pitch correction starts working. If you want a robotic sound, set it to "Fast", and if you want a more natural sound, set it to "Slow". Occasionally, you may want the quickest and simplest option when you're wanting great vocals. This could be because you want to hear the desired effect through the plugin, or because you're doing ad-libs where precision isn't as vital. Maybe you just want to sound like Daft Punk and need that hard-tuned Auto-Tune sound. Voloco's vocal tuning can get you there relatively quickly. The team behind the mobile app of the same name developed Voloco, which has a super-basic user interface (key, scale, and pitch correction amount) that will make you sound like Travis Scott within seconds. What makes this plugin stand out from the rest of the free alternatives is its simple user interface. With only a few parameters to be altered, this plugin gives little room for user error which makes it an easy recommendation for newer producers. The middle sphere on the interface indicates the original vocal, and the more you apply the effect you will see peripheral lines begin to expand from around the original sphere. These are indicative of the doubled vocal takes, so it's easy to see how helpful the visual representation of the effect can be when dialing in how much you want of it. Keep Up With Izotope's Latest Updates Here <<< Heavy-handed applications of the plugin will create a detuned and phased-out vocal that may be pleasing for some genres. But when used in subtle amounts, this effect can help thicken up a vocal by giving the illusion of double tracking during the recording process.
Acon Digital Multiply is a free chorus effect with a unique twist. Each simulated voice is processed with a phase-randomizing filter, avoiding unpleasant comb filter effects. The effect can be used to replicate the sound of several performers playing the same tones simultaneously, to create a wider spatial image, or to generate special effects for sound design. Multiply can replicate up to 6 vocal layers and both the pitch and volume of the voices can be modulated. The integrated equalizer consists of low cut, low shelf, high shelf, and high cut filters that can be applied to the effect signal. The integrated pre-delay section makes it possible to create modulated and diffuse echo effects. Krush's bit crushing and downsampling algorithms give it a crispy, digital taste, while its drive stage and analog modeled resonant filters add warmth. A modulation section lets you quickly add extra life to the sound by modulating any parameter. Krush produces a sound spectrum that ranges from the dirtiest digital effects to crunchy modulated colors, including all the classic and weirdest bit-crushing effects. Krush is a very versatile plugin since it addd warmth, distortion, fuzz, and even a bit-crushing effect, and it allows for A/B testing which means you can compare two different settings to see which version of the vocals sit best in the mix. Vocal saturation plugins truly are the secret sauce to making a powerful, tighten, and emotional vocal mix. Of all the plugins on this list, Saturation will be the biggest help in accomplishing the results you want in your next vocal production. Firstly, saturation tames back the vocal's dynamics in the same way a compressor might. This allows for a slightly more even-sounding recording which is easier to mix in with the rest of the elements of the track Secondly, saturation and distortion excite the frequencies and create harmonic content making the vocal recording feel thicker and more powerful. When overused, saturation can also alter the tonality of a vocal, giving a harsh and chunky garage-punk quality that sounds great on ad-libs, vocal FX, and even entire stacks. BPB Saturator offers two types of saturation, Tube and Tape, which can be applied simultaneously to the vocal. The main difference between tube and tape distortion is that tube distortion excites the mid frequencies to create a warmer and more rounded tonality and tape distortion excites the higher frequencies to introduce more bite and clarity to the audio in which it's being applied. To get the most out of this tool, forget anything you know about distortion. At first, Temper may not make a lot of sense. It uses a phase distortion algorithm to do things most clipping tools can't. But once you get used to it, you'll see how powerful it can be. The three controls – Curve, Drive, and Saturation – dictate the flavor of distortion. The Drive knob ranges from -10 to 10. With the gain at zero, there is no distortion. If the gain is set to any other number, the plugin applies a distortion based on how the Saturation and Curve controls are set. The Cutoff control sets the frequency of the low-pass filter, and the Resonance emphasizes certain frequencies. Temper also adds some harmonic excitement. The human voice is incredibly dynamic but having such wide discrepancies between your vox channel's peaks and troughs will lead to an unpredictable and poor mix. That is where compressors come in handy (especially on vocals). But not every compressor is created equal and not every one of them is worth the megabytes they occupy on your hard drive. Luckily, the MCompressor from Melda offers more functionality and better tonality than most premier-level compressors and is an amazing addition to any producer's arsenal. You have all the standard settings like attack, ration, threshold, release, and more. But you also get lookahead features, sidechain input monitoring, custom settings, and expansions. You can even alter the routing and adjust the gain control. Learn How To Sidechain Like Daft Punk <<< I'm not lying, this compressor packs some serious heat and it's wild that it's completely free To ensure your are sounding their best in your mix, you need to compress them. For a great free compressor that does an amazing job on , check out DC1A by Klanghelm. Achieving great sounding is easy with DC1A's two knobs; input and output, along with four buttons for compression characteristics. This compressor works from gentle leveling to excessive pumping – perfect for compressing all styles. To be frank, I'm still floored that this reverb plugin is a freebie. This is a great free reverb that can do all the usual things a reverb does and so much more. The actual reverb is authentic, lush, and realistic meaning whatever the place you want to place your vocal in, this reverb can handle it with ease. And the complete control over the decay time, width, feedback, and more makes dialing in the settings a breeze. But where this free reverb plugin truly shines is through its massive decay tails, heavily affected modulation capabilities and killer presets. Long story short, this reverb is a Swiss army knife when it comes to creating vocal atmospheres, reverb reverses, atmospheres and more. OldSkoolVerb is a vocal reverb plugin that uses an algorithmic reverberation for professional streaming, sound, and music production applications. This plugin uses a “classic” stereo reverb algorithm which is simple yet effective and produces a clear spatial image that blends well with the mix. OldSkoolVerb provides a wide range of parameters that allow you to create different types of reverb, from plate reverb to room reverb to hall reverb. OldSkoolVerb works best with non-percussive and soft-attack sounds like vocals, piano, and pad sounds. However, you can get good results with percussive sounds by using a narrow "plate" range of settings. There's nothing quite like a great-sounding reverb to liven up a vocal performance. The TAL-Reverb-4 is perfect for that. Its design is easy to understand and use. The three main knobs let you adjust reverb size, diffusion, and delay amount. You also have two additional knobs for modulation rate and amount, as well as a low and high cut equalizer to shape your reverb sound. Finally, use the dry and wet knobs to adjust how much reverb is applied. The reverberation characteristics are diffused with a hint of the ‘80s. The echo sound is warm, organic, and analog – making your vocals shimmer deep in everything from small to large room reverbs. A good free delay can be hard to find. Many delay plugins, including even paid delay plugins, might do a single thing well but are completely unusable for any other situation. Freq Echo from Valhalla does it all and does it all well. Whether you're looking for cascading and modulated vocal delays or a tight slapback delay, this thing can handle it with ease. And the ability to sculpt the delayed frequencies is a powerful feature as well. Sure, many other delay plugins have similar features, but it never hurts to have access to it on this one too. The most basic three controls are pretty straightforward. The damp control is a low-pass filter and works in conjunction with the resonance control. The plugin adds some odd harmonics and noise to the delay, so this is the ‘vintage’ part of the delay although you can’t control how much of this is added. Note that none of the delay time controls have numerical values – they can only be viewed by the knob's position. This will take some getting used to, but eventually, you'll be able to do it by ear. This is a "name your price" VST/AU delay plugin with a warm, lively sound. The interface is clean and it has all the features! It seems to work well without any bugs but it feels like a work in progress. The drive sound is harsh, there are no value readouts on the knobs and only a handful of presets. Dive Into More In-Depth Delay Tutorials Here <<< Cocoa Delay is a free and open-source software program. If you're feeling generous, you can donate any amount of money to them. If you're a programmer type, you can check out their code on GitHub. Managing Editor at Magnetic Magazine – Former Marketing Manager at the Hyperbits Masterclass – Writer, Content Strategist, Music Producer, and Record Label Manager
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