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The Music Rig Music production tips and gear reviews from producer Ernesto McKenzie Aka "Tito"

02/23/2026

This graphic eq plugin is redefining mixing and mastering by modeling the vintage circuitry and musical eq curves of hardware known to sweeten everything you run through it.

02/17/2026

A-EQ by .audio pays homage to the American Equalizer featuring 8 interchangeable modules. Much like the 550 model, selecting 3 bands or 4 bands to achieve the classic tone of the original hardware but with an added HiQ bell mode for more surgical and intuitive control.

The filter and preamp are section amazingly provide subtle saturation control or more aggressive saturation for source material. As you can hear in the demo, acoustic guitars sound delightful with the added touch of drive control in line input mode and a dash of eq cuts and boosts.

08/07/2024

Quick Pro Tools Tutorial - Reverb effect

One year ago, I added a few microphones to my mic locker and conducted a comparison test. I was pleased with the quality...
07/31/2024

One year ago, I added a few microphones to my mic locker and conducted a comparison test. I was pleased with the quality of JZ microphones, but my curiosity prompted me to create this video and share my findings.

Vocal Mic Shoot Out: Roswell Mini K47 vs JZ V67 vs Warm WA87 vs Slate ML-1 vs JZ V12

In this video, I’m comparing 5 condenser microphones with a female vocalist. These mic descriptions range from bright, neutral, or dark sounding depending on...

I recently picked up these mics and did several shootouts to hear the sonic qualities of each. Check out the short clip....
10/25/2023

I recently picked up these mics and did several shootouts to hear the sonic qualities of each. Check out the short clip.

Stay tuned for the more extensive mic shootout.

A mic shootout between the JZ V67 and JZ V12. Which do you prefer from this mic shoot out?

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