Hughes Drive Productions

Hughes Drive Productions

Audio Recording, Mixing, Editing, and Mastering done with integrity, creativity, and craftsmanship!

Hughes Drive Productions specializes in audio recording, editing, mixing and mastering. Located in beautiful Huntington Beach CA, HDP is a small intimate recording and multimedia developing environment for the discerning musician, producer and engineer. #HDP

27/01/2024

Any homies rolling to NAMM today? I’ll be there; let’s link for a beer!

Seeker - Single by Eureka Sound & The Simpkin Project on Apple Music 26/01/2024

Eureka Sound and The Simpkin Project join forces to release their highly anticipated single, "Seeker." This collaboration marks the first new music from the Simpkin Project in almost six years, creating a buzz of excitement within the reggae community. Recorded at Hughes Drive Productions, the vocals by Phil Simpkin, Shawn Taylor, and Andrew Rodriguez showcase meticulous attention to detail, ensuring a sound quality that resonates with the authenticity of both bands. Seeker is available on all major streaming platforms, providing fans worldwide with easy access to this long-awaited reggae masterpiece.

🟢 Spotify: t.ly/qR3TD
🍎 Apple Music: t.ly/-2VfE

Seeker - Single by Eureka Sound & The Simpkin Project on Apple Music Album · 2024 · 1 Song

28/10/2021

Hello everyone. It’s been a minute but we’re back. Stay tuned to see more updates at the studio, music we’re working on, and other projects we have brewing. 🍻 

21/04/2019

Super fun weekend with my brothers New Leaf!

02/01/2017

This weekend we are tracking the Scrap Yard Aces! Long Live Analog!

Timeline photos 21/02/2016

Our kind of art; Harnessing electricity to make music! Tree Audio

10 Essential Articles on the Mastering Process 14/10/2015

Crucial link! https://www.facebook.com/Motu/posts/590589631081584!

10 Essential Articles on the Mastering Process A roundup of articles to help you understand and become better at mastering.

Stories from the Pros: Greg Calbi | iZotope Ozone 05/07/2015

Great story!

Stories from the Pros: Greg Calbi | iZotope Ozone Senior mastering engineer Greg Calbi (Sterling Sound) talks about his career as an in-demand engineer and his mastering methods on more than 7,500 albums. Do...

Brauerizing: A How To Guide 16/05/2015

Great article!

Brauerizing: A How To Guide Brauerizing: A How To Guide Introduction “Brauerizing” is the name given to a mixing mentality honed by Grammy award winning mixing engineer Michael Brauer, feeding audio into compressors and equa...

Timeline photos 23/10/2014

Nature is everywhere, sound is everywhere!

NASA 22/10/2014

Believe it or not, NASA has a SoundCloud account! Check out these ultra spacey sounds collected from space missions over several decades!!

NASA Here's a collection of NASA sounds from historic spaceflights and current missions. You can hear the roar of a space shuttle launch or Neil Armstrong's "One small step for (a) man, one giant leap for

Hand Made Vacuum Tubes by Claude Paillard 22/10/2014

We all love tubes but we have no idea what it takes to produce them! Watch this French man make them by hand!

Hand Made Vacuum Tubes by Claude Paillard This wonderful video shows Claude Paillard, a French radio amateur (F2FO), making his own vacuum tubes (or thermionic valves). Just sit back and watch this d...

NAMM 2013: Panel discussion: Past, present and future of MIDI 21/10/2014

The Godfathers of MIDI! What a historic standard it turned out to be; still relevant after all these years!

NAMM 2013: Panel discussion: Past, present and future of MIDI At NAMM 2013, Future Music captured MIDI creators and innovators Alan Parsons, Tom Oberheim, Dave Smith, Jordan Rudess, George Duke and Craig Anderton discus...

19/10/2014

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50th Anniversary of the Moog Modular Synthesizer 17/10/2014

Cheers to 50 years of baking your noodle!

50th Anniversary of the Moog Modular Synthesizer October 12, 2014 marks the 50 Year anniversary of the unveiling of the Moog modular synthesizer at the Audio Engineering Society's (AES) New York convention....

Timeline photos 30/06/2014

Great way to look at rabbits! Chris Bradford!

Production. Explained by bunnies.

The Myth of a Thousand Little Choices (The 80/20 Rule as Applied to Audio Engineering) :... 30/05/2014

Don't go too far down the rabbit hole! The 80/20 rule can make for a better mix!!!

The Myth of a Thousand Little Choices (The 80/20 Rule as Applied to Audio Engineering) :... Most of us like to tell ourselves—and others—that although any one of our little tweaks may be too small to be heard, it’s the net effect of all of them together that really makes the difference.

Dave Pensado Exclusive Interview - TheRecordingRevolution.com 15/05/2014

Awesome interview with one of my heroes Dave Pensdao!

Dave Pensado Exclusive Interview - TheRecordingRevolution.com Download my free eBook http://therecordingrevolution.com/ Become my Patron http://www.patreon.com/recordingrevolution

SSL Legacy Console Studios 10/05/2014

And now your moment of zen!

Our Legacy console studio of the Week is AIR Studios in London. With one of the largest live rooms in the world and an impressive client list stretching across the music, TV, film and game industries, Air is a legendary studio. Recent projects include "Divergent", "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire", "Dr Who", "Sherlock", Coldplay, Van Morrison, Muse and Paul McCartney.

More information: http://bit.ly/1m6m0Ve

Face The Music: Beats Headphones Are 'Extraordinarily Bad' 09/05/2014

Big news in pro audio today! Beats by DRE acquired by Apple Inc. Luckily they are no good! If you have ears, then you know! Don't believe the hype, copper is not copper!

Face The Music: Beats Headphones Are 'Extraordinarily Bad' Apple is planning to buy headphones company Beats Electronics, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Financial Times all reported on Thursday. The deal is said to be worth $3.2 billion, and would be Apple's biggest acquisition to date. ...

Timeline photos 01/05/2014

! Stunning!

30/04/2014

We hit 300 LIKES today! Thanks everyone!

Audio: What is loudness? Hypercompression, R128 Loudness Meassurement and normalisation explained. 30/04/2014

This will help debunk the phenomena of LOUDNESS! Don't get suckered into the hype!

Audio: What is loudness? Hypercompression, R128 Loudness Meassurement and normalisation explained. We have had many email comments on our loudness videos in Danish and since you asked for it - We bring it in english to make the world a better place ;-) Mor...

Tutorial: Sidechaining in Cubase 6 29/04/2014

Here's cool way to fatten up your kick drum using a tone generator and a sidechain input!

Tutorial: Sidechaining in Cubase 6 In this session, Christoph Stepan, Steinberg's senior product specialist for Cubase, tells us more about the creative use of sidechaining. Learn how to easil...

25/04/2014

Today we are tracking vocals for The Simpkin Project's new album!

The 14 pieces of software that shaped modern music 22/04/2014

We have used Steinberg Cubase for over 10 years! What software do you use?

The 14 pieces of software that shaped modern music FACT is the UK's best online music magazine and home to the weekly FACT mix series.

Jack White's World's Fastest Record RSD Recap 21/04/2014

The worlds fastest record, and we are not talking about tempo!

Jack White's World's Fastest Record RSD Recap On April 19th, 2014 — RECORD STORE DAY — Jack White and Third Man Records succeeded in delivering the World's Fastest Studio-to-Store Record to fans in Nashv...

Mobile uploads 21/04/2014

Slice and dice!

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