In this interview, we'll find out how L.A. based mixer Narek Ambar got to where he is, what motivates him, and we'll learn about that certain plugin that caused his path to cross with ours at ILIO.
Jason Yang has earned a reputation as one of the premier acoustic and electric violin players in the world. With 197,000 subscribers and 35 million views on his YouTube channel, you can find him playing exciting covers of popular songs in a wide variety of musical genres, his own compositions, and collaborations with other artists. He describes his overall sound as “evocative, colorful, and emotional,” drawing on a wide range of influences, including film and video game soundtracks, electronic music, and hip hop.
Music producer and electronic music pioneer BT is no stranger to synthesizers. In fact, with one look at his studio you might say he knows a thing or two. We were curious how he was able to create some of the wonderfully nostalgic patches included in his patch library for Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2, BT-Modern Wave, so we picked his brain about what inspires him.
Michael (MIDIhead) Babbitt is an electronic music producer and songwriter who’s released an award-winning synthpop album and remixed songs from Kaskade and Late Night Alumni, has had original scores in movie trailers for The Matrix Reloaded, Silent Hill, and Mad Max-Fury Road, as well as a variety of television shows such as Dexter, CSI, Prison Break, MythBusters, Miami Ink, America’s Next Top Model (to name a few) and many remixes and original songs appearing in Konami’s Dance, Dance, Revolution video game series. He’s also produced all of ILIO’s Omnisphere patch libraries.
Dan Carr, AKA Reverb Machine is known for his spot-on recreations of famous synth sounds found in popular music. Check out this exclusive interview where ILIO's Michael "MIDIhead" Babbitt and Reverb Machine's Dan Carr dive into synthesis.
Los Angeles-based Andrew Wells is well known for transforming the raw, dynamic energy of such diverse acts as Fitz and the Tantrums, Meghan Trainor, Elle King, Jason Mraz and many others into snappy radio-ready tracks.
What does it take to mastermind the experience of a Justin Bieber live show? As a producer, songwriter and both the bassist and musical director for Justin Bieber, Bernard "Harv" Harvey has traveled the globe with the best of the best. A big fan of Synthogy's Ivory II virtual pianos, we caught up with Harv at Blackstar Studios in Studio City, CA.
A world class programmer, technical director, writer and producer, Joe Wolfe has worked on tours with a Mount Rushmore of artists, including Whitney Houston, Prince, Madonna, Earth Wind & Fire, Justin Timberlake, and Alicia Keys. Currently on the road with Pink for her Beautiful Trauma World Tour, we talked with the man himself about his live performance setup, love for ILIO products, and the freedoms along with challenges that come with running a live performance using 100% laptops.
