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Gray Spark Audio Academy With an eye on the growing talent, Gray Spark Audio aims to equip and mentor the audio professionals

24/09/2026

Warp Modes in 1 Minute!

Ever wondered what Ableton's Warp Modes actually do? Picking the right one is the difference between a clean stretch and a mangled sample.
In this quick breakdown, we're going through Beats, Tones & Texture, Complex, Complex Pro and Re-Pitch — and exactly when to reach for each.

👀 Want us to do an in-depth series on Ableton workflows?
Drop a comment and let us know! 👇

19/09/2026

Band Mic Setup!

Recording a full band live starts long before anyone hits record — it's all about how you place your mics.
In this quick breakdown, we're showing how to capture separation, balance, and a room that still sounds like a band playing together.

👀 Want us to do an in-depth series on live band recording setups?
Drop a comment and let us know! 👇

12/09/2026

The graphs are in.

Frequency response: basically identical. A touch below 50–60Hz and nothing else.

Harmonics: completely different story.

Each of these prioritises different harmonics — and that's before you get to what they let you do. Silk on the 511. A tube stage you can drive on the 4-710d. EQ and a compressor built into the SiX. The iD14 does none of it, and that's the entire point of the iD14.

Which is why "do preamps sound the same" was always the wrong question.
"What does this preamp let me do" is the better one.

Part 1 results 👇
Sample A — Rupert Neve 511
Sample B — UA 4-710d, transistor side
Sample C — SSL SiX

how many did you get right ?

28/08/2026

One day. One brief. One track. The Writing Camp returns.

We put a room full of writers, producers and engineers together, hand them a brief, and watch a finished song come out the other end — teams formed on the spot, roles claimed, everything built against the clock.

This is what learning by doing actually looks like.

The Writing Camp by Gray Spark Audio Academy.

20/08/2026

3 podcasts every audio engineer should be listening to.

🎧 Sound On Sound ( )— deep dives into gear and the history behind it
🎧 Bobby Owsinski's podcast ( )— mixing, mastering and the business of audio
🎧 The Tape Op Podcast ( )— archive interviews and conversations with the people who shaped the craft

The best engineers never stop learning. These are three of the best places to keep doing it.

Save this for your next commute. Which one's your favourite?

13/08/2026

Sample rate, and how sound actually lives on a medium — from older technology to now.

The fundamentals we cover before anyone touches a console. This is part of our Sound Engineering & Music Production course.

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07/08/2026

These are some general tips, it completely depends on the tone of the sound

Make sure to listen before implementing these things and tweak them accordingly

31/07/2026

Auto-tune fixes pitch. Melodyne lets you actually control it — note by note, Alt-drag precision, without flattening the performance.

23/07/2026

This is the kind of physics-of-sound fundamentals we cover in our Sound Engineering & Music Production course — before you ever touch a mixing console, you understand how audio actually lives on a medium.

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