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Jun 28
5 min

Headphone Review (From an Audio Professional) - Sennheiser HD58X Jubilee

As a professional in the audio industry, sometimes I get the feeling that people expect me to have a certain elitist opinion on what cons...

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Jinx Chin

Aug 28, 2019
1 min

How I Ensure I Don't Slit My Wrists When My Hard Drive Crashes (The 3-2-1 Backup)

I hope this never happens to you....when you're working on your project and you're just about at that point when things are coming together

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Jinx Chin

Apr 17, 2019
4 min

Mic Shootout!

So for the Sydney studio, I decided to get a new mic (great excuse to get new gear!). However, there were a few important criteria that i...

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Jinx Chin

Apr 10, 2019
2 min

sE Electronic Tube Mic

Click here to read about my first proper microphone! About 10 years ago, I found that I was doing studio work most of the time and no liv...

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Jinx Chin

Apr 6, 2019
3 min

Tribute To My First Microphone

I think it is time for me to wax lyrical a little about this gem of a condenser microphone that I bought way, way back in 1998. At that t...

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Jinx Chin

Feb 3, 2019
2 min

Road Trip #1

One of the good things about being a freelance composer, or being a freelancer in general, is you get quite a lot of freedom to go for a ...

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Jinx Chin

Nov 25, 2018
2 min

Making Your Workspace Comfy

The awesome thing about being a freelance composer is the fact that, for the most part, you get to work out of your own home studio. And ...

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Jinx Chin

Nov 2, 2018
2 min

Keeping The Work Tools In Good Shape

This is a subject that doesn't really rank at all in the list of glamorous aspects of being a composer, but it is rather important, and t...

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Jinx Chin

Oct 13, 2018
1 min

Emergency! My Eve Audio Monitor is Sick!

Just as I was getting settled into working on some new material for upcoming projects, a power surge blew one of my studio monitor speak...

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