It’s #PreSonusFAMFriday with Houston Dragna!
Here’s some things you need to know:
- The 90s were awesome.
- Not as awesome as the R-Series Monitors
- Houston is super rad.
- It’s #PreSonusFAMFriday!
Just over 2 years!
What was the first 8 track, cassette, CD or digital download you purchased?
Good question… I think I it may have been Human Clay by Creed or the *NSYNC self-titled album. I’m a 90s kid. Sue me.
Who’s your go to band or artist when you can’t decide on something to listen to?
Coheed and Cambria
What do you love about the R Series Monitors?
I love how well these monitors translate for pretty much any environment or listening device or situation. The unique AMT design on the high-frequency drivers provides such a smooth and natural response that doesn’t lie to you or fatigue you.
I have an AudioBox 22VSL at home as well as some Eris E4.5 monitors. But I regularly use a 24AI at church and my band uses a StudioLive RML32 as well as HP2 headphone amps!
Why did you choose them as your favorite?
They are something I use almost every day, whether I am mixing, playing video games, or just listening to music. They work perfectly for all of my audio monitoring needs!
Tell us about a successful event you worked with PreSonus products. InfoComm, NAMM, Install somewhere….
What are you currently working on? What’s next for you? In addition to PreSonus gear, I am a huge guitar pedal/gear junkie. Some of my favorite brands are Matchless, Fender, Suhr, JHS, Strymon and Earthquaker Devices!
Keep up with Houston on Instagram here!
It’s #PreSonusFAMFriday with Broadus Maximus McAndrew aka Broadie!
We have a special treat for today’s #PreSonusFAMFriday…. It’s Man’s Best Friend and the PreSonus office mascot Broadus Maximus McAndrew! This guy is a talker and has a lot to say about his favorite piece of gear, the StudioLive 24!
Bark, bark bark bark barrrrrk bark.
What’s your favorite thing about your job? Why did you choose to work here?
bark bark rrrrrr bark.
What was the first 8 track, cassette, CD or digital download you purchased?
Everyone has a side gig, what’s yours?
Bark bark bark bark bark…. Bark! Raaahhhh Bark.
Tell us about a successful event you worked with PreSonus products. InfoComm, NAMM, Install somewhere….
WOOOOOFFFF!
Got any tips for working with the StudioLive 24?
Woof woof woof.
Great answer! Anything else you want to share?
BAAARK Woof bark. ARFA ARF????
Learn more about the StudioLive Series III family here!
It’s #PreSonusFAMFriday with Eric Welch!
3.5 years, I worked for Notion music for 10 years before we joined up with PreSonus.
What’s your official job title?
Product Manager and Studio Manager.
What’s your favorite thing about your job? Why did you choose to work here?
Getting to be around musicians, music and music technology every day. I choose to work here for the reputation of the company, and the work culture of being around great musicians and engineers.
What was the first cassette, CD or digital download you purchased?
It was a cassette. Def Leppard. Pyromania. 1983.
Everyone has a side gig, what’s yours?
I am the FOH engineer for Phat Hat.
“Sabotage” by the Beastie Boys!
What do you love about the Quantum?
Speed, aggregation, and sound quality.
Why did you choose this as your favorite?
I choose the Quantum because of the low-latency over Thunderbolt, Ease of integration with Studio One, and audio performance. I’m also the Product Manager for it which is pretty great.
Don’t forget to take advantage of the DC Coupled outputs!
What other PreSonus products do you have?
I have a lot. Sceptre S6s, ADL 700, 16.4.2, Eris E66s, FaderPort, Central Station, Studio One Professional.
It’s #PreSonusFAMFriday with Daniel Patterson!
Daniel “D-Pat” Patterson is PreSonus’ Web Application Developer. He is the architect of PreSonus.com as well as its chief maintenance engineer and bugsquasher. He’s also responsible for some of the behind-the-scenes work on shop.presonus.com.
In short, he is responsible for getting all of our zeros and ones in all the right places.
What’s your favorite thing about your job? Why did you choose to work here?
Getting to work with great people doing the things that I love. Johnny (McAndrew) had been a friend of mine for a while and mentioned that there was a need for a web developer, and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to combine my two biggest passions in music and web development.
Who’s your go-to band or artist when you can’t decide on something to listen to?
This changes a lot. Right now it would be Purity Ring’s Another Eternity, but the Strokes, Built to Spill, and Band of Skulls are some of my consistent go-tos.
Everyone has a side gig, what’s yours?
What do you love about the Monitor Station V2?
What other PreSonus products do you have?
Why did you choose the Monitor Station as your favorite?
We’ve been doing a lot of tracking for Handsome Machines at my house for demos, so being able to use the Monitor Station V2 so the three of us can hear ourselves nicely in headphones and not annoy the neighbors too much is really great. I have it hooked up to my Eris monitors and another set of speakers running through a small PA, so we can quickly listen back to what we recorded in a few different ways.
I used to bring my 16.0.2 out to the open mic every once in a while, and it was really great to be able to use Capture to easily record everyone and offer them a recording of their performance. It’s not something you usually get for an open mic so it was a cool thing to be able to offer people.
What are you currently working on? What’s next for you?
Got any tips for working with the Monitor Station?
Double check your sources! With all the options it’s easy to have the wrong button pressed.
Anything else you want to share?
I like turtles.
Check out Daniel and Handsome Machines here!
Learn more about the Monitor Station V2 HERE!
It’s #PreSonusFAMFriday with Camille O’Kelley!
Camille O’Kelly is our newest newbie here at the headquarters and we’re excited she’s a part of the PreSonus FAM! She brings with her positive energy and good vibes and candy… lots and lots of candy. Everyone that passes by her cube is welcomed to an assortment of treats, and she keeps it fully stocked with the good stuff. I didn’t even know that Hershey candy corn white chocolate was a thing until Camille showed up. And we’re all the better for it.
I’m a newbie! Started six weeks ago.
What’s your favorite thing about your job? Why did you choose to work here?
My coworkers are my most favorite thing… They make it feel like I’ve known them for a long time even though I just started here. The relaxed and welcoming atmosphere at PreSonus play a big role in my decision to start working here.
My first music purchase was a cassette when I was maybe nine years old. It had some old party songs from artists like Leslie Gore, Claudine Clark, The Ronnettes and other Motown songstresses.
Oh!Kelly
I Will Survive!
I have a pair at my desk. They’re the perfect size–there’s no competition for desk space between the tasks I need to get done and the speakers that make doing that work more enjoyable. They give a full, rich sound without dominating my desk or disturbing my coworkers!
What other PreSonus products do you have?
I also have an AudioBox USB 96… Well my husband’s band, OH!Kelly, they have a lot! They have an RML 32, HP2, a StudioLive 16.4.2 and they work with Studio One 3.5 Professional.
Got any tips for working with the Eris 4.5?
The Acoustic Space function helps me tune the speakers perfectly for my cube. Also, gotta love the headphone jack and Aux In inputs are on the front–SUPER convenient!
Learn more about the Eris Monitors Fam here:
It’s #PreSonusFAMFriday with Tony Flammia!
Today’s #PreSonusFAMFriday is the one and only Tony Flammia.
What’s your favorite thing about your job? Why did you choose to work here?
I get to travel the world working with a bunch of great people. I used to be a PreSonus and WorxAudio dealer. When PreSonus purchased WorxAudio I was offered a job to help create a commercial division which has been a blast!
What was the first 8 track, cassette, CD or digital download you purchased?
8 Track was Aldo Nova (Aldo Nova), cassette was Alice Cooper’s “Poison” single. CD: Skid Row.
Who’s your go-to band or artist when you can’t decide on something to listen to?
Anything from Crosby, Stills and Nash to My Chemical Romance… depends on my mood.
The one with no lyrics… So anything Yo-Yo Ma.
What’s your favorite piece of PreSonus gear and what do you love about it?
It’s a tie between the Studio 192 & StudioLive Series III Mixers. I love the Studio 192 because it allows me to take multiple high resolution transfer function measurements at the same time. The StudioLive Series III is a great sounding mixer that incorporates some forward thinking technology. I spend most of my time with the StudioLive Mixers so I’ll go with that as my favorite.
What other PreSonus products do you have?
AudioBox iTwo, 328AI speakers, AIR15s subs, HP4 headphones, Studio One and Notion.
Tell us about a successful event you worked with PreSonus products.
Right now I working on putting training modules together for our commercial dealers. Our main focus with the commercial division is to help our dealers be the best they can be.
Got any tips for working with the mixer?
My favorite feature on StudioLive Mixers… press and hold the TAP button to zero out parameters.
Anything else you want to share?
Learn more about the StudioLive Series III Family here!
It’s #PreSonusFAMFriday with Dominic Bazile!
Dominic “Tic Toc” Bazile has been with us for the better part of a decade, most of that time in the role of Quality Assurance Tester. That’s a fancy way of saying that not much gets past him; Dom finds bugs so you don’t have to. A man with the eyes of an eagle.
How long have you worked for PreSonus?
6 years!
Testing new products and having the ability to make them better for our customers! It’s not every day you realize a music manufacturer as big as Presonus is headquartered in your town. I wanted to be a part of the bigger picture in helping other’s fulfill their music ambitions.
First cassette was probably Incognito’s Positivity.
Currently it’s Robert Glasper Experiment, they blend different genre’s such as Jazz, R&B, Funk, and Hip Hop.
Chicken Fried by Zac Brown Band, lol!
What do you love about the FaderPort 8?
I love the FaderPort 8 because of what it is, but also because of it’s unique integration with Studio One.
I love my PreSonus R80 monitors, Studio 192, and of course Studio One 3! I use them along with the FaderPort 8 on a daily basis in my studio.
Why did you choose this as your favorite?
The FaderPort 8 is THE piece of gear that keeps my whole workflow moving forward. Without it, I’m stuck mousing around which slows up the process of recording.
Tell us about a successful event you worked with PreSonus products.
I use StudioLive mixer in church and it has never failed me! I mix all the sound live while recording every input into Capture for release after the church service. It’s a great workflow.
Working on some Neo Soul/Jazz projects at the moment that I’m excited about.
Got any tips for working with the mixer?
Gain stage properly and everything else will fall into place.
Anything else you want to share?
It’s been a pleasure working for a company like PreSonus the people are great and I love meeting our customers out in the field.
New Studio One Drum Loops from LoopLoft! Brushes and Dry Drums
The Art of Brushes
If you’re looking for brush loops, then you’ve come to the right place. We’ve bundled together Vol 1, Vol 2, Vol 3, Vol 4, and Vol 5 of our popular Art of Brushes series to give you the entire collection at one low price. From jazz, to roots rock, to blues, to funk, this bundle of brush loops will supply you with the grooves and sounds you need to produce authentic, warm, and unique sounding drum tracks.
Art of Brushes complete bundle specs:
Number of Loops: 926
Number of Samples: 356
Tempo Range: 68-212 BPM
Click here to get them on shop.presonus.com!
Dry Drums
If dry, punchy and fat drums are what you’re looking for, then this is the bundle for you. The Dry Drums Bundle gives you Vol 1, Vol 2, Vol 3, Vol 4 and Vol 5 of this popular series, all at 50% savings.
About Dry Drums:
Ever since Ringo Starr placed tea towels on his drums with The Beatles, the punchy, fat sound of “dry drums” has been sought after for decades. With The Dry Drums Bundle we give you this classic sound served up in twenty-four complete loop sessions and a variety of meticulously sampled drum kits. 
Recorded with an array of vintage mics, preamps and fully dampened heads, Dry Drums will easily sit in any mix, while providing the punch and clarity that is almost impossible to achieve with overly “live” sounding loops and samples. Each session comes complete with a multitude of beats, fills and transitions, allowing you to easily arrange your own custom drum track in seconds.
Dry Drums Complete Bundle specs:
Number of Loops: 1104
Number of Samples: 290
Tempo Range: 72-220 BPM
Click here to get them on shop.presonus.com!
Chester Thompson on the StudioLive 32 Series III Digital Mixer
World renowned session drummer with Frank Zappa, Weather Report, Genesis, Phil Collins and George Duke shares his thoughts on the new StudioLive 32 mixer and Studio One recording software from his home studio.
Exclusive New York StudioLive event Aug. 1—VERY limited seating…
Studiolive owners in the New York area—this one’s for you! Come and join us at this exclusive, free event. Space is VERY limited (40 people tops) so get your ticket via the form below!
John Tendy will showcase the latest in PreSonus’ StudioLive Ecosystem, which includes the new Series III Mixers, StudioOne and the AIR and ULT Loudspeakers. John will demonstrate how each component works together to give musicians, engineers, and producers the ultimate live and studio recording experience. Urban folk & jazz artist KJ Denhert and her band will be the musical guests.
Guests include:
John Tendy—Sax:
John Tendy is the owner of TendyMedia, a production service that specializes in filming and multi-tracking of acoustic musical ensembles at live venues and in-house. In addition to producing, John has experience in film editing, musical composition, stage direction, comedy writing and voice-over work. As a television composer, he has written national spots for Disney, ATT, Mattel, White Castle, Sonic and more. John works nightly as a jazz and saxophonist, klezmer clarinetist, has performed on Broadway and can be seen regularly with his jazz trio at the historic Showmans Jazz in Harlem, NY.
KJ Denhert—Vocals:
KJ Denhert’s special blend of urban folk & jazz has earned her seven Independent Music Award nominations, was named as one of Jazz.com’s top female vocalists and in 2012 was the grand prize winner in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. KJ has been the artist in residence 11 times at Italy’s Umbria Jazz Festival. She has appeared at scores of festivals and has residencies at the ’55 Bar, Smoke in NYC, the Baz Bar in St. Barth’s, and the prestigious Umbria Jazz Festival in Italy. KJ’s talents have taken her all over the world, including St Barthelemy in the French West Indies, where she has had a winter residency at the popular Baz Bar for nearly a decade. Consistently praised for her pathos, originality and impeccable musicianship, KJ is a one-of-a-kind songwriter, guitarist and performer, not to be missed. She stays relevant to blues, jazz, singer songwriter and folk music, winning awards in all categories and I currently recording a new CD, due for release in fall of 2017.
Jesse Murphy—Bass:
NYC bassist Jesse Murphy is described by Bass Musician as a “classically trained bassist-turned-Fender-ninja”. Murphy played with John Scofield on his CD, “Uberjam” and enjoyed a stint with Me’Shell Ndgeocello. His work on the title track of the Brazilian Girls’ “Talk to the Bomb” is nothing short of astonishing and his unique style has been described as a combination of James Brown and avant-garde chamber music. Jesse is also a member of the “Love Trio”, a band that sprang directly out of the Nublu Club scene in NYC.
Aaron Johnston—Drums
Verve recording artist, percussionist and drummer Aaron Johnston is best-known for being the polyrhythmic heartbeat and producer of the Grammy-nominated band Brazilian Girls, A “remarkably fluid drummer,” as the New York Times has dubbed him, Aaron’s skills have as a writer, produce and engineer have made him one of Latin and American music’s most sought after collaborators. The Brazilian Girls have released three albums on Universal Verve Records, garnering a Grammy nomination for Best Electronic Dance Album, critical acclaim from Rolling Stone and SPIN, tour dates with Sting and festival slots from Bumbershoot to Bonarroo, Coachella and Lollapalooza. In addition to his percussion work, Johnston has contributed to a number of film scores, including Paramount’s OKA Amerikee, a film based on the music of the Bayaka tribe in Africa. Aaron was featured in the May 2017 issue of Modern Drummer.