RSR505 - Chuck Zwicky - AI and Philosophy of Recording Music

Recording Studio Rockstars

Lij Shaw

Music

4.8 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

"AI can't produce anything we haven't already heard." Chuck Zwicky and Lij Shaw discuss how AI is changing music production and songwriting, highlighting the importance of human elements and collaboration in the creative process while exploring the balance between technology and artistic expression. Chuck offers insights on mixing, emphasizing the value of interaction and the significance of live feedback in crafting music. The conversation also includes personal anecdotes and advice for aspiring producers.

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My guest today is Chuck Zwicky, a Manhattan-based engineer, writer, and producer with a diverse discography. Chuck has worked with iconic artists like The Rembrandts, Reggie Watts, Soul Asylum, Prince, and Information Society, as well as emerging talents. His sun-soaked mixing HQ reflects his unique approach to mixing, from the gear he uses to the plugins he designs himself.

Chuck likes to bring together the audio artist and scientist through his techniques. This is Chuck's second time on the show — he first joined us in episode RSR260.

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0:00.0	This episode of Recording Studio Rockstars is brought to you by Isotope, Native Instruments,
0:06.5	Adam Audio, and S-A-E Institute, Nashville.
0:10.4	You're hearing my voice right now mixed through Isotope, R-X, Ozone, and Neutron on atom-audio monitors and headphones.
0:19.7	Please check out our awesome sponsors using the links in the show
0:23.1	notes below and like and subscribe to our YouTube channel and leave us a comment. It's a great way
0:28.7	for you to help support this show. Now get ready to rock. It's now possible maybe for the first time
0:34.4	in the history of music to actually have a record before you actually have a song.
0:40.3	You can go into any music software, like logic, for example. You can find samples, you can find rhythms,
0:48.3	you can find things that get you in this direction of, you know, you're creating this thing.
0:53.3	And you don't even have to
0:55.4	start with necessarily a lyric, an emotion, a sense of direction. You can just assemble the pieces
1:02.6	together that have been curated to sound like things you've already heard and to make it easy
1:07.9	to do something that sounds like something you've already heard. And by the end of the day, you're pretty happy that you've succeeded in creating something
1:14.4	that sounds like a record without even ever having bothered to have a song to base it off of.
1:32.6	Welcome to Recording Studio Rockstars.
1:40.4	I'm Lid Shaw, and this is the podcast created to help you become a rock star of the recording studio.
1:49.4	At Isotope, mixing just got even smarter.
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2:03.6	Plus, Neutron now features three new modules and an upgraded AI-powered mix assistant to help you get killer mixes with ease.
2:12.6	Use the secret code Rock 10 to get 10% off the catalyst series neutron rx or any of isotope's incredible
2:21.5	plugins at isotope.com. Howdy rock stars. It's your host, Lid Sean. Welcome back to recording
2:28.5	studio rock stars, bringing you into the studio to learn from recording professionals so that you can make your
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