ToKwerX

https://tokwerx.com/blog/2026/4/18/tokwerx-closed-for-upgrades-til-june-26

ToKwerX Closed for Upgrades 'til June '26 — ToKwerX The 2nd floor of St Kilda Towers is undergoing air-con’ and heating upgrades, so ToKwerX will be closed during these works until June 2026

http://tokwerx.com/blog/2026/3/10/new-mac-for-tokwerx

New Mac for ToKwerX — ToKwerX I recall a time when a computer for the studio was a tower, stacked with PCIe cards and taking up quite a bit of space… well, that sure has changed. A new Mac Studio M4 Max, with a ton of peripherals hanging off the Thunderbolt ports: Sonnet PCIe Chassis for my HDX DSP, Promise Pegasus RAID system

https://tokwerx.com/blog/2026/2/16/dont-forget-the-beautiful-the-beatnik-preachers

Don't Forget the Beautiful - the Beatnik Preachers — ToKwerX Excited to announce the launch of our 3rd Album - “Dont Forget the Beautiful.” April 30th 2026. Live show @ the FAD Gallery in Melbourne City… Stay tuned y’all…

https://tokwerx.com/blog/2026/2/10/album-launch-jesse-valach-stroke-of-luck

Album Launch: Jesse Valach: Stroke of Luck — ToKwerX Super excited for Jesse and this, our 3rd album together.

https://tokwerx.com/blog/2026/2/7/mastering-for-jesse-valach

Mastering for Jesse Valach — ToKwerX I am extremely pleased to have completed the mastering for the 3rd album with Jesse Valach. It may be of interest to musicians, not merely engineers, that the mastering process @ ToKwerX is carried out in the following procedure: Mixes are processed in the analogue domain then captured in DSD format

https://tokwerx.com/blog/2025/12/10/triple-tracking-for-bvs

Triple Tracking for BVs — ToKwerX Backing Vocals session for the upcoming 3rd album with Jesse Valach. An insight into the techniques of recording that provide a wonderful, lush outcome… Tempered Tuning, as used on an acoustic piano, has three strings struck by the hammer for most notes. The human ear struggles to discern the thre...

https://tokwerx.com/blog/2025/12/4/vocals-tracking-compression-on-recording-input

Vocals Tracking - Compression on Recording input — ToKwerX Tracking lead vocals for Jesse Valach using my favourite mic’ from my collection, the Peluso P12 valve condenser. Modified (significantly) by Ross Giles up against a 40 year old AKG C12A, this mic’ just loves everything I put in front of it. Detailed, present but oh so warm and far from over-sib...