
Inside Track: Judas Priest
When the opportunity came to work with his childhood heroes Judas Priest, Andy Sneap didn’t just engineer and produce — he also mixed, mastered, and became the band’s touring guitarist.
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When the opportunity came to work with his childhood heroes Judas Priest, Andy Sneap didn’t just engineer and produce — he also mixed, mastered, and became the band’s touring guitarist.

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DOCtron's live-focused EQ, dynamics and saturation processor is now available in a more studio-friendly form factor.

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