Up there with compression in its essential music production status, EQ (short for ‘equalisation’) is one of the most powerful effects in your mixing toolbox, enabling shaping of the frequency [...]
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When it comes to crafting great mixes, you need your studio space to be as sonically neutral and ‘honest’ as possible, and that means taking control of reflections and standing [...]
If you’re just starting to dive into the world of recording, then chances are you’re feeling a bit overwhelmed. There’s a lot that goes into capturing clean audio, but it [...]
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A crucial factor in the way any sound presents itself to the human auditory system is the cumulative effect of its many constituent airwaves bouncing off the surfaces around it [...]
1. Physicality and cost The first and most obvious difference between speakers and headphones is the absolute signal levels they each put out. Almost everything that makes monitors [...]
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Intro We’ve all heard the classic debates about digital vs. analog. Instead of describing a “winning” position we want to talk about the specific sonic quality attributes that analog equipment [...]
Andy Huckvale Intro Composing is an art form that has often meant capturing the attention of an audience. Whether it's Mozart being commissioned to compose chamber music for the elite [...]
The word itself might have detrimental connotations, but distortion – as applied using plugins, guitar pedals and rackmount effects modules – is one of the most powerful creative tools available [...]
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Video The Audient Mic Pre Experiment Intro The Audient console mic preamp has been found in products for over 20 years now, and we are proud to say that [...]
With the possible exceptions of EQ and compression, which don’t really sit in the same ‘creative’ category, reverb and delay are the most frequently used effects in music production. The [...]
Musicradar Intro Buying an Audio interface is one of the most important decisions you may make when building your studio. It’ll be the centre point through which all your audio [...]
