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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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Intro So you’ve found your recording space, be that a hall or a studio or even your living room, plugged in your gear and you’re ready to go. Now what? [...]
Use appropriate speakers One beneficial knock-on effect of working in a dimensionally restricted home studio is that you can save serious money on your monitoring! With the iffy acoustics of [...]
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Intro Live gigs – anyone remember these?? © Copyright Matt Birch Pictures 2014 Whether playing to an arena of 100,000 people or making an appearance at a local [...]
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1. Get the Best Source Possible If you find yourself stacking plugins and not getting anywhere, there's a good chance your source tone isn't up to par. Whether it [...]
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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Intro Drivers are something that most of us seem to glance over. We install them once and then move on, forgetting how important they actually are. Well for those [...]
Paul Steel Music Intro 5 Tips to make your VST's sound real When the track you are working on demands a full orchestra, chances are you don't have access to [...]
Clocking together digital devices is often seen as a bit of a mysterious dark art, especially when the setups start getting more and more complex. The Basics Simply put, in [...]