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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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1. Listen to music you hate Everyone enjoys listening to different styles of music, but very few people listen to stuff they don’t enjoy. I blame the iPod (and [...]
Intro Making my own virtual piano instruments is an important part of my artistic output. I collect recordings of pianos in amazing spaces so that I can use them in [...]
Intro Now this process is super easy if you are a drummer (and let's face it most drummers have already screamed at me for suggesting the programming of drums) but [...]
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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 [...]
Why would my audio need restoring? For the producer working entirely ‘in the box’, making music with software synths and plugin effects, and no real-world recording involved, unwanted noise [...]
Keep kicks, snares, basses and vocals central While it can be all too tempting to go nuts with the panning controls in your DAW’s mixer, splaying mix elements out [...]
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The Key to Great Studio Monitors Your speakers, to borrow a familiar idiom, are your window to the world. Everything you hear in your studio is produced by, colored by, [...]
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