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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 [...]
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Enlarge your vocal with double tracking A well established trick for achieving larger-than-life vocals, double tracking is, as the name suggests, the recording of two identical performances, which are [...]
What is a mic preamp expander? A mic preamp expander is, as the name more than suggests, a breakout box that attaches to your audio interface to increase (ie, [...]
1. Buy a good set – but make sure it’s the right set Being so fundamental to the overall mixing process, your monitors are the one element of your [...]
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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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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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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 [...]
The first step to piecing together a studio is making a list of all the essential gear you’ll need. You’re likely to do loads of research on studio monitors, microphones, [...]