In the world of audio, ‘dynamics’ refers to the volume contour of a signal over time, whether that signal is an individual instrument or voice, a full mix or anything [...]
Mixing
Here are five tricks and techniques to help you along in your stereo manipulation ventures. The miracle of mid-side processing When it comes to reining in excessively wide [...]
1. Make sure your monitoring is up to scratch Absolutely crucial to effective mastering is the ability to accurately hear the mix you’re working on, so it’s imperative that the [...]
It all starts with a quality recording Perhaps unsurprisingly, you can only hope to conjure up a top notch drums mix from top notch source material, so make sure [...]
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 [...]
Use your DAW’s built-in comping system If you’re still comping your vocals by recording to multiple discreet tracks, then cutting and pasting between them to build the comp on [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
As a staple effect in the vast majority of mixes, reverb is a part of the production process that’s all too easy to take for granted. Get it wrong in [...]
