The Beginner’s Guide To Distortion

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 [...]

5 Tips For Using Panning Correctly

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 [...]

The Beginner’s Guide To Audio Restoration

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 [...]