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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With the possible exceptions of EQ and compression, which don’t really sit in the same ‘creative’ category, reverb and delay are the most frequently used effects in music production. The [...]
1) Your Inner Musician... Minimise the amount of other people’s music that you listen to when recording and producing your own guitars. It keeps your head clearer for your [...]
Accompanying compression, reverb, delay, filtering and EQ in any producer’s audio processing arsenal, phasing, flanging and chorusing – collectively referred to as ‘modulation effects’ – are powerful tools for sound [...]
Taking advantage of a technology that’s been around since the earliest days of music production, sidechaining has become a go-to signal processing technique in recent years, playing a major role [...]
Getting to know the audible frequency spectrum – that is, the range from 20Hz-20kHz – and where certain instruments and general sonic characteristics sit within it, is one of the [...]
What is mastering? Audio mastering is a widely underestimated and misunderstood subject. In short, mastering is the process of preparing a final mix of a song for the marketplace. [...]
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 [...]
Using the wrong type of EQ for the job in hand If you want to apply equalisation successfully, having full understanding of the technical options available to you, and [...]
