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Oeksound Soothe2 A truly paradigm-shifting plugin, Soothe has found ubiquity in home and professional studios all over the world since its launch in 2016. Now at version 2, oeksound’s supernaturally [...]
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Use appropriate speakers One beneficial knock-on effect of working in a dimensionally restricted home studio is that you can save serious money on your monitoring! With the iffy acoustics of [...]
Know your analogue distortion types As with any complex signal processing type, in order to use distortion effectively, you need to be fully au fait with all the variants on [...]
Vocal sibilance and pitching issues These days, there’s no excuse for over-sibilant, pitchy vocals in any track. Ideally, you would hope to capture a musically flawless and technically pristine [...]
Among the most frequently called-upon of audio effects, delay is an essential component in every producer’s mixing arsenal. Whether you’re looking to add enriching echoes to a vocal, energise a [...]
Prevent kick and bass masking with EQ While the various components of the rhythm section are all ultimately meant to lock together tightly as a cohesive musical entity, without doubt [...]
Mixing in a bad space One of the main determinants of the quality of any mix is the spectral neutrality of the monitoring environment in which it was created. [...]
Read Time: 10 Minutes Step 1: Preparing Your Vocal Track Before diving into EQ, it's crucial to start with a well-recorded vocal. Ensure your recording environment is treated to [...]
1. Synthesised or sampled? By and large, you’ll probably select your kick to match the rest of the drum kit with regard to its acoustic/electronic origins. If you’re making [...]
