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 [...]
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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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. Seeing Is Believing 1. Seeing Is Believing First things first. If the mix is for video, get a copy of it, whether the finished edit or a rough [...]
1. Get the Best Source Possible If you find yourself stacking plugins and not getting anywhere, there's a good chance your source tone isn't up to par. Whether it [...]
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Patchbay basics In a nutshell, a patchbay brings together the inputs and outputs of all the instruments, effects, interfaces, preamps, mixers and other hardware in your setup in a single [...]
1. Do Your Homework 1. Do Your Homework Now in an industry where there is now a wide variety of studios with an equally wide variety of equipment, styles [...]
Initiating the process, the iD24 is configured as outlined below: The Optical Out establishes a direct connection to the Hardware Sampler using a TOSlink cable. In this instance, the [...]
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1. Get the Best Source Possible If you find yourself stacking plugins and not getting anywhere, there's a good chance your source tone isn't up to par. Whether it [...]
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 How many musicians and audio engineers are using hearing protection these days? The answer is not enough. As a musician and/or audio engineer you whole career relies on [...]
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