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 [...]
Intro Nowadays I work primarily as a live, Front of House engineer, having previously worked in studios. One thing I’ve taken from my workflow in the live environment and applied [...]
Comping Short for ‘compiling’, comping is the process of splicing together the best sections from multiple vocal takes in order to build the ideal composite of all of them. [...]
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Use noise in your synth patches If your synth tones are sounding overly clean, timid and, consequently, amateurish, and impact-enhancing synthesis functions such as pulse width modulation and oscillator [...]
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 [...]
Video James LoMenzo's Guide to Recording Bass Part 1: Choosing a Bass 1. Bolt On Bolt On Basses Bolt On basses are so named, because of the [...]
Mastering Tips
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. [...]
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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Although your DAW no doubt has a raft of great plugins built in, the third-party effects market is replete with more interesting and characterful alternatives, many of them completely free. [...]
Intro Live gigs – anyone remember these?? © Copyright Matt Birch Pictures 2014 Whether playing to an arena of 100,000 people or making an appearance at a local [...]
