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Studio Soundproofing: How to Soundproof a Studio Room
Back in January, I wrote an article covering acoustic room treatment. Today, I’d like to…
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Panning offers one of the most powerful methods for achieving greater depth in a mix.…
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How to Become a DJ in Five Simple Steps
Today it seems like everyone wants to learn how to become a DJ. The role…
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Guitar vs. Bass Amps: What are the Differences?
We all know that guitars and basses are different, despite some similarities. Sure, the stringed…
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Understanding Bus Compression
Bus compression has for me, always been something that plays a huge part in any…
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Mixing in The Box: 5 Tips for Great Sounding Mixes Without the Hardware
As technology evolves, so do our creative capacities. Recording equipment and techniques have rapidly advanced…
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The Best iOS DAW for Music Production
For anyone who is constantly on the go, you will know how hard it is…
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Choosing Your First Bass Guitar
In my experience, learning to play the bass guitar is becoming more popular than learning…
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Cheap Audio Gear That You Can Trust
Anybody that has been involved in the music world for a short amount of time…
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6 Essential Production Techniques You Should be Using
There is something small that separates every single one of us when it comes to…
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A Quick Guide to Music Royalties – USA Edition
With the way music sales are going in the modern world, many music creators are…
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Programming Drums: Your Complete Guide to a Realistic Sound
Programming drums are one of those things you are either for or against. It’s a topic…
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The Aural Exciter: A Magical Audio Enhancer?
By this point, we’ve gone over just about all of the most common tools in…
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Choosing Your First Electric Guitar
I think at some point in our lives, we’ve all had the same thought. I’m…
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Pitch Correction: How to Tune Your Vocals for a Better Mix
Human beings are many things, but perfect is not one of them. Whenever a human…
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What is a De-esser? De-essing Your Vocals
At first, the term “de-essing” might sound technical and advanced. But in fact, de-essing means…
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13 of the Best Free VST Plugins for Windows
These days, most DAWs come with a host of built-in free VST plugins. These are…
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Stereo Microphone Techniques: 5 Ways to Record in Stereo
Not long ago we discussed how to achieve greater depth in your mix. To summarize,…
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The 6 Best Ways to Promote Your Recording Studio
In a world where creating music has become as simple as looping a beat, sampling…
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The Best Compressor Plugins for Windows and Mac
Compressor plugins, we just hear so much about them and with good reason. Compression is…
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Vocal Compression: Why It’s So Important and How to Achieve It
In our previous discussion about mixing vocals, we mentioned that vocals, in most cases, are…
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Mixing in Mono: How and Why You Should Be Doing This
Modern technology is a wonderful thing. It’s allowed us to create incredible music with the most…
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Do You Need a Vocal Booth?
By now you probably know there’s no one way to record or mix anything. In…
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Choosing A MIDI Keyboard: The Key Guide
If you’re interested in any form of electronic music production, then chances are you’ve considered…
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10 Things to know before entering a recording studio
Do you love being in the recording studio? There are two sides of recording music:…
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5 Game Changing Tips for Music Creators
As a professional music producer for over ten years, I’ve worked on quite a variety…
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The 25 Best Mac Free Plugins
High-quality audio equipment can really hollow out your pockets. It makes sense, then, that musicians,…
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The Audio Compressor: Breaking Down The Parameters
When it comes to mixing and mastering, the ability to use an audio compressor effectively…
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5 Tips for Recording a Live Band in Studio
For several decades now, the recording process has typically been piece-meal. One instrument is tracked…
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10 Dos and Don’ts for any Touring Band
Every musician dreams of the day that they’ll get to go out on tour. Blazing…
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Mixing Drums: 5 Tips for Mixing Drums Effectively
Recently we went over how to record big sounding drums. Of course, recording is only…
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Studio Headphones: Choosing Equipment for Recording, Mixing, & Mastering
Like with all audio equipment, picking out a pair of studio headphones is like pulling…
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6 Cheap Studio Tools You Need for Your Home Studio
Having a good recording studio is kind of a double-edged sword these days. On the…
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3 Techniques for Music Transitions in your Productions
Whilst many of us are perfectly competent at writing a song, the thing that’s always a…
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5 Main Causes of Bad Recordings
If you have any experience with recording music you know just how much can go…
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Acoustic Room Treatment: A Beginners Guide to Improving your Home Studio
So you’ve got your home studio all set up and your ready to start making…
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4 of the Weirdest Guitar Pedals and Their Applications
Over the past century, a multitude of clever engineers, zany musicians, and curious minds have…
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What is Clipping? – Prevention & Creative Usage
As recording engineers or recording artists, there is a very high likelihood that you’ve encounter…
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Which Sample Rate Should you be Using?
Sample rate, as you may have guessed, is the number of samples per second in…
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Doubling Vocals: How and Why to Do it?
Musicians and music fans alike know how much a good vocal line contributes to a…
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How to choose your First Studio Microphone
So, you’re looking to buy your first studio microphone? Whether you’re a musician looking to…
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Loop Tracks: How to Create Them and Why Looping is Useful
Of all the tools in your DAW’s arsenal, looping might be one of the most…
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6 Ways to Help Improve a Muddy Mix
The term ‘muddy’ is a very common word when it comes to audio. For those…
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5 Mixing Techniques to Use in Your Next Mix
Modern DAWs are filled with so many useful tools it can be difficult to stay…
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Audio Equipment: 4 Things to Consider when Buying Studio Gear
Everyone in the music industry shares one common passion. The need for new, shiny bits…
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Using Real-World Sounds for a More Interesting Mix
We don’t have the written history to know this, but it seems likely that the…
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A Guide to Audio Cables: Types, Connectors, and their uses in the Music World
Audio cables. We all need them and often we end up with way too many…
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Analog vs Digital Audio Recording: What’s the difference?
It has been a subject of debate amongst engineers whether analog tape recording is superior…
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How to Record Rap Vocals – Tips for Rappers & Engineers
Many of you reading this have inevitably done some form of vocal recording before. It’s…
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