Many beginner and intermediate home recordists ask themselves this very question, and there’s a whole lot of misinformation about this subject to be found online – especially from blogs and YouTube channels geared towards beginners. The short answer is YES. You should use both. When and what depends on what you’re trying to achieve. Don’t […]
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In this article I go through 10 great ways you can get out a mixing rut.
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Many like to blame plugins and software for what they don’t like about modern music. This is why they might be wrong.
Modern Mixing And Recording – It’s NOT The Software Read More »
All of us who have done a few live gigs are used to plugging into a D.I. box, but may not quite be aware of why. Without getting too technical about it, the main reason is is turning an high impedence/unbalanced signal into a low impedence/balanced one. Balanced in the sense that you can have
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Drum VST instruments are awesome, especially as songwriting and demoing tools. But as we know, many people don’t have the access to real drummers or spaces to record them for the songs they want to release. The various drum softwares out there basically do the same thing and largely have similar features – the main
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So, a few months ago I found myself looking for a new monitor controller, as my old one caved in after about 10 years of use. And after some research I eventually landed on the JBL M-Patch 2. Inexpensive and with enough features to it without going overboard when it comes to options. At just
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Some tips for improving your drumming, which will help you get much better recordings
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In this article I’ll be focusing on a few essential steps for getting repeat (and new) gigs as a musician outside of the band you’re in. This is something I do a lot of, and I’ve seen a lot of people fail horribly at it. A lot of this is really obvious stuff for experienced
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So many of us out there in home/project studios fail do start a mix right, and this is something I struggled with for years. In this blog I’ll share the steps I usually take now that has improved my mixing immensely. ARRANGEMENT This normally applies to my own stuff, or if I’m producing someone elses
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Over the last few years FabFilters eq plugin Pro-Q has become a go to for a lot of engineers and mixers, and deservedly so. And with version 3 it’s become even better. A huge part of it is the plugins very well thought out user interface as well as the sound quality, not to mention
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