I’ve talked at length about the compression settings in the past, including the compressor’s release feature. The release on a compressor dictates how long compression is still applied after the signal drops below the threshold. You can set this anywhere from instant to over a second. There’s typically also an option to set the release […]
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The mix bus chain is any processing you have at the top level of your mix. Any effects you drop on here will affect your entire mix. As such, anything you use on here should be relatively subtle. Furthermore, any processing you have on your mix bus chain should not be meant to fix any
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Acoustic guitar can be a difficult instrument to mix. It’s one of those instruments which usually falls into one of two extremes, even after mixing it. It’s either bright but thin, or it’s too muddy or boomy and lacks clarity. How to mix acoustic guitar properly is a balancing act, so let’s talk about the
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One of the most stripped down ways to record a song is just acoustic guitar and vocals. There’s something very organically pleasing about the rawness of a vocal accompanied by a single instrument, and acoustic guitar and vocals is as classic as it gets. Let’s talk how to record acoustic guitar and vocals to save
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After we record our guitar, we’re significantly limited in terms of the tone. There are some things we can do to sculpt it like I covered when talking electric guitar EQ and more distorted guitar EQ. If our tone is too thin, you may be better served introducing some saturation to beef up your thin
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