February 2024

Double Tracking Acoustic Guitar Tips to Get the Best Sound

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Double tracking acoustic guitar has been a popular recording technique since double tracking was very pioneered by Buddy Holly in the 1950’s. Double tracking offers a number of advantages of a single tracked acoustic guitar, so let’s cover some double tracking acoustic guitar tips to help you record and mix a better pair of acoustic […]

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The Loudness War – What it is and Does it Still Matter?

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As an audio mastering engineer, I know firsthand that everyone wants their music loud. In fact, I have a form at my MusicGuyMastering.com where potential clients can upload a song for a sample master, and the form includes a “Notes” section. The number one note/request I get from clients relates to loudness in one way

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What is Normalize Audio – Should You Normalize Audio?

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Normalization in audio mixing terms relates to a process to affect the uniform volume of a track or tracks in your mix. Let’s identify what is normalize audio in mixing and music terms in general and more importantly should you normalize audio in your mix? What is Normalize Audio Let’s identify what is normalize audio

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