Some instruments benefit from an aggressive amount of compression to get them in line, bringing order to extreme dynamics and keeping them more present in your mix. Other instruments benefit from a more conservative approach which instead smooths out those dynamics a bit without crushing them. Acoustic guitar is the latter, so let’s talk the […]
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Changing different parameters or aspects of your audio, also known as mixing automation, is one of the keys to keeping it sounding alive and evolving. Even after you take the time to compress your audio to reduce its dynamic range, applying volume automation on a number of tracks helps to keep your listener engaged. This
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There are specific types of tracks in your DAW which are designed to accept audio effects as inserts and allow you to “send” that same effect(s) to multiple tracks in your mix. In many DAWs, these are referred to as Aux tracks. In my Ableton Live, they’re referred to as Return tracks. Regardless, these tracks
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When talking how to EQ drums live, you have a few things to consider that you don’t in the studio. Reflections can build at any frequency, particularly on the low end, so you always need to be careful about any boosts, particularly on the low end. On the other hand, one advantage about EQing drums
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My DAW of choice, Ableton Live, is arguably the best for affecting your audio in terms of timing. You can effortlessly (or near effortlessly) warp your audio in many ways to get it to fit new tempos or fix off time audio. The latter brings us to quantizing audio; if you’re not familiar, to quantize
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