Reverb can be a great effect for giving you some depth or even width. This can be used as a cool aesthetic effect or more practically for separating tracks in your mix by utilizing its third dimension, ultimately resulting in a cleaner mix. While we typically think of reverb as an effect we use as […]
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Mixing your drum and bass tracks is one of the trickiest aspects of the entire process. This is namely because the kick drum and bass in the mix share a very similar frequency. This can result in one or both getting drowned out while they’re fighting for the same frequencies. With that in mind, here
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Multiband compression is a subset of compression which allows you to target specific frequency bands, compressing them to taste while leaving the rest of the frequency spectrum unaltered. This can yield more desirable and targeting, not to mention transparent results, so let’s take a look at at some of the best multiband compressor plugins (free
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I recently covered what are dynamic microphones, so I thought I’d give condenser microphones the same treatment and explain what are condenser microphones, how they differ from dynamic microphones, and most importantly what are condenser microphones used for. What Are Condenser Microphones As I covered in my comparison of condenser vs dynamic microphones, condenser microphones
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When it comes to miking instruments, I get more questions regarding how to mic piano arguably than any other instrument (okay maybe acoustic guitar – so check out my 14 tips on how to record acoustic guitar). Here is the best way to record piano (grand piano or upright). Best Microphone for Recording Piano There
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