The number one request I get either from clients for my mixing or mastering services is some variation of “make my music sound professional”. If you’re recording, mixing, or even mastering (or all of the above) your music, there are a number of relatively easy steps which go a long way toward that end. Here […]
How to Make Your Music Sound Professional – 13 Tips Read More »
In the context of guitar tones, there are a number of different subsets of crunchy gain and terms which get used interchangeably at times, namely fuzz vs overdrive vs distortion. Truthfully each term differs both in the sonic tones themselves as well as what goes into creating them, so let’s differentiate between fuzz vs overdrive
Fuzz Vs Overdrive Vs Distortion – The Differences Explained Read More »
When your bass is getting lost, isn’t consistent, or just isn’t sitting right, it’s typically down to an issue which can be corrected through bass EQ and compression. With that in mind, I thought I’d put together a comprehensive guide on applying the two most important types of processing to one of the most important
Bass EQ and Compression – A Complete Guide to Get it Right Read More »
The microphones on smartphones and other devices for recording voice recordings have taken an appreciable leap in quality in the last decade. Sometimes I’ll record a little demo with guitar and vocals on my smartphone when I’m away from my studio only to later think “this was really good… I wish I could do something
How to Remove Noise From Voice Recordings Read More »
Parallel compression, AKA New York compression because of its origins, is an extreme type of compression where the goal is to completely remove the dynamics of the audio you’re compressing. The inherently extreme parallel compression settings give the audio the effect of having a lot of energy when everything is coming out at the same
The Best Parallel Compression Settings to Use Read More »
