Saturation is a useful tool when it comes to warming up your audio and this extends to the acoustic guitar. Let’s talk how to use acoustic guitar saturation to supplement or fill out the low mids of your acoustic. Acoustic Guitar Saturation If you’re not familiar, saturation is an effect which distorts wave forms and […]
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The acoustic guitar is the centerpiece of some songs and genres and more of an accenting piece in others. Regardless of how it’s being used in the mix, here are 7 tips to improve acoustic guitar sound in your mix. How to Improve Acoustic Guitar Sound Let’s go through each of the tips on how
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I recently covered bass drum EQ tips which you can use to sculpt and clean up your bass drum’s tone. While it’s certainly not the most dynamic of instruments in your mix, a little bass drum compression can go a long way in smoothing out inconsistencies in the performance to ensure that what is essentially
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I always liken the bass drum as the anchor to your entire mix. It keeps the tempo, it keeps the rhythm, and ultimately keeps the listener grounded and familiar with the mix from second to second. When the bass drum isn’t asserting itself as it should, when it’s not completely visible in the mix (figuratively
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Not to be confused with the standard compression you want from your compressor most of the time, upward compression is the much more obscure and somewhat nebulous cousin to downward compression. Let’s talk what is upward compression, more specifically WHEN you’d want to upward compress in your mix, and offer some plugin options (including a
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