A DAW or digital audio workstation is your connection between your audio whether you’re recording and mixing it. If you’re new to the world of home audio production, let’s talk what is the best DAW for beginners. Best DAW For Beginners Okay, starting out and strictly speaking, a DAW like Apple’s free GarageBand is most […]
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Mid side compression is a tool which is especially useful in mastering but can be applied to any type of audio production where you want to isolate either the mid or stereo sides of your audio and compress them independently of one another. Let’s talk how to use mid side compression in your DAW and
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I recently talked about how to get clean vocals in both the recording and mixing stages of your mix. One of the elements I touched on to help achieve clean vocals was the importance of using a pop filter when recording vocals, so let’s briefly identify what is a pop filter in the realm of
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Clean vocals are one of the nonnegotiables of a professional sounding mix. From recording to mixing, let’s talk how to get clean vocals in your mix. How to get Clean Vocals First and most obviously, recording clean vocals means less work to get them clean in the mix. This means: Of course we can’t control
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A graphic equalizer has a lot more guardrails than most types of EQ, but in some ways that makes it easier to use than say a semi-parametric EQ which is much more common in mixing. Let’s talk how to use a graphic equalizer to dial in whatever type of results you want from your track,
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