Funk guitar EQ requires a slightly more scooped approach than with other genres. Part of this is because in funk, guitar is rarely the star of the mix and at best is simply one of many contributing flavors which bring things together and round out the sound. Let’s talk funk guitar EQ, offering up a […]
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Good rap vocals are two things: clear and up front in the mix. This overview on how to mix rap vocals will cover how to do both to get them sounding their best on top of the mix. How to Mix Rap Vocals Use EQ to Keep Rap Vocal Clean When it comes to the
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While some instruments in your mix can benefit from a lot of compression, virtually every track can benefit from SOME compression. This is the case with guitar; you typically don’t need a lot of compression, but a little bit can help bring a sense of added energy, thickness, and cohesion to your guitar without stripping
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I like to liken songwriting to working a muscle in your body. The more often you work that muscle, the stronger it becomes, or in the case of songwriting, the more you spend doing it, both the better you’ll get it at and the easier it will come to you. This extends to the idea
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Background noise can be a frustrating artifact on an otherwise good recording. Sometimes you also just have a recording that you can’t reproduce, so you want to do whatever you can to remove that background noise like in the case of audio captured as part of a video. Relatively straightforward tools like EQ can only
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