De-essing plugins are useful for controlling vocal sibilance (those annoying transients on “S” and other consonant sounds) on vocals. A good de-esser softens sibilance on vocals with transparency without further affecting the tone. While I love FabFilter’s Pro-DS for being able to smartly identify sibilance in particular for ultra transparency, there are plenty of good […]
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There are a lot of great plugins out there, particularly older plugins, which you might find yourself having difficulty running on a newer computer. This was my experience when I got a new computer a years ago and discovered that suddenly all of my 32 bit plugins no longer worked. Thankfully, your 32 bit plugins
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I find that songwriting is a muscle like any other in the body, the more you work at it, the more easily it comes to you. That said, even with practice it can be difficult to flip the songwriting switch in your brain just like that. With that in mind, I’m going to share some
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Audio mastering is the final step in audio production, but it’s still a nebulous term which isn’t especially obvious in terms of what it is or why it’s needed. While I’ve always mixed my own music, I started out as an audio mastering engineer professionally before I began mixing professionally shortly after. Let’s demystify and
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Vocals are the focal point moreso with rap than arguably any other genre. The entire song revolves around that vocal and, as such, rap vocals are meant to be at the forefront of the mix. We can keep that vocal on top of the beat and instrumental through compression, so let’s talk how to compress
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