Most compressors have a make up gain feature. Let’s identify what make up gain is and more importantly answer whether or not you should be using it on your compressor. What is Make Up Gain Let’s first identify what is make up gain. Make up gain is gain/volume which is automatically applied to the output […]
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I’ve talked in the past about how to record acoustic guitar. Let’s focus on some specific acoustic guitar recording techniques for setting up microphones whether it’s a single or multiple microphone setup for capturing the best tone from your guitar. Acoustic Guitar Recording Techniques Before we talk about any of these acoustic guitar recording techniques,
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I’ve talked at length on here about my love of FabFilter’s Pro-Q 3. In my FabFilter Pro-Q 3 review, I called this my favorite plugin, EQ or otherwise and specifically mentioned if I could only have one plugin, this would be it because it’s the only plugin in my mix which I use on virtually
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In pointing out the obvious difference between hip hop vocals and other genres, hip hop lines are spoken rather than sung with less attention to notes or key. This changes the approach when using EQ on hip hop vocals where body and punch are the priorities. With that in mind, let’s talk how to EQ
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Delay is a spacial and time based effect like reverb which simulates reflections and can be used to create space and depth in your mix. Unlike reverb, delay is clean and doesn’t introduce the low-mid thickness of reverb decay which can muddy up the mix. Outside of specific settings designed to match a single track,
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