I always preach that you should trust your ears above all else, but sometimes your ears can use an assist. This is why mixing engineers embrace spectrum analyzers – plugins which visually display the frequencies of your audio in real time. Let’s talk everything to know about how to use a spectrum analyzer for mixing. […]
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As I recently covered in my overview on the many types of delay, slapback delay is a relatively quick, single echo/reflection which originated in the rock records of the 1950’s and has a number of uses. Here we’re going to drill down on slapback delay, talking about the specific settings to use to create it
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I’ve talked at length on here about the importance of using reference tracks in your mix to keep perspective and your ears trained on the goal as you mix. Match EQ plugins take this concept one step further and can be used to get your mix to sound more like the reference tracks you’re chasing.
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I recently talked about the difference between FLAC and WAV files. In that comparison, I explained that they’re both lossless as compared to say an MP3 which is lossy. Let’s talk lossy vs lossless and what the key difference is between them. Lossy vs Lossless So, lossy vs lossless – what’s the difference? Generally we’re
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The guitars of metal are famously chunky, low and mid heavy, but also very tightly EQ’d to keep them clean. The guitar and bass combination work together especially well in metal in a complimentary relationship, so let’s talk how to EQ heavy guitars now. How to EQ Heavy Guitars Let’s go frequency by frequency to
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