Like any track in your mix, you can use reverb on acoustic guitar to add some size in the form of width, depth, and reflections, as well as seat it farther in the background altogether. But let’s not talk about what you COULD do, let’s actually talk how to use reverb on your acoustic guitar …
You know the sound. The harsh high frequency sibilant sounds associated with the delivery of “S”, “T”, and more consonants. It comes out in singing more than speech because of the power, emotion, and oftentimes drawn out syllables associated with vocals. In a mix, vocal sibilance can not only be annoying and grating on the …
Distorted guitar is a lot more difficult to EQ over clean guitar because the addition of so many harmonics via said distortion makes the frequency spectrum a lot more complicated. Overtones can sound bright to the point of harshness in some cases which quickly leads to ear fatigue when you listen back to it. As …
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Maximizers and limiters both allow you to turn your track or mix up without clipping, but is there anything which sets them apart? Are they two different names for the same thing? Let’s compare the maximizer vs limiter to get to the bottom of this. Maximizer vs Limiter What is a Limiter A limiter is …
Backing vocals can make dense, busy mixes better, they can make sparse, simple mixes better, as well. A lot of the magic comes from finding the right panning positions for your backing vocals. Let’s talk panning backing vocals in your mix. Panning Backing Vocals There are no wrong or right techniques to panning backing vocals, …
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