Like kick EQ and live snare EQ, floor toms and rack toms can benefit from EQ in a live setting same as any piece in your kit. Follow this live tom EQ cheat sheet for tips on how to sculpt your toms to get them sounding their best live. Live Tom EQ Cheat Sheet Let’s […]
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If you’ve got any kind of relatively advanced audio diagnostic plugins which are used in mixing and mastering for determining levels, you may have seen volume represented as an RMS value. Let’s identify what is RMS in audio and why it’s important in accurately appraising the volume of your song either in mix or master
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If you’ve checked out my mixing template, you know that I’m a big fan of bussing in my mixes. As I mentioned in my overview of what is a bus on a mixer, there are a number of advantages to using bussing in your mix. This includes they can be used to create a hierarchy
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2:1, 4:1, 20:1… what IS the best compression ratio? Let’s identify how substantially these all vary from one another and identify what is arguably the best compression ratio. What is Compression Ratio Before we identify what is the best compression ratio, let’s quickly answer what is the compression ratio. The compression ratio is arguably the
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The snare drum drives the energy in your song, so when it’s not recorded perfectly, the entire mix suffers. Part of this comes from poor microphone placement, bad acoustics in the room, or a poorly tuned or cheap snare itself. Any of these factors can contribute to a ringing in your snare. Thankfully this is
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