While I’ve been mixing music for nearly two decades now, I began as a musician and specifically a songwriter. Out of all of the seemingly limitless themes which songwriters have tackled, love is undoubtedly the most popular. Whether it’s about new love, old love, unrequited love, lost love, there’s always someone who can relate to
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A noise gate is extremely useful for cleaning up your recordings by filtering out background noise or bleed from other instruments. This allows you to just process the audio that you want with subsequent effects like EQ and compression, not to mention it yields a much cleaner mix overall. You can also use a noise
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In the world of audio mixing gurus, you may hear someone praise linear phase EQ as being far superior to “regular” EQ. Let’s set the record straight and identify what is linear phase EQ, how it’s different than regular EQ, and if and why you should use it. What is Linear Phase EQ Linear phase
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Reverb can make your mix’s piano sound huge and add the literal and metaphorical “depth” it needs to carry your song, particularly in a piano and vocal-centric mix. Let’s talk how to use reverb on piano to get that size while keeping it clean and from overtaking your entire mix. How to Use Reverb on
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Chorus and reverb are two effects which can be used to give your audio more size in the mix, but they differ in a lot of ways. Each has its place in your mix in the right context, so let’s talk chorus vs reverb; how they differ and when to use each. Chorus Vs Reverb
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