Hold and release – you’ve seen both settings on your compressors, gates, and other plugins. They both lengthen the effect of that plugin by a time length of your choosing, so what’s the difference? Let’s quickly identify the difference between hold and release. Hold and Release Both settings work together typically alongside a threshold on
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A soft clipper is a feature on most limiters and is commonly used in the mastering stage to get some more volume out of a mix. Let’s talk how to use a soft clipper to get more volume out of a track. What is a Soft Clipper Unlike a hard clipper which can be used
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Using reverb on your snare has a number of benefits and can be used a number of ways. Let’s talk about why producers use snare reverb and more importantly the best snare reverb settings to dial into your mix. Why Use Snare Reverb As I mentioned in my audio panning guide and more specifically my
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I’ve talked a lot about the importance of gain staging in your mix. Not only does this prevent clipping (see my overview on what is clipping), but it feeds a better (lower) input level into your plugins which yields better results from those plugins. Let’s say for argument’s sake you’re working with a track which
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As I mentioned in my overview of what are transients, audio transients can best be described as those initial palpable “hits” of a sound; they’re the first thing we hear when we hear a sound. In the context of mixing, transients grab our attention and draw our ears to a particular instrument in the mix.
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