Mastering for vinyl is a different process than when you intend to release your music digitally or on CD. Digital masters work just fine for a CD release (they are what are used when making the DDP creation). Vinyl has certain limitations which you don’t run into with a digital or CD release, so let’s […]
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Low shelf EQ is a useful type of filtering which you can use to sculpt your audio when other filters aren’t appropriate. Let’s talk about what low shelf EQ filtering does and when you should use it in your mix. Low Shelf EQ A low shelf EQ is one of a few types of EQ
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Piano is one of the trickier instruments to compress correctly. It’s all about finding that sweet spot to not step on the transients and getting the sustain on the back end. In this piano compression guide we’ll cover how to compress piano to find that sweet spot every time. Piano Compression Guide Follow this piano
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Pre fader, post fader. The difference has to do with the fader position on any given track (shocker) and is especially relevant when using aux/return channels. If you don’t know the difference, you’ll be sending a very different amount of signal to your aux channel than you likely intend which can cause problems or at
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A mixing template is a pre-made, empty layout in your digital audio workstation which is ready to receive tracks. It takes a few minutes to set up, but it will save you hours and hours in the future every time you begin a new mix. It’s also useful if you’re beginning to record a new
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