While mixing in mono is a great way to address frequency issues to get a cleaner, more open mix, panning takes this to the next level. Every time I sit down to do a mix, these are the general audio panning rules I follow to get a wide open, spacious, clean sound. Audio Panning Guide […]
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Doubled tracked vocals refers to recording the same vocal part twice and mixing them together. This gives that vocal part more power and presence in the mix, and, depending on how you mix the double tracked vocals, can achieve a number of different effects. You can feature them throughout the entire song, or only use
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As I covered in my overview of sample rate, the sample rate you set with your recording hardware and in your DAW determines up to what frequency is able to be recorded and reproduced. With the Nyquist frequency in mind, in the digital realm this is half of what we set our sample rate to.
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A reverse cymbal sample is simple to make on your own without having to go out and download one. Here’s a lightning quick tutorial on making your own reverse cymbal sample even if you don’t have a clean isolated cymbal in your mix. Reverse Cymbal Sample Tutorial Step 1 – Pull Up a Regular Cymbal
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There are a lot of ways to use reverb. It especially works great on vocals as I showed in the best reverb settings for vocals, but how about something to add a little ear candy to your vocals? Let’s talk about a couple really cool Ableton reverse reverb tricks which can add some excitement to
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