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  • October 31, 2020

    The Checklist Before Mastering

    1) Are all your levels correct? Gain staging is vital to a good sounding mix. Does your kick not hit hard enough? Try lowering the volume of the rest of the elements in your mix. 2) Does your mix still...

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  • October 31, 2020

    Demystifying Reverb and Delay

    Demystifying Reverb and Delay  Today we’ll be looking at the concepts behind spatial effects. For anybody that isn’t familiar with this term, spatial essentially means in a space. The whole point behind using reverbs and delays is to place sounds...

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  • October 31, 2020

    Granular Synthesis In Ableton

    Since Granular Synthesis involves manipulating grains of sound, it can theoretically be accomplished by using any synthesis technique, as long as the grain duration remain under 50 milliseconds. That said, the majority of mainstream granular synthesis are based on the...

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  • April 30, 2020

    Vocal EQ

    EQ is used in three ways to treat vocals: Corrective EQ Corrective EQ is used to remove unpleasant and unnecessary frequencies from the signal Enhance / Sweeten Enhance or Sweeten EQ is used to shape the overall tone of the...

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  • 5 Ways to Use Reverb in Your Mix
    December 23, 2019

    5 Ways to Use Reverb in Your Mix

    Reverb is a great tool for your mix. Reverb can be used to make extreme changes to your mix, but most people generally want it to be subtle. It adds depth and musicality to your mix, without overriding the focus...

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  • Ableton Live Racks: From Basic To Beyond
    December 21, 2019

    Ableton Live Racks: From Basic To Beyond

    Ableton Live's racks can be as simple and complex as you wish them to be. Don't be put off by perceived complexity though. There's lots of cool things you can do and Joshua Casper shows some here.   I love racks....

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  • December 2, 2019

    The Importance of Arrangement

    If only a producers job was as simple as setting up a couple of mics and tweaking the faders to get a balanced mixed,. The truth is that among the many qualities demanded from the modern producer, understanding the fundamentals...

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