Archive for the ‘Mix’ Category

Cubase MIDI Tips

How to guide: Cubase MIDI Tips by Mark Spacey Starting off with a new piece of software can often seem a daunting process, so let’s take a look through some basic processes in Cubase and kick-start your knowledge database!

DIY Broadband Bass Trap – How To Build Your Own 8″ Monster Trap

DIY Broadband Bass Trap – How To Build Your Own 8″ Monster Trap With some basic diy skills and for a fraction of the cost of retail bass traps, you can quite easily build effective broadband bass traps to tame those offending low frequency reflections in your studio. Follow the step by step guide below [...]

Vocal Plugin Chain Set Up – Example 1

Vocal Plugin Chain Set Up Example 1 Quite often people ask what plugins I use on vocals and in what order. To help answer this question I will periodically post pictures of the different vocal chain set ups I use. In this particular example I was after a ‘breathy’ and ‘airy’ vocal sound for a [...]

Room Acoustics Measurement Tools For PC and Mac

Essential tools to help you get an accurate sound in your home or project studio MAC AudioXplorer is a powerful sound analyzer software designed specifically for Mac OS X. AudioXplorer provides a real-time analysis window where the user can visualize the sound, spectrum and sonogram. Several real-time windows can be opened simultaneously.It also provides a static [...]

What is an Expander?

What is an Expander? Expanders increase the difference in loudness between quieter and louder sections of audio making quiet sounds quieter and loud sounds louder.  They are pretty much the opposite of compressors working by turning down the volume when the signal level falls below the

Zero Latency Monitoring for Digidesign 002 and 003

Zero Latency Monitoring for Digidesign 002 and 003 RME’s Fireface Offers A Unique Solution Robert Holsman Reading through the various Pro Tools forums, there are two commonly recurring themes. Firstly, Pro Tools users love Pro Tools software for its reliability, flexibility, ease of use, precision editing and  it being the only audio platform that maintains [...]

Musicians – Use Skype To Collaborate Remotely

Musicians – Use Skype To Collaborate Remotely If you’re a Pro Tools user you may have heard of a plugin called Source Connect. Whilst this article is not directly about Source Connect, it is useful to understand what it is and what it does.

Acoustic Treatment in Home and Project Studios

Acoustic Treatment in Home and Project Studios In critical listening environments such as a recording, mixing and mastering studios, it is imperitive that the sound from the speakers is true and accurate.

Set Up A Home Studio To Make Your Own Recordings

Set Up A Home Studio To Make Your Own Recordings by: Edgar Clyne Nowadays affordable computers and great audio hardware make it feasible for anyone to make great recordings.

The Sweet Spot – Nearfield Monitor Placement

The Sweet Spot – Nearfield Monitor Placement   When monitoring music in your studio what you hear is a combination of direct sound from the speakers and reflected sound  from the  rooms surfaces – walls, ceiling, floor and furniture. The balance between the direct and reflected sound depends on the size and shape of your [...]

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