Posts Tagged ‘audio’

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!

Importing Midi & Wav Files Into Reason For Music Production

Importing Midi & Wav Files Into Reason for Music Production By: Mark Spacey We all know that Reason Refills are a great way to expand the already bulging factory soundset included with Reason, but how do you import other sounds into this versatile piece of music production software? We’ll start off by looking at MIDI [...]

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

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.

The 5 Most Common Questions About Music Mastering

The 5 Most Common Questions About Music Mastering By: Hans Klein Music mastering is an essential part of every hit record. Yet, few new (and even some “established”) musicians have a good understanding of what mastering is and why they need it. This often leads to many selecting the wrong mastering studio… and making many [...]

How To Place Microphones

How To Place Microphones By: Marvin J Markus While it’s definitely important to use quality mics and good preamps, I think it’s far more important that you know how to properly place your microphones to get the best sound. Spot, distant, ambient, stereo, and combined miking are the five choices you have to choose from.

The Importance of Objective Music Mastering to Get That Hit Sound

The Importance of Objective Music Mastering to Get That Hit Sound By: Hans Klein Passion is a key ingredient to creating good music. Without it, the artist is never going to put his or her full emotion into the music.

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.

Using Elastic Pitch in Pro Tools 8

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