Posts Tagged ‘compressor’

Parallel Compression Explained

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Top Tips For Mixing Bass

Multiband Compression – Waves Linear Multiband Tutorial Pt 2

Recording Guitars – Interview with Diamond Duggal from Swami

Part 3 of 3 video interviews with Diamond Duggal from the band Swami. Diamond talks about recording guitars for the new album ‘Upgrade’.

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 [...]

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

Top Tips for Recording Vocals

Top Tips for Recording Vocals What type of microphone should I use? Condenser microphones are generally best for recording vocals. They don’t handle high sound pressure levels as well as

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 [...]

Recording Tips: How to Make Better Mixes

Recording Tips: How to Make Better Mixes By: Dan Atkinson Recording and mixing audio is truly an art form unto itself. Like playing bass, it’s the type of thing most people can pickup quickly and without much effort. Getting good at it can take years, however. I’ve been recording in my home studio since 1995. [...]

Five Things You Can do to Improve Your Mix

Five Things You Can do to Improve your Mix 1. Make sure your audio tracks are free from, hiss, hums, crackles, pops or any other unwanted noise. Spend some time taking care of any non-creative editing tasks so that the mixing process is creative and musical. Seperating creative and non-creative tasks helps you stay focused [...]

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