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 [...]
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Top Tips for Recording Vocals
June 10th, 2010
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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
April 21st, 2010
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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
April 14th, 2010
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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
March 19th, 2010
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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 [...]
Top Ten Free VST Plugins for Mac & PC
March 15th, 2010
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Top Ten Free VST Plugins for Mac & PC 1. BLOCKFISH is a versatile compressor with countless ways to shape the incoming audio. Unlike many other digital compressors, BLOCKFISH has ‘soul’. It likes to bite, but it can be tamed easily once you’ve learned how to use its potential. You can remove the front plate [...]
On a Compressor, What is Knee?
February 18th, 2010
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On a Compressor, What is Knee? Some compressors allow you to control the knee setting. There are two types of knee setting, hard and soft. Hard knee compression reduces the gain abruptly when the signal exceeds the threshold. Hard knee is the default setting on most compressors and is good for harder sounds like drums.
What is a Limiter?
February 3rd, 2010
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Limiters Limiters are much like compressors. They both process dynamic levels in pretty much the same way though the difference is that limiters have a much greater ratio.
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