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From Room Acoustics to Final Mix. Your Guide to Pro Sound.

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From Room Acoustics to Final Mix. Your Guide to Pro Sound.
  • Top Ten Tips for Achieving a Balanced Mix - Creating a balanced mix that translates well across various playback systems is a crucial aspect of music production. Here are the top ten tips to help you achieve this

    What Is Mix Automation?

    What Is Mix Automation? What Is Mix Automation? – Imagine a song that breathes, where instruments ebb and flow, and effects rise and fall to accentuate the music. This dynamic…

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  • What Separates a Demo from a Polished Mix?

    What Separates a Demo from a Polished Mix?

    What Separates a Demo from a Polished Mix ? After hours of hard work, yes, we’ve all been there: that which we have mixed—which we have spent hours upon hours…

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  • Aux vs. Inserts: to Send or Not to Send? - The world of audio mixing offers a toolbox of effects to sculpt your sound. But with that power comes a question: where do you put those effects? There are two main options: inserts and aux sends. Understanding the difference between these is crucial for achieving the perfect sound.

    Aux vs. Inserts: to Send or Not to Send?

    Aux vs. Inserts: to Send or Not to Send? Aux vs. Inserts: to Send or Not to Send? – The world of audio mixing offers a toolbox of effects to…

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  • Synth VST Essentials Oscillators Envelopes and Filters

    Synth VST Essentials Oscillators Envelopes and Filters

    Synth VST Essentials Oscillators Envelopes and Filters It’s the twenty-first century. You can compose, produce, mix, master, and release a track, all from one computer, with hundreds of amazing products…

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  • 11 Tips to Fix Cheap Sounding Audio in the Mix - We've all been there. You pour your heart into a song, but something just sounds...off. The instruments seem thin and isolated, lacking that rich, full quality you hear in professional recordings. Fear not, fellow audio adventurer! Here are 11 tips to transform your mix from budget basement to chart-topping caliber:

    11 Tips to Fix Cheap Sounding Audio in the Mix

    11 Tips to Fix Cheap Sounding Audio in the Mix 11 Tips to Fix Cheap Sounding Audio in the Mix – We’ve all been there. You pour your heart into…

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  • What is Mix Depth? How to Create Front-Back Space - In the realm of audio engineering, achieving depth in a mix is akin to painting a vivid landscape where each element finds its rightful place, contributing to the overall sonic panorama. One crucial aspect of this spatial illusion is what's known as "mix depth." Understanding mix depth and mastering techniques to create front-back space can elevate your audio productions from flat to three-dimensional experiences.

    What is Mix Depth? How to Create Front-Back Space

    What is Mix Depth? How to Create Front-Back Space What is Mix Depth? How to Create Front-Back Space – In the realm of audio engineering, achieving depth in a mix…

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  • 2 Basic Approaches to Mixing

    2 Basic Approaches to Mixing

    2 Basic Approaches to Mixing “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.” This quote is attributed to the late-great Jazz pianist Thelonious Monk. We could modify that to read…

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  • Audio Dynamics 101

    Audio Dynamics 101

    Audio Dynamics 101 Compressors, Limiters, Expanders, and Gates I remember one of my friends talking about compressors when we first started getting into music production. “I don’t really know what…

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  • Compression in Mastering

    Compression in Mastering

    Compression in Mastering Compression vs. limiting Compressors are different from limiters in that they let you work in longer timeframes, while limiters act as a safety, to prevent over-modulation of…

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  • How 8 Tracks Can Shape a Song

    How 8 Tracks Can Shape a Song

    How 8 Tracks Can Shape a Song You don’t need hundreds of layered tracks to produce a good record. In this post, learn how to use eight or fewer elements…

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  • DE-ESSING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

    DE-ESSING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

    De-essing For The 21st Century EXPERTS SHOW THE POWER OF WARP MODE IN REVOICE 4 The team at Production Expert have made a short video ‘Easy Editing of Sibilance Using…

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