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7 Essential EQ Tips To Make Your Music Mixes Shine
Equalisation is a technique that every audio engineer must master. Here are a few pointers to get the inexperienced up and running, and give old hands some possible food for thought.
Fixing Your Mix With EQ - The Universal Audio Guide
This article from Universal Audio’s Daniel Keller contains many great tips on fixing common mix problems with EQ. With permission we just had to re-publish in full for our community.
The Most Important Pro Audio Tip Worth Knowing
There’s only one pro-audio tip worth knowing and Russ Hughes tells you what it is!
Why This Little Known Pro Tools Feature Is So Useful
Earlier this year, Avid added a function to Pro Tools which allows rulers to be optionally included with edit groups. Paul Maunder takes a closer look at this easily overlooked feature which can actually be extremely useful.
Three Ways To Get More Snare In Your Overheads
With a more natural snare drum sound to be had in the overhead mics, trying to bring it forward from cymbals and other elements in the mics can be a challenge. Here we share three ways to get away from close mic boredom.
Let's Stop Kidding Ourselves About Tape Plugins
In this article, inspired by a free video from PureMix, Julian considers virtual tape plugins. How the reality of using them compares to a real tape machine and however much we might wish we had the real thing, in some, less obvious ways, virtual tape can be better.
How To Hide a Lavalier Mic Under a T-Shirt
Lavalier microphones clipped to T-Shirts look awful on screen, it’s bad enough for corporate work, but they must be hidden for TV and movies. Here’s how to hide one.
What Is Gain Staging And Why It Is Still Important In Digital Audio
Gain Staging was originally meant to work around limitations in the analogue hardware, but are there are still benefits in the digital realm? In this article, Steve Demott shows how good old fashioned gain staging still has a place in modern digital audio recording and mixing workflow.
How Pro Tools MIDI Real-Time Properties Can Power Your Creative Flow
Pro Tools is often considered a creative slouch when it comes to MIDI, but Real-Time Properties proves that you can make powerful MIDI decisions in a moment, without worrying about the future implications. We explain.
Waves Software - How To Get The Latest Version UPDATED
There have been a number of people concerned that with the release of Waves Creative Access, it is no longer possible to upgrade your Waves plugins to the latest version. It is possible, and in this article, we show you how.
How To Remove Unwanted Mac Audio Devices
If you’ve ever had a pesky unwanted Apple Mac audio device that inhabits your audio device list in your DAW but can’t seem to remove it, we tell you how.
Clip Gain Is A Powerful Tool With Many Uses
Clip gain is a powerful tool found in some DAWs, including Pro Tools and Studio One. It’s a powerful tool that has many uses, on some cases doing the job of a costly plugin to fix a problem. Read on to find out more.
6 Tips For Making Programmed Drums Sound Real
There are a number of things to think about when endeavouring to simulate the infinite complexities of a live drum kit performance via MIDI. Here are some of the most important…
Using The Phantom Trigger Sidechain Technique
Add rhythmic interest to sustained sounds using the intriguingly named ‘Phantom Trigger Sidechain Technique"‘ Ufuk Onen explains how to add movement and interest with just the tools in your DAW and a little know-how.
Why Should You Stereo Link Compressors? And What Happens If You Don't
The stereo image can be affected by loud, off centre sounds unless compressors are stereo-linked but how often does that happen and is it always a bad thing? Chris Lord Alge Explains why he doesn’t link.
6 Top Tips For Developing Your Own Sound
When it comes to the arts, our inherent human inclination is towards uniqueness, and by keeping a few simple pointers in mind, you can allow that inclination to help you find and maintain your musical identity. Ronan Macdonald explains more…
Pro Tools - 5 Features That Are Destructive
There are certain operations in Pro Tools which operate destructively, meaning that the original files are permanently overwritten. Here are 5 destructive Pro Tools features to be aware of.
Checking Microphone Polarity In The Studio
See Vance Powell demonstrate his procedure for checking the polarity of mics before beginning recording. You can check the polarity relationship between mics using the polarity invert button but this quick and more thorough. Find out why in this excerpt from “Start to Finish: Vance Powell - Episode 10 - Guitar Overdub Setup”
Four Great Tips For Getting Started In Synthesis
If you’re a newcomer to the world of synth programming, here are some things to bear in mind at the start of your journey.