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| Plugins I’ve Been Using That I Recommend |
| Plugins I’ve Been Using That I Recommend Brandon S Hire The Noise Floor It’s not the tool, it’s the user. But as a blogger and content creator, I get to… |
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| Why I Dumped my Analog Mixer |
| In the current world of Digital Recording, analog is still the holy grail. Everyone wants that warm sound that analog gear gives you, so why would I pull my analog… |
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| Review of the Kush REDDI DI Plugin |
| You wouldn’t think of a direct box as having a certain character, unless you’ve worked in a facility that has really good character DI’s. After all, in the age of… |
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| Gain Staging and the -18DB Sweet Spot! |
| Common advice is to “gain stage” your tracks by calibrating them to -18. People often leave out whether they mean -18 dBFS or -18 dBVU, both of which would yield… |
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| 4 Handy Guitar Pedal Hacks that You Probably Don't Know |
| 4 Handy Guitar Pedal Hacks that You Probably Don't Know While owning and using a guitar pedal can be a great way to bring new life into your performances, these… |
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| Review of Waves PRS Amp Models |
| As many of you may have noticed, the long awaited Paul Reed Smith amp models from Waves were released. From the moment I downloaded and plugged in a guitar (In this instance… |
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| Review of Sonible Smart EQ+ |
| Do we REALLY need another EQ? We have stock eq’s, free eq’s, hardware eq’s, dynamic eq’s, analog modeled eq’s, digital eq’s that can do a zillion cool things… I find… |
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| Mixing Reference Tools Compared! |
| Reference tracks can be a valuable tool for keeping an objective viewpoint while mixing. When you listen to a reference track, you get a chance to reset your ears. If you’ve been… |
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| 5 Steps to Mixing With Headphones |
| Mixing with headphones can be a challenge, and for a long time was generally accepted as something that should only be done if no other option were available. You had… |
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| The Art of Mic Placement |
| I see a lot of questions on various discussion groups asking how to best mic specific instruments. Many of the answers will be a mixed bag of various techniques, all… |
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| A Review of Sonible "Smart EQ+" |
| Sonible smart:EQ+ Do we REALLY need another EQ? We have stock eq’s, free eq’s, hardware eq’s, dynamic eq’s, analog modeled eq’s, digital eq’s that can do a zillion cool things…… |
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| BandLab Launches Cakewalk by BandLab as a FREE DOWNLOAD! |
| SONAR relaunches as ‘Cakewalk by BandLab’: Iconic DAW now free to download for everyone World-leading DAW SONAR, with the entire SONAR Platinum feature set, is relaunching as Cakewalk by BandLab… |
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| Don't Fear EQ Boost |
| Many audio textbooks, audio schools, and audio engineers will advise you that it’s always best to attenuate rather than gain an EQ control. This has traditionally been considered best practice… |
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| How Loud should your Final Mix Be? |
| This is a question that comes up time and again in audio groups. “How hot should my final mix down be before sending off to mastering?” It depends on the… |
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| Signal to Noise Ratio in Analog Plugins |
| https://youtu.be/FYLOI2QMrc0 The above video is a quick demonstration of how your signal-to-noise ratio impacts the level of noise your analog modeled plugins will deliver. You may have seen this video… |
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| A Review of Steven Slate's Everything Bundle |
| Whether you are a home recording musician, or you own a commercial recording studio one of the biggest ongoing investments you make are for good quality plugins. Keeping up with… |
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| Audio Summing Explained |
| HISTORY In the Early days of recording, music was cut directly to a disk from a single microphone. In the studio, the art of mixing fell to the music "Conductor"… |
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| Easy Steps To Getting Better Mixes |
| Easy Steps to Getting Better Mixes Sometimes you just have to live with the room that you have, especially in small home studios. The large commercial studios spend thousands of… |
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