How to make your live Snare recordingsound Better Key Takeaway: Use dampening products like MoonGel Damper Pads, Snareweight #5 Snare Dampening System, or Evans Min-EMAD External Dampening Pack to control the overtones and resonance of your snare drum. Invest in dampening pads or towels like the Big Fat Snare Drum “Steve’s Donut”, “The Snare-Bourine Donut” […]
DIY Audio Mastering: Tips and Tricks for Polishing Your Tracks at Home Key Takeaway: DIY audio mastering involves the process of polishing your tracks at home with the help of your digital audio workstation (DAW) and other equipment like monitors and headphones. While it is beneficial to hire a professional mastering engineer, doing it yourself […]
Common Audio Mastering Mistakes to Avoid: Ensure Your Tracks Shine Key Takeaway: Collaboration and communication with other artists, producers, and engineers is crucial in avoiding mistakes in audio mastering, as it ensures a more objective and well-rounded perspective on the music. Overprocessing during the signal chain can be detrimental to the quality of a track. […]
How to Make Your Kick Loud and Powerful Key Takeaways: Boosting mid frequencies is key to making your kick drum sound loud and powerful. Understanding the Fletcher-Munson curves and how mid frequencies relate to perceived loudness can help you achieve this. Using saturation can add harmonics and personality to your kick drum, but it’s important […]
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Bedroom Producers Handbook
Bedroom Producers Handbook Key takeaways: The Bedroom Producers Handbook is a guide to music production for those interested in producing music from their own home, without the need for a professional recording studio. The evolution of music production has made it easier for people to produce music from home, particularly with the rise of electronic […]
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Tips and Tricks for Ableton Live
Tips and Tricks for Ableton Live Key Takeaway: Quantize settings and play modes can help you maintain rhythm and timing while producing music in Ableton Live. Using collections, duplicates, and insert time can help increase efficiency and keep your workflow organized. Max for Live, effect and instrument racks, as well as sidechain compression and mixing […]
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FL Studio Tips and Tricks
FL Studio Tips and Tricks Key Takeaway: FL Studio Tips can improve workflow and efficiency: From detached windows to quick renaming, there are many general tips that can make a big difference in the way you use FL Studio. Take advantage of fine adjustments, time counters, and automation clips to save time and enhance the […]
How to Layer Sounds for the Perfect Mix Key Takeaway: Good layering is key to achieving the perfect mix: Layering involves adding different sounds together to create a rich and unique texture. The purpose of layering is to create a larger and more interesting sound that cannot be achieved with a single instrument or sample. […]
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What are Streaming Royalties?
What are Streaming Royalties? Key Takeaway: Streaming royalties are payments that music rights holders receive for the use of their music on streaming platforms. These platforms include Spotify, Apple Music, and others. Streaming royalties work by calculating a rate per stream, which is paid to the rights holders based on their share of the music. […]
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Mixing Vocals in FL Studio
Mixing Vocals in FL Studio Key Takeaway: EQ is crucial for male vocals in FL Studio: Use a high pass filter up to before the fundamental, balance low-pass area with bell filters, boost fundamental and vowels with bell filters and dip nasal tones, boost higher-order harmonics above 2kHz, and add air with a shelf at […]