25 July , 2019 | Mixing and mastering
Companies like CDBaby and Tunecore make their pricing a bit confusing, and this is no coincidence. If in CDBaby you have to pay $ 49 for the opportunity to put up an album for sale, and in Tunecore – $ 38, then most musicians with a limited budget will probably prefer Tunecore. But the very […]
Read more >18 July , 2019 | Mixing and mastering
Image-Line FL Studio was originally released in 1998 as a 4-channel MIDI drum app called “Fruityloops”. In 2003, this software was renamed “FL Studio” and now is a full-featured DAW, popular among the creators of hip-hop and other musical styles. To get the most out of this software, you will need a comfortable hardware controller […]
Read more >5 July , 2019 | Mixing and mastering
Analyzing the market of the USA, Germany and Russia (as well as post-Soviet countries), studios providing mixing and mastering services, we came to the conclusion that they have different models of interaction with the customer. If we do not take the technical side into comparison (the world leaders in the production of musical equipment are […]
Read more >10 June , 2019 | Mixing and mastering
Pitch correction plugins have become key tools in mixing modern music, as they allow engineers to quickly fix problems with inaccuracies in recorded vocals. But that’s not all they can do, many use them to fix problems on instrumental tracks such as bass and strings. The two most common ways are to create an overly […]
Read more >29 May , 2019 | Mixing and mastering
We continue the annual review of the most popular and best-selling sound cards for mixing, mastering and composing music. Choose the best PC and Mac interfaces with Thunderbolt and USB-C support. How to determine for yourself which card to choose in 2019 for studio or home use? Products have different characteristics and equipment, which may […]
Read more >17 May , 2019 | Mixing and mastering
Correcting phase problems may not be the most interesting task in producing and mixing music, but it can be easily solved with the help of plugins. Phase problems that occur after capturing a signal from a single source (for example, from the upper and lower microphones recording a snare drum) can lead to poor readability […]
Read more >20 February , 2019 | Mixing and mastering
Within a DAW (digital audio workstation) program, the terms fade-in and fade-out refer to smooth sound inputs and outputs. Fade-in is the increase in volume (or any other effect), and fade-out, respectively, is the release (decrease). The shelves themselves can represent several variations that directly affect the speed and intensity of the processed audio track. […]
Read more >10 February , 2019 | Mixing and mastering
Analog warmth is the holy grail that most audio engineers have been chasing ever since tape began to disappear in the late 1990s. This is the mythical sound embodied in legendary albums such as Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles, The Dark Side of the Moon, and Led Zeppelin IV. Pleasant overdriven […]
Read more >26 January , 2019 | Mixing and mastering
In 2013, Steinberg announced that they would no longer support the software development kit (SDK) for the VST2 plug-in format, but the SDK itself would still be available as a subset of the VST3 SDK. Then in May 2018, Steinberg announced that, starting in October, a subset would be eliminated. If you are impatient and […]
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