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April 18, 2018 | Mixing and mastering
Sound recovery plugins are tools you theoretically will never need. In the end, we all record audio at the right level, and in almost perfectly isolated rooms. But in the real world there are various types of signals (dictaphone, cassette, vinyl …) that cannot be cleaned with a regular gate, equalizer or compressor. Even small […]
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April 7, 2018 | Mixing and mastering
“Books for nerds. I have not read books from school. Why should I read a book when I can just watch the tutorials on YouTube?” – Unsuccessful sound engineer. Successful mixing and mastering engineers for life students. It doesn’t matter if you have a degree in science or have written hundreds of essays on a […]
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April 6, 2018 | Mixing and mastering
The purpose of studio headphones is to make the frequency response of the audio file as even as possible, allowing the sound engineer to hear all the errors. This gives more control over the sound and, in fact, this is what distinguishes them from ordinary custom headphones. Of course, today there are many expensive positions, […]
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April 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
DAW Sonar gave a second life, thanks to BandLab. The updated version includes all the premium features of SONAR Platinum, such as the award-winning Skylight user interface, flexible ProChannel modules and a powerful 64-bit mixing engine. “We are pleased to continue developing SONAR in our new reincarnation called Cakewalk by BandLab. Ahead is aggressive development […]
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April 3, 2018 | Mixing and mastering
We often get questions about how to improve sound quality on streaming music services such as SoundCloud and YouTube. In this article, we will consider the main problem areas, and how to fix them. Applicable also applicable to Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal and any other streaming platform. There are a few things to consider regarding […]
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April 2, 2018 | Mixing and mastering
Most of the people, at least indirectly related to sound, at some time are faced with converting audio to a more compact format for storing or playing a track on mobile devices. MP3 is very convenient for this, but this is what they call the “lost” format. This is due to the fact that compressing […]
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March 26, 2018 | Mixing and mastering
You probably saw the words “All rights reserved” in the notes on the CDs or in the iTunes Purchase Agreement. What rights do these words give to their owner? You can identify some of them: music and recording copyrighted The author reserves the right to copy, distribute and sell music allows others to pay for […]
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March 23, 2018 | Mixing and mastering
Writing guitar parts in the DAW program was considered to be the Achilles heel of computer music, but now there is a huge set of tools and libraries for Kontakt, which are more than capable of doing this in a variety of styles. We have combined some of the best virtual guitars created so far. […]
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March 20, 2018 | Mixing and mastering
Let’s discuss music and entertainment education as it relates to you and your specific needs. Many people invest in the idea of considering formal education in order to get a diploma in a music business school or to participate in any industry-specific training through college courses. This commercial or business side of music in America, […]
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