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These articles have two main objectives: to provide a practical how-to guide, as well as to serve as a general reference on specific topics (MIDI, audio synthesis...).
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EQ and Compression Techniques for Vocals and Acoustic Guitar
By Cliff Goldmacher on Jun 14, 2009 at 9:50:00 PM
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As an engineer/producer, one of my biggest early challenges was getting my mixes to sound as polished and balanced as the mixes of songs on my favorite albums. Living in Nashville, I knew the problem wasn’t the players (some of whom had even played on those same favorite albums). I also knew that I was happy enough with the sounds I was recording because when I’d solo a particular track, I liked what I heard. The problem, in a nutshell, was getting all the parts of my mix to fit nicely together. What I’ve learned over time and will describe below are a few simple compression and EQ techniques for vocals and the acoustic guitar in your mixes. These techniques, when used properly, will go a long way towards allowing the vocals and acoustic guitars in your mixes to effectively share the sonic space.
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Making a Studio Pt.3
By John D. Thomas on May 20, 2009 at 12:00:00 AM
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Sound is a wave, much like the ripples on a still body of water when a rock is dropped into it. The larger the wave, the lower the tone. Lower tones, known as bass frequencies, travel in wide long waves while higher tones known as treble frequencies travel in a tighter, shorter wave. Frequencies heard by the human ear range from 20Hz to 20K. Just as an indication, a piano's range, probably the widest range of any instrument, is from 39Hz on the low note and 3Khz on the high note.
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Making a Studio Pt.2
By John D. Thomas on May 7, 2009 at 12:00:00 AM
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Nothing will work without electricity unless you're jamming at the local drum circles down on the beach. Electrical installation studio power is often overlooked. Studios will setup a “clean feed” that is a separate breaker from the rest of the general power that is being used for air conditioning, lighting and the basic necessities of the rest of the building. Have you ever plugged something in and heard that horrific buzzing sound coming from the speakers or guitar amp? This is usually due to bad electrical wiring, which causes ground noise. This is the first thing to listen for when going in to a studio session. A simple solution to the problem would be to use a simple ground lifter on the gear or lift the ground from a direct box which can also solve the problems. We will go into details later.
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Making a Studio Pt.1
By John D. Thomas on Apr 24, 2009 at 12:00:00 AM
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The magic of the recording studio has often mystified even the most seasoned professionals. With all the knobs, switches and buttons on various gear and large format consoles, no wonder confusion sets in to most non-techies. Many people, especially artists, composers, producers, and engineers, will end up putting together their own studio for writing and preproduction, with some eventually deciding to take the plunge and create a full-fledged recording complex that is capable of recording major albums. This series of articles will try to shed some light on the considerations to take into account when making a studio, be it a small home studio or a professional recording studio.
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Audio Encoding: What Lies Ahead?
By Mark Kleback on Mar 24, 2009 at 11:00:00 PM
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In today's high definition world, we want the best quality in every film, picture, and sound we encounter. Blu-Ray DVD's seem poised to take over the market, pushing the inferior DVD's down the same path as the VHS tape. In much the same way, we see digital audio pushing for the same quality. Although the popularity of the iPod and mp3s has given rise to an age of over-compressed, low-quality music, we also see a rise in vinyl sales, as well as developments such as Sony's Super Audio CD (SACD). This implements a relatively new process to encode audio, paving the way for a massive change in the quality of music we listen to, if it is accepted.
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Using a Mixer: Rehearsals
By Los Teignos on Feb 7, 2009 at 11:00:00 PM
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Before you’re ready for arenas and stadiums, where you’d no doubt call on the services of an experienced sound technician, you need to rehearse. And as long as you’re rehearsing you might as well do it in the right conditions: where everybody can hear themselves and in turn be heard. This means adequately controlling sound levels and using your sound system correctly. And most of the times this means: understanding and using a mixer...
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Spice it up! An Introduction To Modes
By kon-tiki on Dec 21, 2008 at 11:00:00 PM
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The aim of this article is to serve as a simple and straightforward introduction, or re-introduction, to the wonderful, but sometimes confusing world of modes.
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Time Stretching & Pitch Shifting: Comparison Part I
By sleepless on Nov 15, 2008 at 11:00:00 PM
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OK, here we go! This is the first of our comparative software tests on time-stretching and pitch-shifting. The competitors: 26 Mac and PC programs, from big sequencers to small applications, plug-ins to audio editors
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Craig Anderton: Understanding Reverb
By Craig Anderton on Oct 11, 2008 at 12:00:00 AM
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When we hear sounds in the “real world,” they are in an acoustic space. For example, suppose you are playing acoustic guitar in your living room. You hear not only the guitar’s sound, but because the guitar generates sound waves, they bounce off walls, the ceiling, and the floor. Some of these sound waves return to your ears, which due to their travel through the air, will be somewhat delayed compared to the direct sound of the guitar.
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Music Notation Basics
By kon-tiki on Aug 25, 2008 at 12:00:00 AM
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It's never too late to learn how to read music, and with a little practice and tenacity, the basics can be learned quite quickly. And because knowing how to read and write music still has its benefits and uses, no matter what style of music you're into, this article has been put together to present the most important and prominent of these basics.
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