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Mastering at Home - Part 5 - How to Use EQ when Mastering — In Practice
Learning
The latest installment of our Mastering at Home series deals with some common situations when using an equalizer.
04/20/14
Mixed In Key Flow Review - Prepare Your Sets Easily
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The creators of key-detection software Mixed In Key and Platinum Notes continue their crusade to offer new tools for DJs. Here's their last baby: Flow. This Mac/PC-compatible application is designed …
04/19/14
Tips for Better Soloing - Make Your Solos More Interesting and Musical
Learning
Whether you play guitar, keyboard, saxophone or any other lead instrument, there’s more to being a good soloist than just having chops and knowing riffs. Playing fast is great, but speed by itself do…
04/17/14
EastWest Steven Wilson's Ghostwriter Review - The Ghost of Wilson
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EastWest's latest production, Ghostwriter, is a virtual instrument that's the result of a collaboration with Steven Wilson, a key figure in the prog and ambient music scenes in recent years. Is Wilso…
04/15/14
A Review of Toontrack's Classic Amps EZmix Pack - Classic Amps the EZ Way
Learning
Toontrack recently released a new collection of amp models with effects called the Classic Amps EZmix Pack, which can be opened as presets in the company's EZmix 2 software. How do these emulations s…
04/15/14
Why Headroom is Important - Keep Your Levels Down and Your Headroom Up, and Your Music Will Sound Better
Learning
You’ve probably heard the term “headroom” thrown around a lot. What it is, essentially, is a margin of safety between the loudest peaks of your track — or tracks, in the case of a mix — and 0 dB on y…
04/14/14
Mastering at Home - Part 4 - How to Use EQ In Mastering — The Theory
Learning
In mastering, EQing could be your best friend or your worst enemy. Which of the two depends on your grasp of the word: subtlety!
04/11/14
Mixing: A 12-Step Program - A Helpful Approach for Efficiently Mixing Music
Learning
Here at Audiofanzine, we’ve covered many individual aspects of mixing, and offered detailed information on what to do in preparation for a mix. But we've also gotten requests for an overview of the e…
04/09/14
SoundToys MicroShift Review - Depth of Voice
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Almost a year after releasing the free Little MicroShift, SoundToys has finally introduced its bigger sibling, a plug-in designed to add space and depth to a wide variety of sources. MicroShift is al…
04/07/14
Learn From Other Mixes - How to Analyze a Mix
Learning
Just like painting, photography and, obviously, music — mixing is an art in itself. And, as such, it also requires some training.
04/07/14
Ashdown Pibass -240 and Mi 12 Speaker Review - π = 240 Watts
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Ashdown Engineering's PiBass head is the signature model of Polish bass legend Wojtek Pilichowski. I tested it along with the Mi12, a cabinet featuring a 12" speaker. The two products combine to make…
04/03/14
Long-Distance Collaboration - Work Together Remotely via DAW File Sharing
Learning
Sharing tracks over the Internet makes it possible for musicians to work together remotely, whether they're around the corner from each other or around the world.
04/02/14
Yamaha MOXF6 Review - Changing of the Guard
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Incorporating most of the sound engine of the Motif XF, the MOXF aims to redefine the standard of mid-range workstations. A sound change?
04/01/14
Palmer Kaputt Review - Kaputt
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With our recent review of the Mutterstolz tube distortion in mind, the Audiofanzine editorial board decided to review some of the other models from Palmer's Root Effects collection. We've already pos…
03/30/14
Mastering at Home - Part 3 - A Great Workflow for Mastering Music at Home
Learning
In this third part of our Home Mastering series, we will write about the process to follow in order to make the right decisions at the right time.
03/26/14
Mastering at Home - Part 2 - Prepare for Your Mastering Session
Learning
In this installment, we'll offer some tips that will simplify your life when mastering.
03/25/14
Zoom iQ5 Review - iPhone with a Higher iQ
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In addition to its H1, H2, H4, and H6 recorders, Zoom has created a microphone compatible with Lightning-equipped iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad models.
03/25/14
Comparing Two Approaches to Drum-Track Creation - MIDI Drums vs. Audio Drum Loops
Learning
If you’re not a drummer, but you need drum tracks for your productions — and assuming you don’t have the budget and facilities to hire and record a real drummer — you’re going to need to use either M…
03/24/14
AudioTouch C-Buss Review - The Analog/Virtual Symbiosis 
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In terms of hardware compressors, the latest products are too often expressions of the same theme, variations on a mythical device that has already proved its worth. Fortunately though, on rare occas…
03/23/14
Before You Buy that Acoustic Guitar - Tips for Evaluating an Acoustic Guitar Before Purchase
Learning
Buying a steel-string acoustic guitar is an investment that you don’t want to go into lightly. Unless you plan to purchase a super-cheap entry-level model, you’re likely to spend a fair bit of coin f…
03/20/14
The 10 Top Brands of Musikmesse 2014 - Best of Musikmesse 2014
Learning
After a big NAMM, you would've expected a quieter Musikmesse. Notwithstanding, Europe's largest audio trade show had a couple of nice surprises in store.
03/18/14
Toontrack EZdrummer 2 Review - NextGen Virtual Drums
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Eight years after releasing the first EZdrummer, Toontrack introduces version 2, which gently revolutionizes the virtual drum market. Far from trying to grow in terms of gigabytes, EZdrummer bets on …
03/18/14
Mastering at Home - Part 1 - An Introduction to Mastering Audio
Learning
If you're fortunate enough to be able to afford professional mastering with a dedicated engineer in a well-designed and equipped mastering studio, that's clearly the route to the best quality results…
03/16/14
Minimize Drum Bleed in Your Home Studio - Reduce or Eliminate Leakage When Tracking Drums and Other Instruments Together
Learning
So, you’ve got a band, you’ve got some recording gear, and you’re ready to start cutting your album in your home studio. If you’re recording with a drummer and you want to do a “live” basic-tracking …
03/12/14
KRK Rokit 8 G3 Review - The Return of the Yellow Cones
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Rokit speakers ─ the entry-level product range of Californian manufacturer KRK ─ have found their way into numerous home studios for many years. But until the recent release of the third-generation o…
03/10/14