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Power Tips for the Pro Tools Novice – Part 1 - Learn How to Produce Music Faster and More Efficiently with Pro Tools
Learning
Avid Pro Tools features industry standard audio recording, editing, and mixing, along with a reasonably well-featured MIDI section. But with an application this powerful, getting up to speed can take…
06/24/14
Mastering at Home - Part 13 - Key Tips on Using a Limiter While Mastering Music
Learning
This week we will tackle a landmark in the mastering chain — the limiter.
06/16/14
Mastering at Home - Part 12 - EQ Automation When Mastering Music
Learning
Before moving on to the next processor in the mastering chain — the limiter/maximizer — it's appropriate to talk about a topic often overlooked by many people learning to master: Automation.
06/07/14
Mastering at Home — Part 11 - Guide to Mid-Side Processing When Mastering
Learning
In this new installment of our article series dedicated to mastering at home, we will delve into the world of mid-side processing.
06/02/14
Noises Off - How to Use Broadband Noise Reduction Software to Clean Up Music Recordings
Learning
Much as we try to avoid it, there are occasions when noise gets onto our recordings. It could be a live recording where the source was too quiet and background hiss was picked up, or a passage on ele…
05/22/14
Cut the Mud from Your Mix - Remove Low-End Clutter from Your Mix with High-Pass Filtering
Learning
Guitars, vocals, pianos, drums or virtually any track in your mix, has extraneous low-frequency information that can be filtered out without compromising the sound. While you may not notice anything …
04/28/14
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
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
Waves J37 Tape Review - A Wave of Saturation
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As you probably have already noticed, tape saturation is really hip right now. Although already having plug-ins in the same genre, a leading publisher like Waves couldn't simply ignore the current fr…
02/19/14
UAD API Vision Review - A Look into the Vision
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Since its inception, the plug-in family for Universal Audio UAD cards has been devoted to the reproduction of analog units. And that's how UA has come to being associated with the biggest names in th…
02/12/14
Klanghelm SDRR Review - Karma Saturation
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SKnote, Valhalla DSP, Sonimus… Over the last years, the plug-in world has seen the birth of many "small" independent developers who offer some damn good products.
01/12/14
How To Get a Punchy Drum Sound - PureMix Video On Mixing Drums
Learning
In this new PureMix video, sound engineer Ben Lindell shows you how to use your audio processing plug-ins to mix drums giving them more substance and presence.
01/05/14
What Is A Plug-In? - How To Install And Use An Audio Plug-In
Learning
On Audiofanzine everyone talks about plug-ins all day long. Most of you know exactly what that's all about and know how to install a plug-in. However, there was a time when we were all just starting …
01/01/14
iZotope RX 3 Review - Threesome
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After adding the RX to its software catalog in 2007, iZotope has made a name for itself in the audio restoration world. The second version came out in 2010 and really drove it home making the softwar…
01/01/14
U-He Satin Review - Night in White Satin
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Ever since the advent of computer music, many plug-ins have promised us "a true analog sound." This marketing gimmick has been so widely and mischievously used that it has become tiresome... However,…
12/07/13
The Best Audio Tools to Change Your Life - The Top Software Tools to Simplify Mixing
Learning
Here's a list of plug-ins, software and hardware tools that will simplify the life of the home studio owner.
11/30/13
The Top Reverb Plug-ins - The Best Virtual Algorithmic Reverbs
Learning
Frequently underestimated by beginners, the quality of a reverb plug-in can make a huge difference in the production of a song. That's why we made a brief review of the most essential plug-ins in thi…
09/30/13
The Top Free Virtual Guitar Amps - Free Guitar Amp Simulations Survey Results
Learning
813 persons took part in the survey and voted for their favorite free guitar amp simulations. And here are the results...
09/09/13
Zynaptiq Unfilter Review - Unfiltered
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As its name implies, the purpose of Unfilter, the new product of Zynaptiq, is to eliminate all filter effects applied to an audio file. How and does it really succeed?
09/08/13
The Top Commercial Software Guitar Amps - The Best Commercial Guitar Amp Plug-ins
Learning
How do you pack dozens of vintage amps and speaker cabinets in a 130 ft² home studio for less than $500? Just enter the wonderful virtual realm with this article about the best commercial software gu…
07/16/13
Universal Audio LA-2A Classic Leveler vs Cakewalk CA-2A… - The Next Generation
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During the last Winter NAMM, Cakewalk introduced the CA-2A T-Type Leveling Amplifier, a new compression plug-in based on the renowned Teletronix LA-2A. For their part, Universal Audio, who had previo…
07/08/13
Reverb Parameters - How to Set a Reverb Processor
Learning
Unless you're living in a tent in the middle of the desert, you are exposed to numerous natural reverberations every day. Our ears perceive reverberations that our brain interprets automatically to i…
06/22/13
Sidechain - How Does a Sidechain Work?
Learning
Back in the analog area, audio effects with a sidechain circuit were rare and usually among the most expensive. So sidechain was used only in big productions to fine tune the processing of certain re…
06/22/13
12 plug-ins to Sound Original - The Most Original Audio Plug-ins
Learning
Most plug-in developers are obsessed with emulating vintage gear, but there are always those who focus on originality. Here is a short overview of some effect plug-ins that could open new horizons fo…
06/01/13
Our favorite sequencers for music production - What are the best DAWs?
Learning
The DAW is the heart of modern home studios. A sequencer isn't something you should buy carelessly because it impacts the way you work – the whole process, from the idea to its realization. Here is a…
05/26/13

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