Award-winning mixer Michael Brauer talks techniques, ge… - The Wizard of Compression
LearningAn eight-time Grammy-award winner, engineer Michael Brauer has put his magic mixing touch on albums for Coldplay, John Mayer, and the Dave Matthews Band among many others. He is known for his unique …
Synthetic scales from tetrachords of altered modes - Pa… - Harmony Basics - Part 68
LearningIn the previous article you learned that Lydian tetrachords were absent from the modes of the melodic minor scale. But since we really like the oddest combinations, I suggest we wrap up this brief re…
Headphone mix for the singer - Part 4 - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 99
LearningIn this fourth part you'll learn how to fine-tune the cue mix for the singer by improving the ordinary in no time.
Black Friday / Cyber Monday Sales at Sweetwater - Everyday is Black Friday this week at Sweetwater
LearningFort Wayne-based retailer Sweetwater is launching a giant week-long Black Friday / Cyber Monday sale. As partners, we are listing the best offers you’ll get online on music instruments and audio gear…
Synthetic scales from tetrachords of altered modes - Pa… - Harmony Basics - Part 67
LearningLast time we started exploring the tetrachords of the altered modes in general and the synthetic scales created from the tetrachords of the melodic minor scale in particular. You saw that apart from …
Headphone mix for the singer - Part 3 - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 98
LearningAfter the brief detour last week to discuss a less conventional way to handle the cue mix, today we'll go back to the more traditional way, that is the use of a good ol' pair of headphones. We'll dis…
Synthetic scales from tetrachords of altered modes - Pa… - Harmony Basics - Part 66
LearningAfter having reviewed in our last article the synthetic scales resulting from the taking apart of natural modes and the redistribution of their tetrachords, let's see what you get when you do the sam…
Headphone mix for the singer - Part 2 - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 97
LearningLast week I mentioned the preposterous idea of using a speaker instead of headphones to send the cue mix to the singer. This obviously entails the mic picking up a lot of bleed, however as I implied …
Synthetic scales from natural modes - Harmony Basics - Part 65
LearningIn the previous article I introduced synthetic scales, which made us dig up an element of scales and modes which we had already touched upon before: tetrachords. So before we move on I think it's imp…
Headphone mix for the singer - Part 1 - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 96
LearningToday's article could've been easily included in the previous section because we are once again dealing with the comfort of the singer. However, I decided to make it part of a new, much larger sectio…
Synthetic scales - Harmony Basics - Part 64
LearningLast time I told you we would discover a couple of somewhat particular scales: the harmonic major and double harmonic major scales. But they belong to a larger group called synthetic scales, which I …
The comfort of the performer - Part 3 - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 95
LearningThird and final installment of the chapter dedicated to the comfort of the singer during vocal recordings. Today, for the first time, we will discuss the gear used. However, before looking at it from…
Harmony Basics - Part 63 - The modes of the harmonic minor scale - Part 2
LearningToday we'll continue studying the modes of the harmonic minor scale we began last week. I invite you to discover with me...
The comfort of the performer - Part 2 - The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 94
LearningSecond part of the chapter dedicated to the comfort of the singer when recording vocals. After discussing the place last week, today you'll see some really nice tricks that will allow the singer to f…
Harmony Basics - Part 62 - The modes of the harmonic minor scale - Part 1
LearningAfter having studied in the previous article the altered modes of the melodic minor scale, today we'll look into those of the harmonic minor scale.
