[Feature Article] Soldering Basics for Guitar Players -… - Soldering Equipment for Beginners
The use of a soldering iron is indispensable if you need to change the pickups, a jack or any other component of your guitar. While changing a string is no secret for most of us, it's a whole differe…
[Feature Article] Quantizing Basics - Fix the Timing in your MIDI Tracks for a Natural Sound
The quantize function in your DAW lets you to clean up sloppy timing in MIDI recordings, and in many DAW’s, in audio tracks, too. It’s very powerful, but also very easy to overuse. Here, we’ll look a…
[Feature Article] Why Headroom is Important - Keep Your Levels Down and Your Headroom Up, and Your Music Will Sound Better
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…
[Feature Article] Panning Strategies - Advice For Placing Elements in the Stereo Soundscape
Panning seems like a simple enough task. You turn the panning knobs to the positions you want your tracks to be situated in the stereo image and you’re done, right? Well there’s more to it…
[Feature Article] Polishing and Exporting the Final File - Recording Your DJ Sessions - Part 4
In the three previous parts, we showed you how to set up the DJ hardware, how to configure your computer to record an optimal signal and some good practices to keep in mind for your sessions. Now tha…
[Feature Article] Making the BEST of the world's WORST … - Merry Christmas
Sad because you've opened all of your gifts? Don't fret, there's still one left! Our gift to you, in all it's glory.
[Feature Article] Taming a New Studio - How to Control a Monitoring System
Regardless of whether you're mixing in a studio you don't know, just bought a new monitoring system or moved into a new flat, it's crucial for you to get used to your listening environment before sta…
[Feature Article] The Real Blind-Test - Everything About the ABX Test
When you want to compare two audio samples, it's often hard to tell if you are actually hearing a difference or if your ears and your brain are cheating you. In fact, hearing is a somewhat unreliable…
[Feature Article] Get a good mix with headphones - Mixing Tips For Headphones
Mixing with Headphones can be a viable option to achieving great mixes. Although it’s always recommended to use high quality monitor speakers, sometimes they aren’t a viable option. It may be late at…
[Feature Article] Mixing your drums Part 1 : the kick - Mixing The Kick Drum
In most Genre’s the Kick Drum will be the Low End foundation of the song. So really we should treat it with respect and try and get the best out of it while mixing. If you have recorded the Kick Drum…