[Feature Article] All About Dynamics Processing - Mysteries of Dynamics Processing Revealed
A dynamic processor is something that outputs a signal, where the level of the outgoing signal is based on the level of the incoming signal. In other words, a loud signal coming in will come out diff…
[Feature Article] World Class Mix Engineer Answers Some… - Exclusive Interview with Dave Pensado
Dave pensado is a man who requires minimal introduction. He’s a world class mix engineer who’s worked on countless hit records. He’s also a teacher & mentor to an entire generation of successful mix …
[Feature Article] When it’s time to mix a recording, yo… - Mixing - The 12 Step Program
Mixing is not only an art, it’s the crucial step that turns a collection of tracks into a finished piece of music. A good mix can bring out the best in your music—it spotlights a composition’s most i…
[Feature Article] When Noise Attacks Your Signal, Fight… - Seven Ways to Reduce Noise
Is noise really a problem? After all, analog tape hiss is almost extinct. We have 24-bit converters with signal-to-noise ratios that far exceed that of the CD. Low-level hum? Today's signals have ple…
[Feature Article] Mixvibes U-MIX Control Pro Review - U-Mix and U Control
Mixvibes was founded in 2003, when they started to market a product that allowed mixing and scratching digital files using time-coded vinyl records and CDs with the use of a sound card. Nowadays, Mix…
[Feature Article] Proven Ways to Enhance Your Vocals - Recording & Processing the Ultimate Vocal
So what’s the best way to record vocals these days? The answer, of course, is that anything goes if it gives the sound you want. Following are some of the possibilities.
[Feature Article] It's Possible to Get "hot" Masters wi… - Big Sounds without Overcompressing
I was driving along one of those Floridian roads that goes between the coasts, and is flatter than the Spice Girls without auto-tuning . . . in other words, a perfect place to crank up my car's CD pl…
[Feature Article] Panning According to Craig Anderton - Panning Laws Revealed
The idea of panning seems pretty obvious, right? You turn a panpot (real or virtual) to place a sound somewhere in the stereo field...
[Feature Article] To Your CPU, Mixing Is the Ultimate P… - Mixing in a Plug-In World
You gotta love plug-ins, but they’ve changed the rules of mixing. In the hardware days, the issue was whether you had enough hardware to deal with all your tracks. Now that you can insert the same pl…
[Feature Article] Have Fun with Noise Gates - Noise Gates Don't Have to be Boring
Noise gates aren't as relevant as they were back in the analog days, when hiss was an uninvited intruder on anything you recorded. But noise gates can do some really cool special effects that have no…