[Feature Article] All About DC Offset - DC Offset: Case of the Missing Headroom
It was a dark and stormy night. I was rudely awakened at 3 AM by the ringing of a phone, pounding my brain like a jackhammer that spent way too much time chowing down at Starbucks. The voice on the o…
[Feature Article] How to Compress a Guitar or Bass - Dynamics Processing Meets Rock Guitar
Dynamics processing with studio-oriented processors? Been there, done that. But have you re-visited it lately in a guitar context? Dynamics control for vocals or program material is very different co…
[Feature Article] Whether for Recording or Live Perform… - Making Equalization Work For You
Equalization is one of the most important and powerful tools in the recording enthusiast’s arsenal, yet too many people adjust equalization with their eyes – not their ears. For example, one time aft…
[Feature Article] How to Master Your Music at Home - Mastering: The DIY Guide
Mastering is one of the few creative processes that still finds itself quite high up on a pro-audio pedestal. The creation of music, the recording, mixing and production is all within the hands of th…
[Feature Article] 7 Things You Should Never Do While Mi… - Live Sound Mixing
Top 7 tips to learn and live by when you are behind the mixing console at a live show.
[Feature Article] Exclusive Interview Reveals Productio… - Infected Mushroom Sound Alchemy
Innovators, geek tricksters, obsessive-perfectionists, un-serious, electronic-rock geniuses? Time will tell, yet The Legend of the Black Shawarma, Infected Mushroom’s 7th album release will certainly…
[Feature Article] EQ and Compression Techniques Pt.2: D… - EQ and Compression Techniques Pt.2: Drums
Despite the preponderance of exceptional drum samples and loops on the market, for certain genres of music (notably country and rock) there is no substitute for a great session drummer playing on a w…
[Feature Article] Mixing Guitar and Vocals - EQ and Compression Techniques for Vocals and Acoustic Guitar
As an engineer/producer, one of my biggest early challenges was getting my mixes to sound as polished and balanced as the mixes of songs on my favorite albums. Living in Nashville, I knew the problem…
[Feature Article] Introduction - Using a Mixer: Rehearsals
Before you’re ready for arenas and stadiums, where you’d no doubt call on the services of an experienced sound technician, you need to rehearse. And as long as you’re rehearsing you might as well do …
[Feature Article] Software Comparison - Time Stretching & Pitch Shifting: Comparison Part I
OK, here we go! This is the first of our comparative software tests on time-stretching and pitch-shifting. The competitors: 26 Mac and PC programs, from big sequencers to small applications, plug-ins…