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Better Tracks Through Editing - Part 2 - How to replace bad notes or chords via copy and paste
Learning
In part 1 of this article we discussed using cut, copy and paste editing techniques to fix rhythmic mistakes. This time around, we'll use those same edit tools to replace notes that are the wrong pit…
10/21/14
The Living Colour guitarist on film scoring, DAWs, amp … - Vernon Reid Talks Tech
Learning
When you hear the name Vernon Reid, your first thought is probably of his work with Living Colour, featuring his speedy and inventive guitar playing. But Reid is also an accomplished composer, scorin…
10/20/14
The Wet/Dry/Wet Technique - Improve your sound when using time-based effects in your guitar setup
Learning
Reverb, delay and all other so-called time-based effects can sometimes "dirty up" your basic guitar sound to the point that you are forced to reduce their level in order to preserve a minimum of audi…
10/19/14
The Prerequisites for a Relaxed Mixing Session - A guide to mixing music - Part 3
Learning
The simple act of clearing certain technical and practical tasks in the earliest stages of the production of a song can have miraculous effects, not only in terms of efficiency, but also from a creat…
10/15/14
Better Tracks Through Editing - Part 1 - How to Fix Rhythmic Mistakes in a Recorded Track
Learning
Today’s DAW software — not to mention a slew of third party plug-ins — offers you powerful processing options for manipulating the time and pitch of your audio. But did you know that you can fix a lo…
10/15/14
Filter It Out! - Sound synthesis, sound design and audio processing - Part 7
Learning
Today we'll deal with another element that is essential to sound synthesis: Filters. They are widely used in subtractive synthesis, which is the most widespread form of synthesis, making filters pret…
10/12/14
Mixing with Myself…or Not! - A Guide To Mixing Music - Part 2
Learning
We'll devote this second installment of our mixing article series to a bit of advice that is worth its weight in gold: Whenever possible, let someone else mix your songs and/or recordings
10/06/14
Sound synthesis, sound design and audio processing - Pa… - Swing It!
Learning
Today we'll begin our exploration of the different elements that constitute a synthesizer. "It's about time!," I hear some of you say... And it's true, but it's important to have a theoretical backgr…
10/04/14
Make Some Noise! - Sound synthesis, sound design and audio processing - Part 5
Learning
In the previous article, we explored sounds based on waveforms with more or less harmonics, but they all had one thing in common: They were periodic. As we saw, if you refer to periodic cycle, you re…
09/28/14
Talking to BT about his upcoming throwback album and hi… - BT Goes Back to the '80s
Learning
There are few musicians who are as skilled with technology and as articulate about it as BT. For his latest project, a band called All Hail The Silence, BT and Christian Burns produced an album as if…
09/24/14
In Search of the Perfect Wave - Sound synthesis, sound design and audio processing - Part 4
Learning
In the previous articles of this series, we explored sound at its core and discovered waves and what defines them. Today we'll look into the main waveforms that are usually adopted as the basic ingre…
09/21/14
Basic Guitar Chords - Guitar essentials for writing songs and playing with other musicians
Learning
Some people may just want to learn the basic guitar chords to impress girls (or boys) on the beach or to modestly accompany themselves when singing. Whatever your reasons, here are some basic chords …
09/21/14
Avoiding Feedback with an Acoustic Guitar - Tips for Playing Acoustic Guitar Live - Part 1
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Commonly used by electric guitar players, especially to liven things up, feedback is the worst enemy of acoustic musicians. In this series of articles we'll look into the solutions to play a relaxed …
09/19/14
Of Sync Fees, Royalties and Exclusive Deals - Making Money From Music Licensing - Part 2
Learning
In part 1, we discussed what licensing is, and described how music libraries work. In this second and final part, we’ll look at the different ways you can make money from a licensed piece of music, t…
09/16/14
Sound Synthesis, Sound Design and Audio Processing - Pa… - What's the Frequency?
Learning
As we saw in the previous article of this series, if a waveform is recurrent, it is called a periodic wave. From a theoretical point of view, for example, musical notes are all based on a periodic wa…
09/14/14