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Recording secrets of Depeche Mode's cult album
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Released in early 1990, "Violator" is Depeche Mode's seventh studio album. It was produced over most of 1989 with the help of producer Flood, sound engineer Steve Lyon and mixer François Kevorkian.
11/26/24
Ten Beatles production secrets
Learning
To express the full extent of their genius, the Beatles spent hundreds of hours in the studio experimenting. Since then, some have devoted entire books to their production secrets. For our part, we o…
09/16/24
Tips for Better Headphone Mixing
Learning
Headphones are more critical to the mixing process than ever. One reason is the popularity of music streaming. More people than ever are listening to music on mobile devices with headphones. So makin…
03/24/23
Arranging Tips
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Songwriting and performance are crucial ingredients for producing a great song. Another is the arrangement. That is, deciding which instrument and vocal parts will be in a song, and where they'll com…
07/17/22
How to get the best results when you record vocals
Learning
No matter the genre, a lead vocal track is always the focal point of a song. As a result, you should approach recording vocals with forethought and planning. If you want the best results, you need to…
06/14/22
Synthetic scales from tetrachords of altered modes - Part 3
Learning
In 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…
11/01/18
Headphone mix for the singer - Part 4
Learning
In this fourth part you'll learn how to fine-tune the cue mix for the singer by improving the ordinary in no time.
10/30/18
Synthetic scales from tetrachords of altered modes - Part 2
Learning
Last 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 …
10/28/18
Headphone mix for the singer - Part 3
Learning
After 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…
10/25/18
Synthetic scales from tetrachords of altered modes - Part 1
Learning
After 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…
10/23/18
Headphone mix for the singer - Part 2
Learning
Last 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 …
10/15/18
Synthetic scales from natural modes
Learning
In 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…
10/10/18
Headphone mix for the singer - Part 1
Learning
Today'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…
10/08/18
Synthetic scales
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Last 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 …
10/01/18
The comfort of the performer - Part 3
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Third 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…
09/30/18

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