Don’t worry, there’s nothing wrong with your gate plugin – you’re just doing yourself, your mixes, and your clients a disservice by using it. Why? Because one of the most common uses for gates is the removal of cymbal bleed from your live drum tracks (specifically toms).
Amp Sims have been on the rise for the past decade, with more and more guitarists, bedroom producers & even pros jumping on board. With so much emphasis put on realistic tones and the cost of getting into recording, which one’s coming out on top in the digital age.
No matter how much off-axis rejection your mic has, you’re still going to have reverberations from every nearby sound source clawing their way into your signal.
We can blame the drummer, engineer, mixer, or whoever else might have a hand in the final drum sound on a recording, but the fact of the matter is: we beat the crap out of our drum tone. Here are some of the worst offenders...
Songwriting is becoming one of the biggest ways to make money in the music industry today. Songs with good production (which translates to good guitar tone) quickly jump to the top of the label’s list, here’s why...
For the guitar freaks that are looking to take their sound to the next level, here are a few tweaks and quirks to get you moving in the right direction:
Songwriting is becoming one of the biggest ways to make money in the music industry today. While it seems like labels are signing fewer and fewer artists, the demand for good songs continues to grow. Songs with good production (which translates to good guitar tone) quickly jump to the top of the label’s list, here’s why...
If you've seen me on social media talking about a book called "Making Sound", you might be wondering what's so special about this book... The author of Making Sound, Cristofer Odqvist, has the knowledge and experience that you would expect from someone who has been in the audio production and audio engineering industry for years. What the author really brings to the table...