Up there with compression in its essential music production status, EQ (short for ‘equalisation’) is one of the most powerful effects in your mixing toolbox, enabling shaping of the frequency [...]
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Read Time: 10 Minutes Step 1: Preparing Your Vocal Track Before diving into EQ, it's crucial to start with a well-recorded vocal. Ensure your recording environment is treated to [...]
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Scenario 1: “I have a new song idea. Now what?" Whether you have lyrics and an overall sound in mind or a more defined vocal melody and basic chord [...]
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Keep kicks, snares, basses and vocals central While it can be all too tempting to go nuts with the panning controls in your DAW’s mixer, splaying mix elements out [...]
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1. Buy a good set – but make sure it’s the right set Being so fundamental to the overall mixing process, your monitors are the one element of your [...]
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