20 quick and easy tips that will improve your productions (part 3)
You can read the second 20 quick and easy tips that will improve your productions here! Quick tip 41 On a vocal try using one...
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20 quick and easy tips that will improve your productions (part 2)
You can read the first 20 quick and easy tips that will improve your productions here! Quick tip 21 Try automating the master fader 1 or...
20 quick and easy tips that will improve your productions
I recently started a new series called “Quick tips” on the Audio Hertz Instagram account and decided it would be a good idea to compile...
6 audio effects you’re not using enough
Saturators If I could only have one effect or plugin, it would be a good saturator. You can use saturation to do just about everything...
How to mix faster with the pink noise mixing trick
You’ve probably used your favorite commercially produced song to check mixes and reference overall levels but have you ever tried using pink noise? With this...
5 more mixing mistakes that I used to make… and how to avoid them
Blindly adding effects Kick drum? Compress it! Guitar amp? Distort it! Vocals? Reverb it! Ok, the majority of the time I will compress the kick...
How to calibrate your studio monitors
Monitoring is arguably the most important part of mixing. Without being able to hear the music properly, you won’t be able to mix it. Your...
8 things you can do to help preserve your hearing
Be aware of noise levels in your environment Loud noises are everywhere. The construction site across the street, the local bar on a Friday night…...
Does zipping audio files affect the sound quality?
I’ve been recording and producing music for almost 15 years now. I’ve sent clients files in every form possible: USB drives, hard drives, WeTransfer, Dropbox,...
What are the different types of compressors?
FET, Opto, VCA, Vari-MU…..you’ve probably heard these names to describe types of compressors, you sort of know which type is right for what, but what...