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Dynamic EQs are such a luxury in the modern age of music production. They are absolute gold when it comes to correcting resonant frequencies and taming a certain frequency spectrums of a signal. To a drum loop, dynamic EQ can rebalance the kick and snare very well. I have multiband Read more
As Black Friday 2023 sales kick off for the audio industry I thought this post would be appropriate. Tell me if any of these email headlines sound familiar: Deciphering The Fluff Let’s decipher those subject lines to understand the subtext a bit: Subtext Is Everything If you try to understand Read more
So it’s probably a little early for end-of-the-year lists just yet but I wanted to shout out these three plugins that are on high rotation on my mastering chain at the moment. Sonible True Balance I’m a big fan of Sonible’s plugins. I use the Smart EQ 3 in most Read more
The de-esser is a wonderful tool. We’re actually pretty spoiled by having them when you consider the process involved with de-essing before they were invented. Engineers would use a number of techniques to help reduce sibilance in a vocal take. George Martin and Andrew Scheps try to avoid sibilance in Read more
Maths and music have long been interconnected conceptually. Whilst I understand this, it’s not at the forefront of my mind and it is more of a “feel” thing. That said, I was really struck by how this maths concept became obvious whilst working on a mix for an album recently. Read more