There is no shortage of techniques one can employ to track guitar more creatively. But not so when it comes to synth recording.
Not only is it harder to look cool while playing a synthesizer on stage (you usually just look like you’re trying to wiggle away from a bee) Read more...
Neuratron’s PhotoScore is standalone software for macOS and Windows that allows you to scan, read, and edit sheet music.
It lets you scan handwritten or printed sheet music, edit rhythm, key signatures, lyrics and other markings, as well as reformat and extract musical parts.
It’s also possible to transpose scores. Read more...
Not all mixing advice is created equal.
Some of the most often repeated pieces of bad mix advice have a small kernel of truth in them… and a seed of destruction.
Justin Colletti highlights his favorite (or least favorite) pieces of bad advice around mixing. What are yours?
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This sponsored “3 Techniques” was made possible by KIT Plugins.
Check the map smack in the middle of Memphis and Nashville, and you see where mixer Emily Bowie hails from.
Eventually, Music City’s magnetic pull won out. Now this busy audio pro’s Nashville studio Fair Air Music is Bowie’s HQ Read more...
Delay. We all love it.
Arguably the most critical effect in music production, delays are the basis for many other well-known effects.
Flanging, phasing, and chorusing? All delay-based.
Digital reverbs that aren’t convolution-based? Most likely built around multiple delay lines.
Delays can be used to add rhythmic emphasis or make Read more...
Want an honest chance of making money in music or music production? You have to stop approaching it with a 20th century mindset.
Music and studio production is a participant sport, not a spectator sport, says Justin Colletti.
Here’s what that means, and the 5 ways to make an income Read more...
Maybe it’s just me and my love for studio tricks, but when I hear a sound that’s kind of busted on a recording, it draws me in.
The studio rat in me wants to know more about what went into creating it. The artistic side of me is entranced by Read more...
Tough audio decisions arrive fast and furious. Close mics or overheads? Pan left or right? How fast the attack?
EastSide Sound, one of New York City’s most distinguished commercial studios, faced a deeper crossroads: Keep a classic console or procure a new desk?
‘Twasn’t easy, but after many a sleepless Read more...
Is there such a thing as “objectively” good sound quality? How about “objectively good” mix techniques? Objectively good microphones?
How much can we say with certainty about what we do in the studio, and how much of it is just up to taste and preference? Justin Colletti explores in this Read more...
EastWest has built a name for itself as one of the most in-demand sample library developers in the world.
Their libraries consist of everything from orchestral strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion to East Asian solo instruments or even sounds inspired by The Beatles.
Initially releasing third-party libraries for Native Instruments’ Read more...
