Are the “rules” for using compression the same for all types of music?
There is no one rule when it comes to mixing. Different mixers (the people who mix) have different opinions, different experiences, different styles and many more difference. But they all usually agree on one thing – producing good results.
When it comes to using compression, things get even more complicated because there are so many things you can do with it. In general, compression is a tool for making the volume level of something more even and consistent (check out out our posts Should You Use Compression In Audio Recording? and Improve Or Ruin Your Audio With an Effect Called Compression.
Compression can be a complex beast. And what works for one type of music may be totally inappropriate for other genres.
Read more about what to do with compression depending on the genre of music here: https://music.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-use-compression-in-different-genres–cms-29270
Archives for August 2017
Your Guide To Buying Virtual Instruments
With all the choices available in the market today, coming up with a list is quite a task at hand. MusicTech has made efforts to come up with a comprehensive list of the best virtual instruments available today. Not just that but they also took in hand to group these instruments according to each category. Here is a list of the categories with the best available virtual instruments.
Categories go as follows:
For the Synths category here are the instruments buyers can choose from:
GForce Oddity 2 – probably the finest emulation of a classic synth we have today, but this synth goes even beyond.
Read more here: http://www.musictech.net/2017/08/buyers-guide-virtual-instruments/
Imperfect Recordings? No Problem!
Like most music enthusiasts the idea of a perfect recording is probably the ultimate goal. Setting up the best home studio, working with sophisticated tools and setting up an environment for that one perfect mix, unfortunately for most of us, having all of these does not always equal to a perfect recording. Sometimes it’s the driving force that actually pulls away from this desire. The tendency is we tend to over do things in trying to remove all those imperfections and at the end, we take away the tracks life as well.
Learn to let go and loosen up a bit.
Read more here: https://www.recordingrevolution.com/the-art-of-embracing-imperfections-in-your-recordings/
The Emerging Cassette Culture
Who would have thought that the long gone era of cassette tapes would resurface today. Slowly making its way up to the trends and backed up by a majority young millennial consumers is the cassette. Surprisingly it’s not a nostalgic move by the older generation but a recent discovery of the younger ones. Although some prefer the analog sound these cassettes produce it is really about bands wanting to own their music and cassettes are inexpensive and can be produced in a small amount of time with not much effort. Leading to what we call now as the “Cassette Culture”.
Read more here: http://bobbyowsinskiblog.com/2017/08/10/cassette-culture/
How To Record An Acoustic Guitar
There is no one size fits all when it comes to recording your acoustic guitar, this type just varies per instrument so recording one may need some variations. Good thing there is more than one technique you can choose from. Producer, engineer, author and coach Bobby Owsinski of the Music Production gives us three techniques from his book that is sure to work. Have them handy in case everything else you have tried failed.
First, consider the following, close miking the sound hole is a complete no-no because generally, this is where the worst way to produce that sound for your recording.
Close miking the sound hole is a complete no-no, as this produces the worst sound you can use for your recording.
Read more here: http://bobbyowsinskiblog.com/2017/08/09/recording-acoustic-guitar/