Archives for May 2019

How to Master Your Music – inSync

May 15, 2019 by Elaine Sy Leave a Comment

For songs to sound like the ones we hear on the radio, they have to be mastered. Mastering is the final process that music undergoes before it’s distributed. Mastering takes a lot of practice and proficiency. However, it isn’t as complicated as it looks.

There are a lot of tools that you could choose from if you want to master your own songs. Some of them are the iZotope Ozone and IK Multimedia T-RackS, plug-in bundles like the Waves Grand Masters Collection and FabFilter’s Mastering Bundle, and high-end hardware offerings like Manley’s Variable Mu compressor and Massive Passive EQ and Bettermaker’s Mastering Equalizer and Mastering Limiter.

Read more about this here: https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/how-to-master-your-music/

Behringer's K20 Is A Korg MS-20 Clone And It's Coming Soon

May 15, 2019 by Jake Weston Leave a Comment

Music is such a booming industry. It can be made professionally in a studio in LA or it could be made in your tiny 500 square feet apartment if you have the correct tools. Behringer has a brand-new synthesizer model coming out and Hollin Jones takes us through a detailed description of the product and what sets it aside from their previous model. From 4 oscillator shapes, analog capabilities and an extra 3 year warranty, you are likely to be just as thrilled as Hollin.

Key Takeaways:

The author states that while reading his blog posts today he discovered that Behringer has released a new synth into the market.
Some features of the Behringer K-20 that have not been confirmed yet is that it has an analog synthesizer with an analog signal path.
The synth comes with a three year warranty and it has a comprehensive MIDI channel with USB/MIDI implementation along with selection of voice that is a priority.

“Whether it is a Eurorack synthesizer or a larger desktop synth is as yet not clear.”

How streaming is changing the way music is produced, and what you can do about it

May 14, 2019 by Elaine Sy Leave a Comment

For the past years, CD sales and digital downloads are going on a downward slope. People mostly listen to songs on streaming platforms. This affects the way musicians produce music hence influences the entire music industry.

Streaming services like Spotify, use an algorithm to determine how far your song goes. With the huge amount of songs uploaded each day, one needs to know how songs are being written, structured, and produced. One tip would be to make your songs shorter. The average length of a song on the Billboard Hot 100 dropped from over four minutes in 2000 to under three minutes and thirty seconds in 2008.

7 Quick Tips For Mixing Drums

May 13, 2019 by Elaine Sy Leave a Comment

The drums are one of the instruments that you need to be cautious when mixing. This is because there are a lot of components in a drumkit that requires different EQ, compression, and all the other processing done to all these elements as a whole. Listed in this article are a few basic suggestions and considerations for working with the drums in a mix.

To start off, you need to take inventory and set goals. The raw recorded sound must be put into consideration. Whatever processing is ultimately done and that can vary quite a bit depending on musical and mixing considerations.

Read more about this here: https://ask.audio/articles/7-quick-tips-for-mixing-drums

How to Mix at the "Right" Volume Level – inSync

May 12, 2019 by Elaine Sy Leave a Comment

The K-system by mastering engineer Bob Katz is used in the film industry to put the focus on the dynamic range, instead of the loudness. K-System helps produce more consistent mixes and masters.

A lot of music is made in home studios, so people sometimes aren’t aware of the established practices these “big studios” implement. The K-System helps promote good mixing/mastering/monitoring practices. It is a great tool for a better and more consistent mix. Since no matter how carefully you mix or master a song, every listener will hear it differently.

Read more about this here: https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/mix-right-volume-level/