Audio Recording

The Sonarworks Reference plug-in has become an essential tool for mixing by delivering a reliably neutral sound on which to base key mixing decisions. When using headphones, Reference allows you to apply DSP correction profiles for over 100 popular headphone models. For speaker correction, Reference utilizes a measurement microphone to generate a custom profile for your speakers and room.
Now Sonarworks have gone one step further, introducing a new standard that promises to deliver the same sound on all speakers and headphones, with just +/-0.9dB difference across different devices. They’re calling it Sonarworks SR, which stands for “Studio Reference”.
Read more about this here: https://www.soundonsound.com/news/sonarworks-intro-new-standard-accurate-monitoring

In working with sound, it is absolutely necessary to have a firm grasp of amplitude and loudness and the various methods of measurement. Key to this is understanding the decibel (dB). Most amplitude measurements use decibels in one form or another.
Thus, decibels express amplitude or loudness levels as a value relative to some reference value or beginning value. Most people begin to hear a slight change in level at plus or minus 2dB to 3dB. A 6dB change is perceived as a significant change in level and 10dB to 12dB can be heard as a doubling or halving of loudness.
Read more about this here: https://theproaudiofiles.com/amplitude-and-loudness/

Dynamic EQs are phenomenal. They are used when the hard, static filter cuts and boosts won’t suffice.  I will share with you my favorites. Don’t worry if some of the bigger names aren’t within the budget right now, I have two free ones for you as well! Here’s my run-down of some of my favorite Dynamic EQs and a little bit about each of them.

An EQ filter is generally static. It boosts, cuts and shapes incoming frequencies in a linear fashion. A compressor is non-linear. It “reacts” to incoming signals to boost, attenuate and shape sounds being fed through it dynamically.  A dynamic EQ takes the best of both worlds and combines them in one place. 

Read more about this here: https://ask.audio/articles/the-5-best-dynamic-eq-plugins-2-are-free

The innovative sounds pioneered by the engineers at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios in the 1960s are still coveted by young musicians today. Here we’ll be looking at how to create the vintage Abbey Road drum sound, applying the same classic techniques. 

Before we go through the methods, let’s take a look at some of the gear needed, including some faithful recreations of the original EMI equipment available, in both hardware and software formats. Assuming you have a lovely old 1960s drum kit to record, you’ll need a good bass drum mic, such as the AKG D112, a descendant of the AKG D20 originally used, as well as several all-purpose dynamic types.

Read more about this here: https://www.musictech.net/2018/07/recreate-abbey-road-drum-sound/