Your vocals is kind of the focal point of a mix, getting it right is absolutely a must. Even if you miss a few things here and there but if you get your vocals right you are still on the right track. And it goes the other way around even if you get everything else perfect and on the dot but you can’t get your vocals right, it just doesn’t sound right. Now since you need to nail your vocal perfectly here are a few recommendations when it comes to plugins that will surely help your vocal mix up to par.
Read more here: https://theproaudiofiles.com/favorite-plugins-for-mixing-vocals/
Recording Software
Using EQ To Clean-Up Your Audio
Are you tired of those annoying noises in a vocal? Plosives and fizzy effs to name a few? Learn how to use your EQ to fix all of these problems in your Audio. Jon Tidey of reaperblog.net shows us how we can maximize the use of our EQ in solving these common and most of the times irritating problems we face in our mixing.
He starts off with vocal tracks dealing with those fizzy long effs which you may not come across very often but can cause a lot of problems during your mix. By using fading and item effects he shows how it can be resolved.
Watch video here: http://reaperblog.net/2017/05/eq_for_editing/
Dance Music Build-Ups Using Logic
Today standing out in the crowd with a beat can be quite difficult, with all the available tools for electronic music dropping a beat just is not that simple after all. Armed by your creativity Logic offers so much more tools to back you up. With nearly limitless combinations of plugins and processes, you can choose from. Remember that less is more, you would not believe how some of the most creative build-ups came from single mix elements, the only difference was how it was creatively manipulated. You just need to be creative and know where you start and where you want to end.
Read more here: http://www.musictech.net/2017/08/create-dance-music-build-ups/
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/
Sound Design Tutorial By Point Blank
Point Blank recently released its new tutorial video in line with its courses offered that includes the comprehensive BA (Hons) Music Production and Sound Engineering degree, also available online. This tutorial gives you a preview of the depth of this course and other things offered by Point Blank.
In this tutorial developer and instructor, Chris Carter gives out a few tips and techniques for sound design. In this video, Chris discusses in particular Reaktor by Native Instrument and how you can use it as an effect plugin. Using different effects such as reverb and delay Chris shows us chain Reaktor effects.
Read more here: http://www.musictech.net/2017/07/point-blank-reaktor-as-a-plugin/