The mixing down of a song is one of the most crucial stages of a recording. It’s the last thing you do before the song is finished and ready for the mastering engineer. Here is an article by Disc Makers explaining how it affects the sound of your final song. Read it here: http://blog.discmakers.com/2015/08/home-studio-acoustics-is-your-home-studio-control-room-killing-your-mixdown/
Recording Software
New Noise Reduction Tool In Audacity
Audacity ( is a free audio recording and editing software program that can do some amazing things for the price:). We even have a tutorial course with videos showing you how to begin audio recording with almost no budget by using audacity – The Newbies Guide To Audio Recording Awesomeness 1: the Basics With Audacity.
It has always had a noise reduction tool – called “Noise Removal” – that worked fairly well. But frankly, though it was OK in a pinch, it wasn’t really very good.
But with the release of version 2.1 in July, 2015, they upgraded the tool – now called “Noise Reduction.” And it works a lot better than the original version!
Below is a video demo of the new Noise Reduction tool in Audacity 2.1 (and later). I just did a quick voice recording with the air conditioning running in the room, which causes a steady, low frequency background noise. Judge for yourself:). You can hear the noise (and then lack of it) better if you wear headphones.
If you use Reaper, here is how to do noise reduction using their built-in tools: ReaFIR Madness – The Hidden Noise Reduction Tool in Reaper
Windows 10 Enhanced For Music Production
Windows 10 Was released last July 29, at 12 AM EST. The tool Media Creation Tool can be used by tech savvy users to install immediately on one or multiple devices. To know more about this, check this blog by blog.cakewalk.com http://blog.cakewalk.com/windows-10-music-production/
What Do You Think Is The Best Voice Recorder?
Well, as a musician, you would really want to know what’s the best voice recorder that we can use. Here is an article by engadget explaining why Sony ICD-UX533 is the best http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/14/the-best-voice-recorder/
A List of Recommended Software Compressors
There are lots of compressor plug-ins on the market, and it is impossible to create a FULL list here! So here’s a collaboration withAudiofanzine and the author, Nantho, who listed a few personal favorites in this blog http://en.audiofanzine.com/getting-started/editorial/articles/a-who-s-who-of-software-compressors.html