LOC-NES is a multi-tool drum saturator and limiter VST/AU/AAX plugin for PC and Mac. It’s designed for processing drums and other percussive instruments, although it can also be used on vocals, bass guitars, synths, and other types of audio.
It consists of a saturator, a limiter, and a pair of filters. In tandem, the three modules can help shape, enhance, and clean up the processed audio signal while adding punch and increasing the overall loudness. The user interface is designed in a way which allows quick access to the tone shaping controls, with less focus on advanced tweaking.
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Music Recording
When It Comes To Panning, Respect The Big 3
One of the most overlooked elements in mixing is panorama. It is the act of placing a sound element in the soundfield. Panning lets us select where in that space we place the sound.
Panning can create excitement by adding movement to the track and clarity to an instrument by moving it out of the way of other sounds that may be clashing with it. Correct panning of a track can also make a recording sound bigger, wider, or deeper. The three major panoramic areas in a mix are the extreme hard left, the extreme hard right, and the center.
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The Essential Guide to Recording
It’s time to look into the main processes behind music production – recording. This part of music making is key and often one that you need to get right since it’s potentially difficult to undo mistakes you make during the process at a later stage.
The recording signal chain – that is getting an audio signal into your computer, producing a song and other files and instruments, and listening to the results on your monitors very much starts with a microphone. Hence, we’ll cover microphones and mic’ing techniques in this guide and include a variety of microphones over different price points.
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What’s Up with Reverse Reverb? Here’s How to Create This Cool Trick.
One of the most iconic effects in music is the reverse reverb. You’re listening to a song, and all of a sudden there’s a ghostly swell. It builds and builds until it’s about to explode, and then the vocals come in.
We’re going to talk about what the reverse reverb is, how to make it in your mix, and why you should be using it in your songs today. It comes in before any notes even start. The reverb becomes a part of the composition. Reverse reverb builds anticipation, giving the sound even more of an impact when it hits.
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Vintage Rewind: AKG C414 Microphone – An Underrated Workhorse
The C414 was launched in 1971, however, its origins can be traced back to 1953. That year AKG introduced the CK12 capsule found in its C12 condenser microphone. The C12 became an extremely popular studio mic with the BBC among the first to acquire several models.
As solid-state technology advanced throughout the 1960s, AKG developed a new FET (Field Effect Transistor) mic to augment and replace the valve C12. The C412 was a short-lived model though as the BBC requested a hypercardioid polar pattern in addition to the omni, cardioid and figure-8 patterns present.
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