Plug-in effects have become the most important tools in a modern producer’s studio setup. The plug-in effect can do literally everything. From adding a gentle touch of reverb to your vocals to mastering a track; from helping to compose a tune to actually mixing one.
As with the virtual instruments before them, plug-in effects were developed to replace expensive hardware. Digital recording just wasn’t cutting it back in the early 1990s. This was because of those expensive analogue pieces that were used for recording throughout the 50s to 70s were ditched in the 80s to ‘do’ digital recording instead.
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Recording Tips and Techniques
Getting up and running in PreSonus Studio One 3
This incredible music production software is available for both Mac and Windows and comes in three versions: Studio One Prime, Artist, and Professional. Prime is free, Artist around £80/$120 and Prime around £340/$480.
The Prime and Artist versions lack many of the virtual instruments and effects that you get with Professional. You also get more options to mix your music in different ways with Professional. plus more direct connectivity with music websites like Soundcloud. However, Artist is also a very good DAW option and you can often get it bundled free with Presonus hardware.
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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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Mixing Drums With the Ableton 10 Drum Buss
Ableton’s latest update to Live 10 is an all-in-one solution for drum mixing needs as there is now a dedicated Drum Buss audio effect to make mixing drums easier than ever.
Mixing your drums can be a daunting task. Producers and engineers often stack on plugins to try and achieve that powerful and punchy drum sound that we are all accustomed to hearing. With Ableton’s latest to update to Live 10, you now have an all-in-one solution for your drum mixing needs since there is a dedicated drum bus audio effect to make mixing your drums easier than ever.
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