We often mix different plug-ins with different types of reverb. Here in the article by Audio Fanzine, we can identify the specific plug-in to use when mixing one type of reverb which is spring reverb. READ MORE.
Recording Tips and Techniques
Parallel Compression Made Easy
What is Parallel Compression? Well it helps to know what regular compression is first. We’ve written several posts about that here on Home Brew Audio:
See Improve Or Ruin Your Audio With an Effect Called Compression, Should You Use Compression In Audio Recording? and Vocal Compression Using Reaper’s ReaComp Effect Plugin. Those last two have videos to help explain compression.It is applying compression (see our post
For parallel compression, you apply the effect twice on two (or more) copies of the same signal. Each copy of the signal is processed differently – compressed with one set of settings, then again with different settings – but plays back simultaneously with the original. The copies are mixed together.
Here is an article about it with a lot more detail from the Sundown Sessions Blog – https://sundownsessionsstudio.com/parallel-compression-vocals/
Gain, Volume, Loudness and Levels – What Does It All Mean?
I recently wrote an article for the Disc Makers blog, Echoes – Insights For Independent Artists, called “What is the difference between loudness, volume and gain?” The main focus of the article is along the lines of my constant harangue about audio terminology and how its often confusing and sometimes overly technical jargon can make it difficult for regular people (i.e. NOT engineers or other techie types) to learn audio recording concepts. This particular time, I wanted to shed some light on the terms: gain, volume, loudness and levels.
Read the article here if you want to know more about this stuff: Recording Studio Difference Between Loudness, Volume And Gain http://blog.discmakers.com/2015/11/difference-between-loudness-volume-and-gain/#ixzz3siuq6Vad
Balancing Vocals In The Mix by Point Blank
Balancing vocals is one of the biggest challenge in the area of music making. In electronic music, it makes it even more difficult to attempt to balance a dynamic, real-world source with a more consistent sample-based bed. Watch the tutorial video in this article by Music Tech.
8 Unusual Plugins For Creativity
All music producers have their favorite plug-ins, but being comfortable with those plug-ins usually is the culprit why our creativity fails! Now, Music Tech discusses different awesome plug-ins that help spur your creativity. Here it is…