Many recorded versions of traditional music require a particular number of dancers for the number of measures of music. What if you have more, or fewer dancers? For example, the standard number of repeats of Upon a Summer's Day from Playford's The … [Continue reading] about How To Remix "Upon a Summer's Day" For Two Couples
Making A Weak Vocal Track Sound Stronger And Punchier
Lead vocal tracks almost always benefit from at least some compression. See my tutorial on using Reaper's ReaComp compressor plugin to see a video of how to apply compression to a vocal track here: Vocal Compression Using Reaper’s ReaComp Effect … [Continue reading] about Making A Weak Vocal Track Sound Stronger And Punchier
Tips For Improving The Sound Of A DI Bass
Many people, including me - since I'm not a truly bass player - record bass guitar using a direct inject (or DI for short) box instead of using a microphone on a bass amplifier. For one thing, you don't have to own a bass amplifier and when you have … [Continue reading] about Tips For Improving The Sound Of A DI Bass
Color Coding Tracks To Organize Your Mix
One of the many great things you can do when mixing with software, as opposed to the old-school way when you had to use and actual physical mixing board (shock, horror!) is the ability to easily drag, move and color-code tracks around for easy … [Continue reading] about Color Coding Tracks To Organize Your Mix
3 Keys To Killer Drum Tracks When You Don’t Have Any Drums
Many musicians are acting as their own recording engineers, using computer-based home recording studios whose capabilities are ever-improving while their prices are ever-decreasing. These home recording studios are, more often than not, located in a … [Continue reading] about 3 Keys To Killer Drum Tracks When You Don’t Have Any Drums