August 17, 2023

Music Production And Recording Tips

Dynamic EQ DefinitionA dynamic equalizer is a combination of an EQ and a compressor. With it, you can compress audio in a frequency-dependent way. A dynamic EQ can take a frequency band, give it a threshold, and compress that area of frequencies when they go over a threshold.Why Use Dynamic EQ?Every genre of music I

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August 13, 2023

Music Production And Recording Tips

Multiband Compression DefinitionMultiband compression is like having separate compressors working in different frequency ranges. A multiband compressor divides an audio signal up into frequency bands and offers individual control of compression for each of those bands.Compression vs Multiband CompressionCompression: reduces dynamic range. It evens out volume. It usually does this by turning down the loudest

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August 10, 2023

Music Production And Recording Tips

Sidechain Definition:Sidechaining (sometimes called ducking) is using one audio signal to trigger compression on another audio signal.Sidechaining ExamplesVocal Narration: Let suppose you have a narrator talking over background music. You want the music to drop a little in volume when the narrator is speaking, and the music to come up a bit when the narrator

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August 9, 2023

Music Production And Recording Tips

Parallel Compression DefinedParallel compression (sometimes known as New York compression) is when you blend compressed signals (wet signals), with uncompressed signals (dry signals) on a track, channel or bus. Let’s suppose we have a snare drum. We might route the snare to a separate channel, with a compressor on it. The unprocessed snare track is on

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July 29, 2023

Music Production And Recording Tips

CompressionCompression definition: Compression is a decrease in dynamic range. Dynamic range definition: Dynamic range is simply the difference between the loudest and quietest parts of any sound or audio signal. Why would we want to decrease dynamic range? Well, so we can hear the quiet parts of our song productions, and the loud parts aren’t too loud.

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