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“I have no time”
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Do you know this sentence? Probably is the one that you’re continuing to repeat to yourself, after a long working day, you think about things you’d like to do but that you can’t finish because you just “have no time”. To be honest I always repeat it to myself, but trust me I’m trying…
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Drums Parallel Compression
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Until some time ago, when I hear talking about “parallel compression” I was used to think about that concepts too hard to understand, due to the complexity of the topics. Really too much for my lazy mind. Really, it’s a very common technique, I’d rather say a “classic” one. The concet is simple: it’s…
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Mixing in Mono
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Using the pan knob on your DAW during mixing is one of the best thing you can do to start placing tracks in their right place, getting always wider mixes. In fact, is one of the first thing you should do in the preliminary phases of your mixing sessions. Said that, did you ever…
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How to mic a Guitar amp cabinet
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Let’s talk about how you can mic your guitar amp. First of all, keep in mind that you don’t have to crank up the volume to the max to obtain a good sound, what’s important is the “sound” itself. Focus on your tone rather than the volume. During your recordings you don’t need to…
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Compressor parameters
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A compressor is an effect that reduce the volume of louder parts of a track, when the signal exceeds a particular level, based on some parameters. To keep it simple, it “compress” the dynamics of a track, making it more regular. I always used compressor during my mixing, but I admit that it’s not…