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September 4, 2017
Older computer and microphone

Hi! I have two questions. Firstly, do you think that an older iMac (mid-2011) with RAM upgraded to 20GB would have sufficient capability to run music recording and processing software? Sorry, I have the software, but not the time to learn and put it through its paces and really test it. I was upsold a […]

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May 25, 2017
Why your home studio mixes suck

So, you've got the latest and greatest DAW, a high end notebook or desktop computer, every plugin you could lay your hands on, some cool looking "studio" monitors and headphones, and you watched every episode of Pensado's Place, but your home studio mixes still suck compared to the pros? What could you possibly be doing […]

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December 13, 2016
Mixer effects not being recorded

Hi Stephen, I came across your article; “Inserts vs Effects Sends – Which to use for what” and seeing the amount of knowledge you have on the subject I thought I'll try my luck asking you a question. I've recently bought my first ever mixer, Soundcraft Signature 12MTK which I wanted to use for multi-track […]

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December 2, 2016
Does burning MP3 files to CD sound better?

Puneet asks: guys i am a big party freak.. was just wondering if i burn mp3 songs (320 kbps) onto an audio format cd, will it sound even better??? The short answer is NO. Once audio has been encoded to the MP3 format, which is a lossy compressed format, you can't get back the audio […]

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April 1, 2016
FREE Mix - Get Mixed for free!

Submit your best song for a chance at a FREE Mix! Starting in April 2016, I'm taking song submissions for a chance to get your song mixed for free, along with some online promotion. Roughly once every other month (schedule permitting), I'll pick one song from all the current submissions through my mixing site, and […]

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February 6, 2016
Voice Doubling

Hi, please see link I have placed and let me know that how can I edit my voice as dual voice. What we call this function. Just help and rest I will practice thru different software. I removed the links from this question, but the vocal effects were basic voice doubling effects that can be […]

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November 10, 2015
4 Great Tips For Recording and Mixing an Acoustic Guitar

Guest article from Big Tone Mastering – Online Audio Mastering Recording and mixing an instrument such as an acoustic guitar can be as simple or as complex as you like but most important of all we need to get the sound right at the source to set us up for a good recording. Here at […]

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October 21, 2015
Online Mastering - Has the machine finally won the battle against man?

Guest article from Big Tone Mastering - Online Audio Mastering Mastering… it’s an area that has come under fire over the last few years, with computers becoming much more clever as algorithms continue to advance and in this sense, advanced to have the ability to understand what we need or understand what we think as […]

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March 4, 2015
Mastering Work Flow

Hi ! My compliments for you clear summarizing answers (sorry for my English), I have seen different mastering suites plugin considering normalize option good about the album building starting from the several songs. Which is the correct workflow ? Master first the more important song (Dreamed as a great "hit"), the loudest or the lower […]

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January 7, 2015
My Favorite plugin Reverb

For a long time, I stuck with hardware reverb when mixing, because I just didn't feel like there were any plugin reverbs that could come close to sound of dedicated hardware, such as my Kurzweil KSP-8. Eventually we got some pretty decent software reverbs, with my early favorites being the UAD EMT 140, followed later […]

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