A lot of us take the art and science of mixing and mastering music very seriously. Most of us focus on one thing: the quality of the outcome, not mixing in the box or out of it. Who cares how you do it as long as the end result rocks, right? NOPE. People like drama. … Read more
Are these crazy expensive studio cables worth the cash? How come I can buy a Livewire XLR cable for a literal fraction of the price of a Monster cable? And then I see these ridiculous audiophile cables asking a thousand dollars or more for a single cable? What’s the deal? Do they actually produce better … Read more
Of the many questions we’ve received lately, three of them featured a similar theme, The Order of Operations, either in the question or in our answer. Here is the first in full for the benefit of the entire community regarding the steps to mixing a song: Special thanks goes to Artur for taking the time … Read more
Today’s question-giver has found a great local source for rigid fiberglass for acoustic treatment. But will it meet the needs for producing professional quality music? Let’s find out. Special thanks goes to Eric for correcting us on some details about the LA-2A compressor, one of the best and historically important important compressors out there. It’s … Read more
Today’s question is an interesting double dose of technical information that’s not obvious to anyone who hasn’t had the experience of tinkering around with all of the professional hardware and software we use during studio recording. A special thanks goes out to Martin for finding an error in a post about acoustic treatment. Let’s hop … Read more
Among the recent questions we’ve been helping readers out with, there were a couple very technical ones. Here is one regarding the Rode Procaster setup and getting enough gain out of your preamp… We like to shout out the good people that we talk to, even if we don’t use their questions for one of … Read more
Our most recent question that was generalizable enough to benefit the entire community is a very fundamental hurdle that nearly everyone runs into: how to use an audio interface. Being a musician usually involves learning an instrument and some music theory, of course. But rarely do we anticipate needing to learn our way around computers … Read more
A fantastic email came in today that was so good that I dropped everything else I was doing to address the question at hand regarding stereo bass. The question involves the information found in one of our most popular and earliest articles called Mixing Bass and Kick for Low-End Balance. With nearly every genre now … Read more
How does MP3 compression work? That’s a common question that deserves a fast answer. I actually searched around the net before sitting down to write this and noticed that everyone was writing novels about the topic but nobody could explain it in a quick, normal-person manner. So here we go! “Any sufficiently advanced technology is … Read more
Today we received a common question that gets asked by the insightful, but not scientifically inclined members of the music community: That’s a really clever question. Another way of asking it is ‘How does acoustic treatment work?’ We have the quick and easy answer for you right here. Where Does Absorbed Sound Go in Acoustic … Read more