Chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga. 73% of metal guitar players light their guitar strings on fire due to their lightning fast guitar playing. I just made that up, but that doesn’t take away t...
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In this series we’ve covered just about every process used in a typical mastering chain from buss compression and mastering equalisers right through to stereo enhancement and brick wal...
When you have to work hard and fast on a project that has its deadline, templates are a valuable tool for the composer. You know what you have to do and you simply start doing it, without sea...
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As we have learnt in the last four sections of this series, there can be many parts to a mastering chain. When I am mastering a track for a client or teaching the subject on a one to one bas...
In this quick tip, I am going to show you a great way to sync two Ableton Live instances on the same computer by using external MIDI software. This way we can have one instance acting as a Ma...
If you’re looking for some tips on ways to speed up your music production, this article covers six effective techniques that will make finding sounds, projects, and samples the easiest ...
VST and AudioUnits (AU) are the two native plugin formats for Mac OS X. Although there are other DAW specific formats for plugins, VST and AudioUnits are more common and compatible across var...
Usually, editing is overlooked as a part of audio production. It’s not that engineers don’t know what it is, it’s just that it’s looked at the same way a chef would lo...
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This tutorial will discuss why some people people prefer monitors over headphones – and vice versa. I鈥檒l start by explaining a little about true stereo and binaural recordings to hel...
This article is about a quick and effective technique for capturing inspiration in a practical way that quickly translates into an actual song. This is one way to start a track with a vision ...