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What are some reasons that a mix collapses when summed to mono? It sounds like you are not switching back and forth often enough. Don’t wait until you are committed to a balance to check mono. Make it an every-five-minute-auto button-push thing. After a while, you will get the hang of it. Things to watch […]
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I haven’t updated Hometracked regularly the last few weeks because I’ve been busy working on a project with my frequent collaborator Rich Brewer. Rich and I realized a month ago that we have a lot of unrecorded and unproduced material between us. Enough, we hope, for a decent album. So we’ve decided to record the […]
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A good general rule for EQ: Make your cuts narrow and your boosts wide. That is, when removing frequencies, remove only what you need to. On a parametric EQ, use a high Q value, and identify specific problem frequencies. The less you cut, the more natural the result will sound. Conversely, when you boost a […]
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Whether via search or link from a web forum, every few months I find myself back at the fantastic Sound On Sound article Using Equalisation. And as with Equal Time, the Electronic Musician I linked to before, I get something new from the Sound on Sound piece every time I read it. The article covers […]
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Here, Mark and Howard from The Turtles educate us on dealing with a record label: Now, aren’t you glad you’re an independent artist?
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