While it's common to clip mixes to increase loudness, overdriving the level of your stereo bus is not the most ideal way of doing this. The first issue is that the clipping you hear when you engage playback in your DAW may not sound like the clipping applied when you render you...
so there’s no way to manually make a recording louder or quieter using the app. And you cannot change the file format or recording quality settings. So this app is great for anyone who’s looking to just get started with making a voice memo with minimal fuss. But more...
However, there are a few tricks you can apply to take your 808s to the next level. The first is to make sure they’re tuned to the key of the song, or at least never feel out of tune. Producers usually see to the tuning of 808s on their end, but often enough an 808 can come...
keybed is completely unweighted, with little to no resistance to finger pressure. They are usually velocity sensitive, meaning the harder and faster you press the key, the louder the note will sound, but it's harder to control dynamics for players who are more used to something like a ...
Me and Minnie as well have always produced our songs, and this time, "Dark (X-File)" was really a new style for me. Something like indie pop. It was my first time, but I think it’s a good try, and I will take advantage of this song to make better [ones] in the ...
5 Mix Tips You Need to Improve Dynamic Range Tips and best practices for louder, great-sounding masters Now that we’ve explored some of the common factors that influence the perception of loudness in our masters, here are a few additional guidelines (along with Jonathan Wyner’s nuggets of ...
It's not a rap record. I don't want to say that I wanted to do a pop mix, because that's a cliché, but I did want to make it as poppy as I could, while still making sure it would be respected when it's playing in the clubs. Spike Stent is one of my favourite mixers, ...
to make them leave us alone. 353 00:16:20,827 --> 00:16:22,396 There might be. 354 00:16:24,499 --> 00:16:27,832 Dad used to talk about an old mariners' myth, 355 00:16:27,834 --> 00:16:30,369 of a secret land at the edge of the world 356...
“The taxis used to have these big subs,” says gqom pioneer and producer Menzi. “They all wanted to show off that my car is louder than yours. They wanted to compete with each other, but they didn’t have the right sound — music that’s gonna pump, that’s gonna have minimal so...
(as well as sleep, but that’s another story). So, before we go any further, allow me to say this a little louder for the people in the back: Who you are is not defined by what you do. Seriously. The foundation upon which you build your sense of self should not be any job or...