What does distortion mean in a musical context? How should you use distortion as a creative effect in your DAW? Find out in this article, and follow along with audio examples.
“One important aspect of that is colour coding,” says Hofmann. “Blue is always drums, pale blue are special effects, bass is always red, guitars tend to be green, synths tend to be yellow, and vocals tend to be pink, but in the case of Steps, they are pink or blue, depending o...
Dynamic range is a term that gets used often inmusic production. It can refer to the performance of an audio system, the amount ofheadroomin an audio file and more. But dynamic range is especially important when it comes tomastering. It’s a key factor forloudness, and howcompressionandlim...
DSD 1024around -170 ... -200 dB in 100 kHz rangelike PCM 32 bit The device has a limit on how much input music it can handle. If the input is too loud, the device can lose its balance and produce silence or unwanted sounds. Some DSD files have a 6 dB buffer (headroom, extra ...
“When used to describe equipment, ‘hi-fi’ means to be able to reproduce recordings of all types CD, vinyl or streaming. To be considered hi-fi, the equipment must be capable of playback with very low distortion, low signal-to-noise ratio, dynamic headroom and channel separation just to...
2. You should always EQ in the context of a mix because that's where things need to sound good — no–one else is going to be listening for the perfect hi–hat in isolation! 3. Too much bass or sub–bass will eat up your mix headroom, which makes high–pass filters your best fri...
managing headroom is crucial in creating loud, commercial mixes. Here’s an example of the issue playing out in the real world: You’ve got a big sampled kick, but unbeknownst to you, the kick’s waveform is asymmetrical – so much so that it triggers the limiter at the end of your...
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Since LUFS indicates the perceived loudness, engineers are no longer racing toward the physical limit of the medium’sheadroom. Instead they’re aiming for a target that’s much more in tune with how listeners perceive loudness—and it’s not even close to the max!