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Third Tools Shortcuts: Logic Pro X

If your workflow is inefficient, nothing you learn in your DAW has much impact.

Impulse Response: eighth grade science teacher

An impulse response is like an acoustic fingerprint.

Chess pieces and audio cables on a chessboard atop a piano

The Stereo Mid Side Chess Test

A thought exercise to test your understanding of stereo imaging, mid side processing, phase, polarity, and signal flow.

Musician Basics Elective: look how far we've come

Hey gang, look how far we’ve come.

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Secondary Dominant Gospel Chords: Nina Simone

We talked about secondary dominance in theory class, and in this song most of the chords are functioning like five chords.

you are in the wrong place

You’re in the wrong place if you’re here to learn cutting-edge tips, tricks, and techniques.

Selective Leveling

Level isn’t the most important element in your mix.

Half-Diminished Shell

There’s a reasonable chance that the first minor chord you ever learned was an A minor.

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Recording Phase Inversion: part 2

Here’s a follow-up to the phase inversion trick I shared with you the other day to get you untethered from your headphones It works on a similar principle, but it’s a little different in this scenario.

Anatomy of a Reverb

After the onset of the original sound, the anatomy of a reverb occurs in three distinct stages.

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Signal Flow: it all boils down to this

There’s one thing that separates veteran producers and engineers from newcomers, and that thing is understanding signal flow.

hook chorus

Do you think there’s a difference between a hook and a chorus?

BKS 150

Did you notice I’ve posted every day for the last 150 days?

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try this setting logic pro x

If you find yourself turning up your levels when you record and then turning them back down when you’re done, consider changing this setting in Logic Pro.

naming chords step one

Three steps to identifying a chord.

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Rules

If you told me a year ago that I’d have a video about cables that had a million views, I would have laughed.

What Makes Music Production Schools Unique

You all know that everyone on here is basically teaching the same stuff, right?

gate keepers

Producer, professional, beatmaker.

swing

When you first begin to learn about rhythm, you’re taught to think like a metronome.

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Iterate

You’re setting yourself up for disappointment if every time you sit down to make something, you expect to make something great.

Approaching Acoustic Treatment

Do you need room acoustics and sound treatment?

vocal overdubs

Inexperienced producers tend to make a tactical mistake when they’re working with vocalists.

IG Live: rich crescenti is your mix overworked

I want you to meet Rich Crocenti.

synthesist masterclass

Is a sampler a synthesizer?

music is a language you already speak

Learning music theory isn’t like learning a new language.

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Not The Biggest

For those of you who are just starting out and a few of you who probably ought to know better, stop doing that thing where you try and make yourself …

Practice Success

I think it’s important to set benchmarks for yourself.