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A dedicated space

Whether you call it a bus or whether you call it a send and a return, the utility of running effects like reverbs and delays in parallel rather than in series is more than just a matter of resource management.

Why Does a Compressor Have a Knee

If your compressor has a knee, it’s offering you something of a compromise.

Two Ways to Find Stuff in Logic

All right, you want a tip find two quick ways to find stuff in logic.

Music Theory: Double Flats

The breaking point between right and correct in music theory — why double flats exist and what they tell us about context.

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Chord Identification: Introduction

If you’re starting to make your own music, there will come a time when you find yourself scratching your head looking at a bunch of notes and asking what chord is this?

32 bit float

Logic Pro’s recent update adds support for 32-bit floating audio files.

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Real Piano: Sampled Piano

Real piano. Sample piano. Oh boy. Gone are the days when piano in a can sounded like this. There are lots of great options these days and if you’re expecting…

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.

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MTG: everything in its right place

This morning in gym we took a look at this song and one of the things we discussed was what key is it in?

ADSR

When musicians talk about the sustain of an instrument, The sustain, listen to it.

Intervals: scale degrees

Sometimes the naming conventions in music theory almost seem cruel.

How Do You Know What Key Something Is In

How do you actually know what key something’s in?

Sawtooth

Today we’re gonna build something.

I Am the Transducer

The act of transduction just means taking energy in one form and converting it into another.

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right click to mp3

If you find yourself running off lots of mp3 files and wishing you had a better way to do it in macOS, here’s my workflow and maybe you’ll like it.

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Bounce Version as a File

As you iterate through versions of a work in progress, bounce each version as a file so you can compare mixes without reopening sessions.

Compression and Character

Raise your hand if you have trouble hearing compression.

Spooky: Major Minor Halloween

John Carpenter's Halloween theme — 70% of you identified it as minor. But there's no third in the structure. Music theory isn't about a right or wrong …

Meme: this is what people worry about music theory

Go. Oh, guys. It’s not coming off. What do you mean it’s not-

Chord of Interest

Apparently, I have a lot to say about this chord progression.

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Interval Inversions

If you ever notice that six steps up the scale this is a major sixth but if we invert it this becomes part of a minor chord.

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Arrange Like a Mix Engineer

When you’re arranging you have to think a lot like a mix engineer because every instrument is going to speak differently in every register So the …

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You Can Do This

This may be one of the most useful chord progressions you can learn, and it’s deceptively easy, because if you can do this, then you can do this, and …

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Porgy

I’m going to play an F in every chord of the opening of "I Love Zupor" I’m playing an F and the droning pedal tone of the tonic note is going to …

Just tell your stories

Just tell your stories.

Voice leading game inversions

Getting comfortable with keyboard chords means getting comfortable with inversions.

Put This Under Your Fingertips

Here’s another chord progression you should put under your fingers.