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speaker delays
If you go to school to be an audio engineer one of the things they’re gonna teach you about is speaker delays It’s because of the legs so here’s the thing sound travels at roughly 1100 feet per second that works out to about 1.1 millisecond per foot my front gate.
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Run Tape
Always run tape. That was a piece of advice I got as a young musician, and I still think it’s really good. I don’t just mean you should record your…
Corporate Boys
"Heh, Nathan." I initially responded to a mastering session and have never been replied to.
Impulse Response: eighth grade science teacher
An impulse response is like an acoustic fingerprint.
Survivor Bias
You can’t learn how to be lucky, but you can learn a lot from failure.
Chord Clash Logic Edit
Like most things, fixing a subtle clash in logic is pretty much the same as it was in Ableton.
clash close but not touching
A clashing note is one that doesn’t fit with your existing harmony.
Compression: input output
A compressor reduces the level of a track, but one of the places people get confused is in understanding where it reduces that level.
Major and Minor Thirds in C
When you’re playing on all white keys and you skip a note, you’re playing a third.
Beat Building Jam: what is it
Okay, fair question. Beat building jams are an opportunity for a variety of instructors to identify inefficiencies in your workflow. They’re one-hour …
producers who understand three kinds of editing
Pretty much any experienced producer will understand the value of editing.
routine reminder
This is your routine reminder that what you do is extraordinary.
