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Keyboard Skills Elective
This is the simplest of riffs, but if you put it under your fingers on a little teeny tiny keyboard, it will be more useful than you can possibly imagine.
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Logic: select top/bottom MIDI note
By the way, did you know that logic has a key command to select the highest or lowest MIDI note?
You Already Know Music Theory
Compressor Attack Release Nuance
Somebody told you the attack and release time on a compressor is the amount of time it takes for the compressor to kick in, which impacts the …
Simple Shell Progressin
This is a simple progression that opens up some doors to some more complex places.
Reverb is like garlic
Jack Nietzsche used to say, "Reverb is like garlic." You can never have too much.
Soundproofing: there I fixed it
If you need to soundproof, do one of three things.
Theory and Metering
You should no more put a chord in the middle of a chord sequence because you think it is supposed to be there.
With Great Power
With great power comes great responsibility.
Perfect Plagal
This Bb has an F in it.
easy chord progressions
Coming up with a good chord progression can be challenging, but it doesn’t really have to be.
do you understand stereo
Most producers think they understand stereo — but confuse width with quality. What stereo actually means, how it’s encoded, and why mono compatibility …
