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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?
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imitate imitators
There is a story, and I’ve heard it attributed to a saxophone player named Phil Woods.
Modal Interchange: flat side sharp side chords
Take a song in a minor key and end unexpectedly on a major chord.
Beat Kitchen Ear Training Solution
These two passages are indeed different and then stumped my ear training group in gym.
Interview: Lindy Day
You should maybe look towards a really, really quiet mic and a really clean, quiet preamp because you know that like a lot of this, you know, all of …
Dash Cam: happy accidents
The other day I made a post about how you should always run tape, which you should.
Equal Temperament
I’m gonna try and explain something in 60 seconds that’s taken me about 50 years to understand.
Feedback Guidelines
One of the important things they won’t teach you at recording school, it’s how to give and receive feedback.
Divided
Our community is deeply divided.
Home Run! 2-5-1 edition
What’s a 2-5-1 progression got to do with baseball?
Motorized Faders
This old relic, this is your grandma’s motorized fader.
First Day: Mastering 101
Welcome to your first day of mastering 101 at Beat Kitchen and I want you to look at the person on your left and look at the person on your right.
