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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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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 look like you’re bigger than you are.

Don't Make Peace the Enemy

Taking a break isn’t just critical for your body and your mind, but also your spirit.

Voice leading game inversions

Getting comfortable with keyboard chords means getting comfortable with inversions.

Selective Leveling

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

BKS 150

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

Rootless Shell: simplest complicated chord progression

This might be the easiest complicated chord progression you’ll ever learn.

dithering

When you dither, you’re intentionally adding noise to your track.

I Am the Transducer

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

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Humidity

Your instruments and really anything organic, in other words wood, cloth, leather, they like the same conditions you do.

The Best Mixes

The best mixes are crafted by the top mix engineers, but that’s not why they’re the best mixes.

Compression: frequency or level

Does a compressor operate on level or frequency?

Wait!: sample those drums!

You had a great session.

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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.

Feedback: things they don't teach you in recording school

Important stuff they should teach you at recording school, but don’t.

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Gear Wears Out

This is a public service announcement from the people who like to sell you microphone stands.

Monitoring With Compression

A lot of vocalists love performing with compression.

Learn To Mix

There is a myth that’s pervasive around here, which is that people can teach you how to mix.

Hide And Seek

The first time I heard Imogen Heaps hide and seek, I was driving and I literally had to pull the car over.

Songwriting Incubator: launch

I’m super excited to announce the launch of a new Beat Kitchen elective, Songwriting Incubator.

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Ask Away

I’m about to make another music theory reel to talk about my class that starts on Monday, but I wanted to address something that keeps coming up in …

Oops: now watch your tone

I’ve been stomping around all morning and calling myself a moron because I made a big mistake.

Impostor Vs. Self-Doubt

A healthy amount of self-doubt isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

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IG Live: Mark Jaffe - get back your copyright

Welcome everybody. This is Mark Jaffe from Five Bridges. Mark is a wonderful attorney who really takes a focus on creative stuff and he’s agreed to …

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All DAWs Crash

Every DAW crashes. Every computer crashes. In fact, if you were using tape, your Capistan motor would run out at some point. When you sign on to do …

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Trading Fours: with yourself

Feeling stuck when you’re working on melodies and phrases, there are lots of home remedies for this, but they usually involve the same thing, which is …

In or Out of the Box

For most of you, the whole hardware software debate is overblown.