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As your equipment begins to age, it’s gonna need exercise, just like you will.
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Directional Mic: two signals, room sound
This is a directional microphone and when I point it away from my face You might expect it to be quieter than this But the thing is when you hear me, you’re not just hearing me in one place You’re hearing me and you’re hearing the sound as it bounces around the room and that might surprise you Because even this shoddy Designed to reject as much of the environment as possible still picks up a lot of sound off-axis Where it might feel more like 60/40 rather than 80/20 I like to think of any microphone as if it has two signals and not one There’s the room sound which never really changes and a direct signal where you do have some control and what you should Understand from this is that maybe more important than this mic or this one or this one is the room You’re in and which way are you facing?
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The Four Chord Progression
When we think of Key Center, we’re often thinking of harmonies that revolve around a single chord, or a note that feels like home.
Who Needs Mastering
It’s a radical idea. But I teach mastering before I teach mixing, and I don’t spend a lot of time on it. Two reasons. Mastering is pretty …
Fallout
If you’ve played Fallout, you recognize this immediately.
Don't Look for a Job in Audio
Don’t look for a job in audio if you don’t understand this.
Barker Bark
How many notes do you hear?
chorDLE!: titanic
In 1993, the whistle of the Titanic was recovered from the bottom of the ocean.
Harmonic minor & N6
Here are two variations on one chord progression.
ADSR
When musicians talk about the sustain of an instrument, The sustain, listen to it.
The Stereo Effect Highlighter
(breathing heavily) Chomp!
Level Volume
Level and volume are used interchangeably but measure different things. The technical distinction every producer should know.
Humidity
Your instruments and really anything organic, in other words wood, cloth, leather, they like the same conditions you do.
