[VIDEO] Compressing a song
Bro, do you even compress?
Your truly on the controls, doing a video for CloudBounce once again, this time going thru parameters of a compressor in context of compressing a song.
[VIDEO] Compressing vs limiting a song
A new weekly music production video I did for CloudBounce is up now.
This explains the difference between a compressor and a limiter in terms of handling your song.
This is basic stuff to many, but very many young producers seem to confuse these two, and the result can sometimes sound quite squashed.
In the next episode, I’m covering compressing a song in more detail.
[VIDEO] OK to run tracks red in a DAW?
CloudBounce is kicking off a new weekly/bi-weekly mixing and music production tips video series, hosted by yours truly.
Here’s today’s topic: is it OK to run tracks red in a DAW.
[VIDEO] Ableton tip: how to modulate sample start point in Sampler
“How loud should my mix be when submitting to mastering? -6?”
Back to work after a holiday…20 songs in the queue and more coming! To be honest, I was already spending the weekend mixing and mastering some hip hop from Washington, DC.
To kick off the year, I wanted to drop a piece of some good basic info on “How loud should my mix be peaking before submitting it to mastering?” as that gets asked a lot, and there’s a lot of misinformation around.
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