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20 Quick Tips on Pop Mixing

Dear friends of the Community, below you will find 20 small general tips on mixing, written by an expert in the field. As with all summary reductions of a topic, what is written below might make those in the industry 'smile'...
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A brief history of drums: from ancient percussion to electronics

A brief history of the drums Nowadays, it is almost impossible to conceive of a musical performance without the support of percussion. In popular music, drums of various types are often used, depending on the characteristics...
In the picture, 3 different types of cross fading: in the centre a balanced fading, on the left a fading with conservative unbalancing of the right segment, on the right vice versa.
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Editing in mastering: handling cuts and fades at the head, tail and also in the middle

Editing in mastering Before, during or after the various mastering operations, at some point it will be necessary to carry out editing operations, here understood essentially as audio editing, obviously to be applied to the finished mixes and,...
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BASIC AUDIO
Dynamics Compression, Dispelling Myths and Avoiding Common Errors

Articles BASIC AUDIO Series This series of elementary level items branded as BASIC is designed for amateur sound engineers seeking to increase their awareness and competence in mixing and audio recording in general. In the...
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BASIC AUDIO
Equalisation, Dispelling Myths and Avoiding Common Errors

Articles BASIC AUDIO Series This series of elementary level items branded as BASIC is designed for amateur sound engineers seeking to increase their awareness and competence in mixing and audio recording in general. With...
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Analogue and digital audio recording: considerations and comparisons

Analogue and digital audio Irreconcilable is the ongoing debate between the supporters of analogue and those of digital. If it can be a reference, I don't mind quoting the opinion of a musician who is considered one of the greatest...
A digitised wave is schematised above, which is defined as the resultant of the level coordinates expressed by the individual samples. The interpolation process intervenes to "round off" the values around these levels, in order to obtain a more harmonic "virtual continuous line". When a digital value touches the 0 db level, clipping will tend to occur due to the overloading of the rounding values created by the interpolation curve.
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The piano: tuning, punching and fine-tuning the mechanics

Piano Maintenance The care and maintenance of your piano is essential to ensure optimal performance over time. In this article, we explore the different aspects of maintenance, from delicate tuning...
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Publish and sell your music : A guide to digital publishing

A Guide to Digital Publication The economic benefits of publishing Whether you are a songwriter, composer, producer, lyricist or band member, if you contribute new and original songs, you could (and should)...
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MS Mastering

MS MASTERING So-called M/S Mastering involves the execution of certain types of processing operations, executable between one encoding operation and another decoding operation of the mix, which transforms the L-R (Left-Right) matrix into a...
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Stem Mastering - The rules for a correct process

NOTE This article can be considered a continuation of an earlier introductory article, entitled: Stem Mastering - Basic Principles What Stems Gang of Four One possibility, suggested by sound engineer Bob Katz and applicable...