Category: Mixing

Reverberation Effect

The reverberation effect is produced by reverberation itself. This notion, otherwise known as reverb, is the persistence of a sound after it has been produced. It occurs when a signal reflects, which causes in turn several reflections to build up. When this happens, the signal decays as the different surfaces within a space absorb the…
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Understanding Sound Frequency

To begin with, for understanding sound frequency, we must first define the term. Sound frequency is a property of sound that people typically associate with the musical pitch. It is the number of waveform cycles that happens within a specific time. The measurement of frequency is Hertz (Hz). Understanding Sound Frequency: Classification Every musical instrument…
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Mastering

Mastering is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source that holds the final mix into a data storage device. This data storage device is known as a master. This is the last step in the process of making a professional-sounding song. Mastering acts like a filter: a type of audio post-production…
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Mixing

Mixing is a process that combines multiple sounds into one or several channels. This combination includes multitrack recordings that transform into a final mono, stereo, or surround sound product. Within this process, you alter or enhance the source of the volume level, the dynamics, the frequency content, and the panoramic position. In addition, you adjust…
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Sidechaining

Sidechaining compression is a very powerful tool that allows the user to control the dynamics of a source. This technique adds space, rhythm, energy, and separation to a mix. In addition, it involves threshold, ratio, attack, and release times. When using sidechain, the user can tell the compressor to monitor and control the level and…
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Strategic Mixing

Strategic mixing, albeit subjective, consists of certain outlines that are quite efficient and widely common in the modern music industry. To begin with, recorded and sequenced music stages are different. For instance, stages in recorded productions begin when they get close enough to the previous stage. In contrast, those in sequenced music involve a producer…
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Reflectivity and Reverb

Reflectivity and reverb connect because reverberation is the very action of a sound being reflected. To begin to understand this, let us remember that reverb time is the time it takes for an impulse to decay in a specific space. In acoustic spaces, there are many reflections that hit the receiver each time they reach…
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Maximizing Loudness

Maximizing loudness in a mix begins at the sound stage rather than the mastering one. By using the full potential loudness of individual elements, the producer gives the mastering total control to drive the limiter at a higher threshold without distortion. Electronic Dance Music artists are constantly trying to find ways to get their mixes…
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Reading Meters

Reading meters is essential because listening and looking at mixes has the same level of importance. Meters help understand clipping as well as other unwanted sound content that is too subtle to hear during music production, especially after compression. There are many types of meters within the audio universe. Peak and VU meters the most…
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Phase and Phasing

Phase and phasing are crucial to music production. Phase, also known as position, refers to the orientation of a cyclical waveform in time, relative to another cyclical waveform. Experts measure phase shifting in degrees, which range from zero to 360. To determine the degree, it’s essential to have a reference waveform. Because of this, you…
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