Hocketing and pointillism are two very popular compositional techniques in electronic music. Hocketing Firstly, one uses hocketing to transform a long musical idea into a more interesting sequence. This technique works by dividing a whole musical piece intro shorter phrases and distributing them among instruments with similar sounds. Within the music universe, hocketing is a…
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Popular music is usually diatonic, which, technically speaking, means that its composition is within a major or minor key signature and doesn’t modulate. A key signature determines the set of pitches that match harmonically. Typically, a key signature involves three different pitches produced by simple formulas. To select the first formula, the user has to…
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Nowadays, electronic music masters frequently use stereo width to create a stereo image in their mixes. The context is that audio mixing is a dynamic process that is constantly evolving. Technology advances continuously appear, and musical trends are changing regularly. As time goes by, new mixing techniques emerge. Around 1970, stereo imaging became popular when…
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The mid-side technique is a very popular method within the music production universe. It helps correct the stereo sound image of a musical piece as well as its individual components. This technique adds wideness to particular sounds. You can fin it in most equalizers and as compressor devices. Nowadays, a wide variety of plugins can…
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Glitch effects became popular around 1980, when music producers started using DAT tapes to create splintered vocal effects. In the audio universe, a glitch is a temporary noise located in a file that and it sounds like a snap. After their first appearance, years later, hardware samplers with time-stretching alternatives appeared. Drum and bass producers…
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Ethnic Drum Ensembles, by Hevyocity, is a drum track that will forever change the way you produce your tunes. Especially so if your purpose is to add an epic cinematic quality to them. But before delving into its characteristics, we first need to understand the cinematic production industry. Epic Cinematic Drums: Some Context The cinematic…
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Every music style involves percussion sounds; they are indispensable. These occur through a disturbance in the pressure or density of a surface, which in turn produces a vibration. As the name suggest, they are generally produced by percussion instruments. While creating a track, users often reach a point where they decide to write a specific…
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Realistic guitar sounds are, probably, the most popular ones when it comes to music production. This is probably because these string instruments themselves are quite trendy. For instance, composer wrote many famous soundtracks, such as electronic music, rock and roll, and classical music, especially for acoustic guitars. Although it is not easy, many producers have…
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Waves Audio and Andrew Scheps have launched a tone shaping plugin known as Scheps Parallel Particles. As you might know, tone shaping plugin units are devices that provide a variety of processing alternatives. These devices are quite simple to operate and they offer a great sound quality. And, in this case, Waves Audio has really…
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Mid-Side EQ is an audio technique that enhances the mix. Basically, how it works is that the stereo image perceives spatial location of sound sources reproduced on a stereo system. This technique can help a mix to achieve the expansive and immersive qualities that stereo systems typically reproduce. And it does so even without a…
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