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Gear, Recording Technique, Voice Recording

What Is a Pop Filter? A Guide to This ESSENTIAL Recording Tool

Recording vocals at home but keep getting loud, annoying pops in your tracks? You may need to invest in a pop filt...

March 20, 2019

Song Structure: A Quickstart Guide for Beginning Songwriters

If you’ve ever sat down to write a song, you’ve probably wondered about song structure. “Where do I start?” may have ...

February 28, 2019

Vocals

Managing Breaths in Your Vocal Production

A lot of people who are new to mixing pay a ton of attention to the vocals, but not enough attention the most human p...

February 22, 2019

Gear, Software

Logic Pro X: Your Quickstart Guide (Everything You NEED to Know)

Trying to learn to use Logic Pro X? You're in luck. It may seem complicated right now, but by reading this guide, ...

March 13, 2019

Subtractive EQ on Vocals (Live Demonstration)

In this video, you're going to learn how to use subtractive EQ to clean up your vocals. I'm going to walk you thro...

February 19, 2019

Distortion

Mixing with Tape Emulation and Saturation (Live Demo)

February 13, 2019

Composition, Songwriting

Chord Progressions: How They Work (and My Personal Favorites!)

In my country (New Zealand), it’s the height of summer, when many of us kick back at the beach, bach, or bush. Inv...

February 9, 2019

Home Studio Design

SPEAKER PLACEMENT 101: How to Optimize Your Mixing Space

Speaker placement is one of the most important parts of setting up your home studio. Get it wrong and you’re in for a...

January 13, 2019

Bass

The Bass Compression Trick for Tight, Solid Low End

The bass is the foundation of the entire mix. Without a solid low end, the song has no “umphf.” If you learn to co...

February 28, 2019

Software

Best DAW 2019: Choose One of These Top DAWs Today

Finding a DAW is like finding a partner. After you have designed your dream home studio, the next step is to commi...

March 1, 2019

Our Blog Posts

What Is a Pop Filter? A Guide to This ESSENTIAL Recording Tool

Song Structure: A Quickstart Guide for Beginning Songwriters

Managing Breaths in Your Vocal Production

Logic Pro X: Your Quickstart Guide (Everything You NEED to Know)

Subtractive EQ on Vocals (Live Demonstration)

Mixing with Tape Emulation and Saturation (Live Demo)

Chord Progressions: How They Work (and My Personal Favorites!)

SPEAKER PLACEMENT 101: How to Optimize Your Mixing Space

The Bass Compression Trick for Tight, Solid Low End

Best DAW 2019: Choose One of These Top DAWs Today

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