Recording Guides

Mixing can be quite a long and complicated process, especially if you’re just starting out… Even more when mixing drums since you can have like 20 tracks for just one drum kit. At first you don’t know where to start, you think that you need to use eight plugins per track to make it sound […]

The first time I heard the term “Phantom Power” I had no idea what it meant or what it was actually used for. Back in the day, the producer that I was learning from gave me a very brief explanation which sort-of answered the question, but not really. This is why I wrote this short

After you’ve written a couple of awesome songs which you think that people are going to enjoy listening to, it’s time to actually reach those potential listeners. Here’s where music distribution services come in, but even though you might think that you should simply use any of them to get your music out as fast

Most of the musicians I know really want to make it in the music industry, and by making it I’m not only referring to wanting to get to a huge level like any of the big bands out there. Making it might mean different things to different people, like being able to make a living

Anyone who is new to audio engineering has probably asked this question at some point. Reverb and delay are two of the effects that are probably used to the most when producing any kind of music, and you should know exactly what each of them does and also when to use them, since this can

A DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) is essential for any Home Studio, but they tend to be quite pricy. One thing I like is finding free software that actually performs as well as the premium one without costing around $500, and all of the free music-making software on this list, in some way or another, fits

When you are mixing a project, you have all these tracks, which could be guitar, bass, drums, samples, synths, vocals, you name it. All these tracks get combined into a single stereo channel called the mix buss. There are several things that you can do with this channel, some are advisable and will make your

The first time I took a look at a compressor I got overwhelmed… So many knobs and controls that I didn’t know what they all were for. The one that confused me the most was the “knee” control, since all the others seemed a bit more obvious. In this post I will go into what