Patch bays allows us to route multiple pieces of outboard gear in one signal chain, while also allowing for us to create complex signal chains. Rather than climb behind your desk to rearrange your cables…
Category: Music Creation Tools
Both additive and subtractive EQ have their place in the mixing process. Additive EQ can add colour to a sound, but so can subtractive EQ. EQ’ing is a vital process in our production process, so…
A limp kick drum is one of the biggest fears for all music producers. A kick drum should be punchy, but shouldn’t dominate the mix (well, to in all cases). Untidy frequency bands can be…
To give your sample pack, and therefore your brand or producer alias, the furthest reach – sometimes you need to be selfless. Being selfless in this way will make its way back around to you.…
Third-party samples are a benchmark of modern music – for electronic music in particular, although samples have made their way into all contemporary genres. Samples can be used at any point in the music production…
Music business? All we know is the business of cables. Knowing what cables to use, what purpose different cables serve, and why we have different cables is some very handy knowledge – and you’ll soon…
Filters can be creatively and purposefully used to define and accentuate elements of your music. They can add movement, cut additional harmonics and tidy frequency groups. Both high and low pass filters can perform in…
We use filters to cut frequency groups from your audio signal that you have defined. Filters can also clean and tidy specific spaces in a mix, they can add movement to an otherwise still sound,…
The two main types of synths available to us today are monophonic and polyphonic. Monophonic means only one note can be played at any one time, while polyphonic means multiple notes can be played at…
Flanger, chorus and phasers all operate in the realm of time-based effects. Each makes a copy of the original signal and modulates the copied signal rather than the origiinal. What is Phase? Phase translates to…
