What’s the Difference Between Gain and Volume? When we’re starting out in making music, we come across a lot of technical jargon that can be hard to decipher without the right help. Sometimes it can…
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Sends vs Buses vs Auxiliery Tracks In the audio tech world, you’ve heard buses, auxes, sends and returns come up in conversation. People talk about these entities all the time, but what are they? What’s…
Did You Know There Are Different Types of Audio Compressors? Welcome to the final article in our Explain Compression series! If you’re just tuning in, check out our previous articles here: Explain Compression How Do…
Compression and Its Uses Yo! Once again, we’re back for another chat about compression. We’ve dived in with how compressors work and what the 5 different methods of compression are – but what about the…
Music Production: Compression Overload Welcome back to our journey through compression. We’ve discussed how compressors work, so now we should talk bout the different compression processes that can achieve both useful and creative results. We’re…
What is Compression in Music Production? Compression is used to control the dynamic range of an audio signal. Maybe you wanted to change the dynamic range of a loop you’ve made with Mixxed samples? Well,…
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) and How it Works You’ve been making some killer sounds, you’ve got yourself some MIDI equipment, so now you want to play your sounds and Mixxed samples on your gear.…
Define Synthesis: Bonus We couldn’t help ourselves… You, my trusty synthesis enthusiast, have followed us from the beginning of time (last week) where we forged the steel of synthesis methods and pledged to learn them…
Sample Based Synthesis Explained Let’s go on another little trip with Sample Based Synthesis… If you’re not familiar with other methods of sound design, make sure you check out our entire Define Synthesis series here!…
Granular Synthesis for Dummies It is that time again for us to dive deep and explore another method of synthesis. This time we’re roaming the halls of granular synthesis! Before we proceed, you’ll probably find…
