What is Digital Audio? You’ve been recording your vocals and you’re impressed with your killer voice. You give yourself a nod in the mirror that says “good job”. However, you find yourself curious about what’s…
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Sound designers! You’ve mastered synthesizers, so now you’re looking to dive deeper. You’ve produced powerful basses, but that’s not enough for you! Now you want to create your own drums! Mixxed is, once again, bringing…
Synthesis friends, Mixxed is back again for another bass design tutorial. For more bassy goodness, check out our other bass tutorials! 7 Steps to Make Epic Basses! How to: Reese Bass Tutorial How to: Sine…
We’re back once again with more music production tips & tricks. You’ve caught synthesis syndrome, and your next hill to climb is the world of LFOs. We’ve covered LFOs before, but not in great detail.…
How Do Microphones Work? What Are The Different Types of Microphones and How Do They Work? Microphone Pick Up Patterns Explained What is Phantom Power for Microphones? Phantom power is what we use to amplify…
Audio clipping is the result of pushing your input signal past the capabilities of the hardware or software that’s handling the signal. Clipping can happen to both digital and analogue gear, and the two do…
Okay, so we’ve explored the difference between volume & gain and we summarised gain staging. But let’s get down & dirty with the technicals of this important mixing process. Gain staging is the process of…
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…
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…
Expand Your Arsenal of Compressor Plugins You’ve made your track using Mixxed samples, but you just need some picks of top compressors that you can use to control its dynamics. We couldn’t possibly end our Explain Compression series without…
