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6 Things Everyone Should Know When Starting Out in Pro Tools
Pro Tools is a complicated piece of software. It can be almost overwhelming, especially when you’re first starting out. Often, you can...
How to Mix Vocals
When we began our Home Recording Basics series, we were just setting up the room, aligning our monitors and affixing acoustic treatments....
40 Years of Excess: The Making of Fleetwood Mac's Rumours
Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours is a monument to excess; fueled by enormous budgets, sleepless nights and mountains of cocaine. Earlier this...
How to Mix Guitars
Last week’s installment of Home Recording Basics covered low-end mixing for basses, synths, and samples. Next, we’re moving on to...
Tape Machine Plugins: Everything You Need to Know
Modern engineers are spoiled. We have keyboard shortcuts for making edits, crossfading and even quantizing. But back when engineers still...
Things to Consider When Buying a PA System
Freelancing is part of being an audio engineer. If you’re working in live sound, you may be working for a specific venue and using their...
Introduction to Console Emulation Plugins
The recording industry is in a weird place right now. For years, we coveted analog hardware. Walking into a proper studio felt like...
Patchbays 101 — Layout, Signal Flow, Normalling & More
Patchbays can be intimidating. It almost feels like you’re Jack Bauer disarming a bomb. There are dozens of different cables. Everything...
How to Mix Bass Guitars, Synths, and Samples
Last week’s installment of our Home Recording Basics covered how to mix a drum kit. Next, we’re laying down the rest of the mix's...
A Look Back At The Creation Of Michael Jackson's Thriller
Michael Jackson’s Thriller may be the most significant piece of recorded music in human history. On the first day of recording, producer...
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