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Keep Your Mind on Your Goals
One of the hardest parts of working online AS WELL AS being a singer songwriter producer in the new music business is the management of all the moving pieces, multiple hats, and thus multiplied responsibilities... Update your social media properties, post to your blog...
How Audio Compression Works
So how does a compressor actually work? I'm going to start out by talking about a conventional four-control compressor, which is pretty much the norm. The four standard controls are THRESHOLD, RATIO, ATTACK, and RELEASE, or occasion- ally variants thereof. Makeup...
How To ‘Unleash’ Your Talents?
Guest Blog: By Bob Baker Let's talk about artist empowerment -- one of my favorite topics lately ... Not long ago I presented one of my first Unleash the Artist Within workshops. While promoting the event, I discovered that different people have different...
Setting Reverb Parameters
In normal, everyday life, you almost never “hear” reverb, unless you're in a parking garage or a stairwell. But it's everywhere, and it affects everything you hear on a subconscious level. Even outdoors, the sound is not the same as a close miked instrument. Here is...
The Secret To Being Productive Online
The whole trick to working productively isn’t really a trick at all. The big trick, the big secret to being productive online is this... Work on ONE thing until you are DONE with that ONE thing. Regardless of distractions, how you feel, how many competing “BETTER...
16 or 24 Bit Audio?
Bit depth and sample rate conversations are commonplace and can become involved and sometimes heated conversations on audio and music production forums, particularly those aimed at pro level audiophiles and engineers. Invariably, the question will come up... 16 or 24...