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OK. You’ve mixed it. Everything sounds great on the master fader. But now you want to release it to a distributor. How do you know … Read more

Mix your album down and think it’s great. Hear it back in the context of a playlist, and you’re wondering why the pace seems sluggish. … Read more

It’s ten am, you stroll into studio to record an EP of five songs. Your time is limited. You know exactly what you want to … Read more

At about 1125 feet per second, sound travels fast enough that distance shouldn’t matter much, but you have to pay attention to the geometry of … Read more

Audio engineering confuses people with its use of logarithmic decibel scale. This is partly because doubling an amplifier’s wattage doesn’t usually make the sound system … Read more

There’s a certain type of quiet panic that sets in when you construct an audio circuit and discover that it has no effect on tone. … Read more

Usually phase problems is quiet. You don’t hear them go “BOOM” or “poof.” They usually just make everything sound thin and hollow. Suddenly your fat … Read more

Most people’s first attempt at synchronizing a drum loop with a tape delay will be a rhythmic mess. It is a mud puddle of echo … Read more

When the echo arrives at the wrong millisecond, vocal line can feel like something is off. It is not an issue of pitch, but a … Read more

A delay that’s synced to the song’s tempo mean an echo on a guitar hits at the perfect moment your ear anticipates. It’s locked in … Read more

Something just doesn’t sound right in your mix. Perhaps you’ve got your vocal sitting dead-center as it should be. But in your headphones, it seem … Read more

If you’ve ever done it before then I’m sure you know what I mean. You pick up your pick and turn that low E string … Read more

That’s what happens when you pick up a new set of strings and notice that the guitar is different. The action has changed, the neck … Read more

It’s something we’ve all experienced: you grab a fresh pack of strings looking for that crisp definition and bright snap, only to tune up and … Read more