Music Calculator

Even though you’ve hit your loudness targets, sometimes a song sounds like it’s been squashed. The vocals sits on top of everything else, and you … Read more

You know that sinking feeling when you hit play on a mix and hear that harsh digital crunch right in the chorus? Sure, it’s annoying … Read more

With a good interface and new perspective, you begin working on your debut LP, but by the time you’re mixing the drums your hard drive … Read more

The concept of frequency modulation take this starting point for most synthesizers (a single oscillator) and turns it into a spectrum generator. Unlike simply pitching … Read more

You’ve mixed something down that sounds loud and punchy in your DAW, bounced it to WAV, uploaded it and; bam! Streaming services has compressed it … Read more

Maybe your vocals sounds great on their own but blend out as you add bass and drums. Once you use compression to smooth out the … Read more

I bet if you listen to a square wave you’re hearing something hollow, whereas listening to a narrow pulse might sounded brighter, more buzzy. That’s … Read more

Often people comment on how a recording of a voice or instrument has life compared with another that seem flat. The reason isn’t often related … Read more

You turn your amp knob and suddenly your clean tone is all choppy. It feels like your modulation doesn’t match the track; it doesn’t feel … Read more

Flanging gives you a sweep across the audible frequencies, a kind of metallic shimmer, but what’s realy happening is a rapid cancellation of frequencies. Two … Read more

On paper, the New York trick seem easy enough: a loose drum track gets fed into an aggressive compressor and then blended back into original … Read more

Ever had one of those moments where you’re listening back to something and you think ‘this sounds like a robot playing’ when in fact all … Read more

Once you input your frequency and sample rate into the calculator above, math will be done for you. No more guessing at how many signal … Read more

It’s tempting to assume that a staccato note is just a blip. It isn’t. A staccato note are a precise amount of silence that sits … Read more

In many ways, a MIDI sequence can look right on the grid, but sound disconnected when played back. It has all the notes. They is … Read more