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Gain staging is an process of making sure the signal is strong enough to avoid noise but quiet enough to avoid clipping. Gain staging are … Read more

Dynamic range refer to the difference between the quietest and loudest parts of an audio recording. This specification is important for understanding how much room … Read more

Sound exposure level, also known as SEL, are a measurement of the total acoustic energy of a sound event. This metric account for the intensity … Read more

Equivalent continuous sound level, or Leq, is a measurement of an average sound energy exposure over time. Many people believes that the average sound level … Read more

The Ldn metric is used to measure sound level and takes into account the difference between daytime noise and nighttime noise levels. The reason that … Read more

Understanding how gain stages interact with one another is important in audio mastering because faders doesnt work in isolation to lower a volume level. Even … Read more

A-weighting and C-weighting are two different methods for measuring sound levels. Each of these method can result in different measurements of sound levels due to … Read more

Decibels is a measurement of sound pressure. However, decibels dont always represents how a person can hear a sound. Sound is not a single form … Read more

When mixing a vocal track, if you find a harshly resonance at 3 kHz, you might want to use a narrow notch filter to remove … Read more

The way that human hearing perceive sound frequency is not linear, but instead different than the way that a computer perceive sound frequency. A computer … Read more

Often, audio engineer will encounter the issue of needing to separate two different sound from a recording, such as a kick drum and bass guitar, … Read more

When measuring the loudness of a sound in a rehearsal room or in a home studio setting, there is several different variables and considerations to … Read more

Spectral leakage are a phenomenon that occurs during a Fast Fourier Transform. Spectral leakage happens because the Fast Fourier Transform assume that the signal will … Read more

Group delay refer to the phenomenon where the different frequency within an audio signal travel at different speeds through an audio system. Because different frequencies … Read more

Phase cancellation occur when two microphone recieve the same sound source but from different distances. The reason phase cancellation occurs is because sound travel in … Read more