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Stereo width refer to the distance between the left and right channel and can present problems for mixes that dont work good in mono. Stereo … Read more

Summing occurs when many audio tracks are combined into a single mix bus. Summing can significently increases the signal level. As more tracks are combined, … Read more

Pan law is an set of rules for how the volume of an audio signal change as that audio signal is move between the left … Read more

The Haas effect is a phenomenon in which a sound appear to have width and depth due to the small delay between two version of … Read more

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