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Being a session musician is still in-demand in today’s music industry. It’s a common belief that the need for a stand-in studio musician in recording …

A scratch track, sometimes called a guide track, may seem like a waste of time to a cocky, over-confident amateur or a money-conscious renter of …

Gated reverb is the sound of the 1980’s. One might argue, “No, it’s MIDI production or it’s the synthesizer.” Say what you will about the …

People call it different things: reverse echo, backwards reverb, reverse regeneration… but in the professional sector of the music industry we plainly call it the …

Spring reverb has been around for what is practically forever. Anyone who’s been slightly involved in the music industry to any degree, especially guitarists, have …

Anyone that has spent even the slightest amount of time with signal processing effects, either as a guitar player, synthesizer player, music mixer, or really …

I do agree there’s only three main categories, but anyone looking to fully explain the topic can’t limit the discussion to five or seven types …

What is reverb? Is it different than an echo or delay? If so, what makes it different. Why is it used in music production? How …

Whether during recording or playback, you’ve been around someone that sees the little red light go off or light up permanently who then says “Oh, …

No matter if you’re talking about car speakers, studio speaker monitors, a guitar amplifier, or even some cheap computer or TV sound system, blown speakers …

What is phantom power? How does it work? Why does it have that name? Which mics need it? Anybody who’s been in this industry hears …

Way back in 1949, a gentleman by the name of Dr. Helmut Haas is given credit for discovering a psychoacoustic phenomenon which was subsequently named …

Learning music production isn’t that hard if you can cut through all of the extra, non-relevant information out there. The truth is there’s very little …

We all have a list of favorite albums and songs that we think sound amazing. We always imagine that that’s how we’d like our own …

Phase cancellation is almost a mystical matter in studio engineering and recording. Many choose to flat out ignore it just to avoid learning what it …

Compressing bass is a fundamental part of any mix, and getting it right means having a great foundation to a song with well-balanced energy and …

Forget your preconceived notions. Acoustic guitar equalization is a piece of cake once you understand what to listen for (and how to listen for it). …

You might be thinking “mixing in mono? I thought the 1950’s came and went?” I’m not telling you that your final result will be completely …

When you receive a raw DAW project file with a song ready to be mixed, the first thing a mixing engineer will typically do is …

The sub-bass and bass frequencies of a song are everything. Get it right and you’ll hear endless praise. Mess it up and your entire mix …