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There’s so much more to the story when it comes to choosing a set of headphones. If you score even a higher tier of consumer …

Some of these issues are flat out mythology and categorically false, while others are true in some applications and false in other scenarios. No wonder …

Even beyond that, many headphones that could benefit from an amplifier can still be used without one at low volumes and you’d never know the …

As you continually visit the same room day in and day out and start accumulating years of your life spent in it, you begin to …

The difference between solid production and perfect production all boils down to which recording engineer is willing to go the extra mile to take advantage …

Everyone has heard of this term. It’s so common that people who have zero clue what they’re talking about will offer up the solution: “Just …

Imagine this scenario. You or your band release an EP of six tracks and three of them are awesome. You’ve printed CD labels and slip …

“No, no! Not the Cat-5, bring me the XLR. No, that’s the TRS to TS! No, not the optical… Nevermind, I’ll get it myself.” It’s …

Most of us in the recording industry have a solid understanding of how compressors work. We know how to tweak the settings to achieve our …

An audio compressor is one of those pieces of gear that everyone tries to get by without for some odd reason. Guitar players, for instance, …

It goes like this: If you’re recording with a microphone then you need to use a preamplifier, no questions asked. It is 100% possible to …

There’s a ton of advice out there being spewed every time someone asks “How do I program realistic drums?” “Drum programming isn’t hard, dummy,” they …

Do you ever listen to professional mixes and wonder how in the world they have so many lush reverbs flowing throughout the soundscape, yet everything …

Lots of listeners hear older recordings and realize that something sounds different than the new crystal clear, extremely sterilized, computerized recordings of today. It’s not …

There are countless occupations that ask for you to put your best voice forward. From singers, actors, and radio personalities, to teachers, salesmen, and almost …

The two most important aspects to “recording and mixing vocals” is implied in that phrase right there. There is the recording phase and then there …

We all believe that success in the music industry should be based on musical skill of some sort, whether that’s songwriting, technical playing prowess, or …

The whole lot of us are guilty… guilty of not taking care of our ears even though it’s our livelihood. We listen to our favorite …

The best way for beginners to start producing acceptable mixes is not to focus on what they should be doing but to simply avoid what …

What in the world is headroom in audio? Why should we care? Even if we did care, how the heck do we use it? These …