Convert Your Rhythm to Melody
Nobody can deny that audio processing of drum loops and individual drum sounds requires countless hours of work. Paying attention to details, cutting, moving, and processing it in various ways is something that all producers came across many times. What's more, the...
Generate a Perfect Clap
The Clap is undoubtedly one of the essential rhythmic elements in modern music. It all started with Roland's TR-808 and TR-909 drum machines, which introduced sampled clap sounds that consequently marked an era in contemporary dance music. These type of clap sounds...
Introduce a Psychedelic Twist to Your Instruments
Psychedelic music, also known as Psychedelia, originates from 1960's rock bands from the U.S.A. and U.K. It created many sub-genres like psychedelic folk, psychedelic rock, acid rock, and psychedelic pop before declining in the early 1980's. Numerous sub-genres...
Create Epic Cinematic Drums
Cinematic music production is, without any doubt, a vast industry. Its approach to sound processing is, in many cases, much more complicated than producing a regular pop tune. Scoring and layering of many instruments is often a time-consuming process. In earlier...
Realistic Wah-Wah Effect
A wah-wah pedal (or simply wah pedal) is a type of electric guitar effects pedal that alters the tone and frequencies of the guitar signal to create a distinctive sound. Moreover, it is mimicking the human voice saying the onomatopoeic name "wah-wah". The evolution of...
3 Simple Steps to an Effective Drums and Percussion Tuning Strategy
When it comes to drums, percussion, and other audio samples - many producers forget they can tune them. Despite the noisy nature of most percussion, it is essential to pay some attention to their pitches. They often make or break the mix. Sometimes, no matter how...
Enhance Your Sub Bass Using Parallel Distortion
When it comes to sub-bass, it usually consists of a basic sine waveform (See Blog: Why Waveforms?). This is because the sine often sounds deep and majestic. However, in some cases, it doesn't fit the mix or has no presence against other elements. This is usually due...
Polish Your Mix by Using a Hybrid Equalizer
Year by year, we are witnessing the progress of audio engineering technologies. New mixing tricks and new recording options are only getting better, and the effort we once invested in getting to the desired goal in the processing of drums, guitar, or full mix...
Introduce Contrast in Your Arrangements With a Stereo Imager
In electronic music genres such as House, Techno, and Psy Trance, it's important to have a proper impact after the main build-up. The importance of the build-up's transition to the drop in most arrangements can't be overstated, so taking care of this part of the song...
