Using Max by Cycling ’74 as a Virtual Modular Synthesizer
A lot of musicians like to use analog modular synths for their music but not all of them can afford it. In this article, we are going to talk about a software called Max, which has an inbuilt modular synth. You can patch and try different combinations just like a...
Tune Your Drums with Waves Torque
The key to a great-sounding mix is rooted in the tonal balance of the drums. Yet, like mixers, we don’t always get hit with drums that are perfectly tuned or recorded. Drums can be a tricky part to blend into the mix. Because of that, there are many effects and sound...
Useful Tips for Mixing Kick and Bass
As you probably already know, it's all about that bass. In today’s popular electronic genres, your mix largely depends on how you control the low-end of the frequency spectrum. Mixing and affecting low-end is a rather complex skill that requires time, practice, and an...
Create Wider Vocals With Reel ADT by Waves Audio
We could say that processing vocals can be enjoyable, but at the same time a painstaking process. In the 2nd half of the 20th century, and the beginning of the 21st, a countless number of vocal processing tools and techniques emerged which can help us make vocals more...
Revive Your Sounds by Using MCharacter Plugin
Shaping Sound Over time, as music production techniques progressed, we were introduced to many creative ways to shape the sound. Some of them are offering truly outstanding results in terms of sound morphing and resynthesizing. The ability to alter the original...
Use Parallel Distortion to Spice Up Your Bass
Become a parallel professor We have covered the use of parallel compression in one of our previous blog articles. It's a technique whereby you use the compressor as a send effect (you'd traditionally use it as an insert) so that the dry and compressed signals...
Explore Multiband Compression Benefits
It seems to me that there are many different compression types used in music production nowadays. However, I find one of them extremely useful. This is because it allows the audio signal to be processed and controlled in a number of bands rather that one band like in...
Get Creative with Delay Effect
It seems to me that the delay effect has to be one of the most widely used effects in music production. This is because it is one of the oldest effects out there. By far the most common function of the delay effect – echoes - make an appearance on just about any song...
