Get a Realistic Acoustic Guitar Sound (Part 1)

Get a Realistic Acoustic Guitar Sound (Part 1)

Surely you will agree that the acoustic guitar is one of the most used instruments out there. Countless everlasting hits in modern music were written for acoustic guitar, ranging from classical music and rock and roll, all the way up to modern hybrids of electronic...
Quick Arranging Tips: Song Structure

Quick Arranging Tips: Song Structure

INTRODUCTION   So you have a verse or a chorus and some introduction to it. Now you need another section. There’s not much time so you can’t start from scratch, but you don’t want it to sound repetitive. Luckily, making variations and arranging musical phrases in...
Simple Way For De-Essing Your Vocals

Simple Way For De-Essing Your Vocals

De-essing 101   De-essing is any technique intended to reduce or eliminate the excessive prominence of sibilant consonants, such as the sounds normally represented in English by “s”, “z”, “ch”, “j” and...
Quick Arranging Tips: Intro

Quick Arranging Tips: Intro

TRANSFORM YOUR LOOP INTO AN INTRO SECTION   So you have a nice 16 or 32 bar loop. Moreover, you’ve got a nice mix of instruments blended together. You’ve even got some automation written in and a little processing done. In essence, what sits in front of you is an...
SoundBridge Widgets: Edit Windows – Part 2

SoundBridge Widgets: Edit Windows – Part 2

As we discussed in the first part of the Edit Windows tutorial, the Edit Window widget is a crucial part of the SoundBridge: DAW. We have covered the audio part, so now we will cover MIDI & automation.   MIDI editing   MIDI editing window is entirely...