In music production as in other contexts, the 80s was a decade of ridiculous excess in many ways, with everything from loud metal guitar riffs to overhyped drum sounds. You’ve probably heard examples of the latter cases before: a snare erupts with an...
Timbales are metal-encased shallow single-headed drums. They have a shallower sound than the single-headed tom-toms. During solos and transitional sections of music, the player (known as a timbalero) employs a variety of stick strokes, rim shots, and rolls to generate...
Mid-Side EQ is an advanced audio technique that can greatly improve your mix. The stereo image is the perceived spatial location of sound sources reproduced on a stereo system. Without a strong stereo image, a mix can struggle to achieve the expansive and immersive...
Producing vocals to stand out in the mix is never an easy process. Luckily, in the last decade, many vocal enhancement plugins emerged, ranging from channel strips and equalizers to special processing units. Conventional Harmonic Exciter effects and Enhancers are...
There are some ‘secret’ tools used in contemporary music production which can make any track sound powerful and full of spark. For example, Sonic Enhancer plugins tickle that little bit of magic out of specific frequencies that you will have a hard time...
