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What You Need to Know About Gain Staging

What You Need To Know About Gain Staging

This week we are going to discuss gain staging and why this is the most critical thing you need to pay attention to. I had a big discussion with one of my clients about this so I created this video. The tricky thing is gain staging applies literally everywhere, from recording, to mixing and mastering. I discuss and share examples of how you need to properly gain stage in your DAW and what you need to do before sending your tracks for mastering so your gain staging is proper. 

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Sound Choices Makeup Your Groove – Why Groove Is Important?

Sound Choices Makeup Your Groove - Why Groove Is Important_

This week I give you a more concept based topic on groove and how sound shaping and selections can dictate how your track is grooving. If you pay close attention to these things it can make or break a production. This is more of a concept based video and I share an experience I had with a friend to demonstrate. 

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Producer vs Engineer vs Mixer

Producer vs Engineer vs Mixer

This week I discuss a topic that I had a YouTube comment on so I decided to answer his question. We discuss the differences between a producer, a mixing engineer and a recording engineer. If you work in the industry you may already know this but not everyone understands the fine details. These days in the music industry you can wear many hats! 

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Get Your Mix to Translate – 5 Reasons Why Volume is Important

Get Your Mix to Translate - 5 Reasons Why Volume is Important

Touching back on the subject of why volume is important I go into a bit more detail about how your monitoring levels can affect your perception. I had a comment on the previous video to share screen examples, although I cannot show you what I hear in my studio, I can share information on the equal loudness contour. Interested to learn more? 

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Best Free Reverb Plugins for Vocals

Best Free Reverb Plugin for Vocals

We’re almost in 2022 and this week I am sharing the best free reverb plugins for vocals! If you’re looking for some budget reverbs there’s some really good ones in here. I personally use a lot of paid reverbs but I was impressed after digging through some of these free options whats out there. Make sure to check out the reverbs I go through a wide variety of brands and plugins in this video.

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We are now Apple Digital Masters Certified

Distinct Mastering is now Apple Digital Masters Certified

Exciting news to share! Distinct Mastering is now a certified Apple Digital Masters mastering house. That’s right you can get your music certified with the digital masters certification badge in the Apple ecosystem. Learn about Apple Digital Masters and how they can benefit your music.

Apple has created a specific encoding process which they use to ensure quality files so you’e music can be heard as it was intended. The process for artists requires to work with high quality files and we will test and prep your files for preparation into the Apple ecosystem. You can use our mastering house to get the Apple Digital Masters (previously known as Mastered for iTunes) certification bade. If you’re interested in getting your music mastered for Apple and be certified contact us today!

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What is Dither? 3 Rules to Follow if You’re a Music Producer

What is Dither? 3 Rules to Follow For Music Producers

This week I get into the topic of audio dithering. Do you know what dithering is? Are you incorrectly using because you don’t even know it’s on. Do you even know that it’s happening if you do a certain thing? Do you know when you need to use it? All these questions answered! If you’re a music producer learn three rules to follow when it comes to dithering in music production.

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