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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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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.
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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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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This week I pull out two of my favorite EQ’s – the UAD API 500 Series Plugin Collection. The amount ion color and warmth these units have is amazing. Learn some of my tips and tricks with these two and how they work. You can even leave something special without altering a thing. Give it a shot and learn more.
Per special request by a YouTube subscriber, this week we discuss the Universal Audio 1176 Plugin Collection. This set of compressor and limiters is another one of my go to’s. You can’t beat the ease of use and the silkiness of these units. I share some cool tips and tricks to using these compressors, what each unit is good for and talk about the Smash mode and the classic Dr. Pepper trick.
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday is upon us! Part two of my series on Black Friday Music Production deals in 2021 goes over 13 top choices for music producers. Some of these I discussed last week but now all of the companies have their sales listed. Let’s go over them!
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday is almost here! Today I give you my top nine deals to look out for in music production deals. I hand picked these deals from past purchases or things I personally use quite often in my music productions and I took into account which companies have the best sales as well. Also, planning to keep you updated as we get closer to the sales on what other plugins to look out for or what I might personally be looking at this year.
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Today we’re going to discuss why volume is important in music production. Volume is the main culprit for a lot of problems. Everyone tries to overproduce or put too many effects, too much compression or worse eq things like crazy when in reality they first just need to get the volume right. Getting things to sit right in the mix goes a long way.
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Today I’m going to discuss one EQ trick you might want to try while crafting your next mix down. I find some common problems with client mixes always relate to a certain zone of frequencies and sometimes just doing one EQ move can make all the difference in the world. Did I spark your interest? Check out this week’s video to learn more.