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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.
Today we discuss my thought process on plugin order. While there is no right or wrong way to organize the order of your plugins I typically follow a workflow that some may consider standard. I wanted to give some insight into my though process behind the order I typically follow when using plugins or processing.
Do you use audio normalization? If so, you might be making some small mistakes or not realizing what is actually happening. I personally hardly ever use audio normalization. Now there might be times when it can be handy. Although I work on music production, maybe if you’re in broadcast or other areas in the music space it can be a handy tool.
But for what I do, it’s not necessary. If you want to learn more be sure to check out the video on audio normalization.
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What’s wrong with this waveform for mastering? This is a common music mastering problem that I see. Even though I give clients instructions I commonly find clients trying to send me MP3s, and or files with blown up waveforms. The problem with these files is there is no dynamics left and no headroom for me to work on your project.
I made this video to share what your waveform should look like before sending off to a mastering engineer.
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Today we discuss how to finish more music! This is often a problem for artists that get stuck in the motion of making loops and general ideas but never actually finish complete songs or have a hard time getting there. Some of these tips will help speed up your workflow, make things efficient and get you to the finish line faster so you do not have to waste time trying to do repetitive tasks and it will hopefully speed up your production process.
If you’re a new producer or an experienced producer looking for more workflow tips then be sure to check this video out!