Category: Tips & Tricks

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.

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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. 

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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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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!

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In this video, I share a plug-in I use in every single one of my productions, the Fabfilter Simplon. It’s an easy intuitive filter plug-in that just gets the job done! I share the features of the plugin and a cool trick where I use dual filtering at the same time.  If you need an easy plugin for filtering you need to check this plug-in out.

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In this video, we discuss the Universal Audio LA-2A compressor plug in collection. I go over all of the various units UA has to offer in the bundle and give some examples of what they sound like and their differences.

The LA-2A is on of my favorite compressors and I use it in almost every music production. They are fast, easy to use and intuitive. Although you don’t get much control like a normal compressor they have a distinct color and character t0 them that cannot be replaced.

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