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Mid/Side Equalization is a powerful technique that can enhance your tracks in countless ways. With Mid/Side EQ, a stereo signal is split into mono and stereo channels, allowing you to isolate the frequency spectrum at the center or sides of your mix. As a result, you are able to adjust your mix with greater precision and flexibility.

In order to use Mid/Side EQ effectively, you should be familiar with Stereo EQ, but be careful because it can quickly cause more harm than good if you are not careful. If you’re wondering how you can improve your sound quality with Mid/Side EQ, then look no further. This video shows you how to use Mid/Side EQ to improve your production and mixing.

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Have you ever wondered how professional producers use EQ to improve their mixes? In this video, I share the 11 best EQ tips pro producers use to create better mixes.

In music, equalizers are useful tools for shaping and enhancing sound. Setting it too high will make the sound tinny, too sharp, and make it difficult to listen to. In addition to enhancing the sound, it can also be used to create and carve space between other instruments. Using EQ effectively requires you to understand how they work and some best practices. You will learn how to use EQ effectively in this video.

It can be difficult to know where to begin when making music, and there are a lot of tips and tricks to help you. It’s hard to remember all the rules because it’s so technical, so you can save the video for future reference if you like it.

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In this video, I break down and get into the five most common types of EQ that producers use in their productions

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This is the third video on the mix bus processing series. In this video, I will share my thoughts about EQ on the mix bus.

EQ manipulates the frequency content of your recordings. It will adjust audio volume so that certain frequencies are emphasized over others and all of the elements of your production work together sonically.  In this video, I  share my opinion on using EQ while mixing on your master bus. I have also shared how I got a lot better mixes while mixing without EQ on the master bus. Let’s discuss it in detail.

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Have you ever asked yourself, should you use compression on the mix bus or is mix bus compression necessary? Then this video is for you.

This is the second video in the mix bus processing series. Last week we discussed using a limiter on your master bus while you’re producing your music. In this video, I will talk about mix bus compression that people usually put right before the limiter on the mix bus. A lot of times, people will slap on a master chain that they use all the time on every song. I don’t think that’s the right way. I like to master with intent. I take each song, album or track on the album on a case-by-case basis. I have also shared the concept behind using compression and what it really does in my opinion. Let’s find out.

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Are you a music producer that uses a limiter on your master bus? In this video, I will share why I personally don’t use a limiter on my master bus when producing music. People ask, should I put a limiter on my mix? Some say that this is very necessary. They call it top-down mixing. I used to do this myself when I was just a young producer. I was wrong. Putting a limiter on the master bus gives you the false impression that you’re listening to your music, and while you’re producing it, as it may come out mastered or as it’s much louder. It can create changes in the music once you turn that limiter off that we’re unexpected.

Let’s discuss why you shouldn’t use a limiter on the master buss and why I take every song when I’m mastering, or every album and each track individually on a case-by-case basis and that’s how you should approach it too.

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We are back with part two of the series on is six creative ways that you can use reverb in your music productions. This week I share tricks including the automated reverb, or automating a note or hit with reverb. Finally we finish it off with the classic 80’s gated reverb trick. 

Automated Reverb
Another great way that you can use reverb is, you can automate the reverb. For example, I want it to gradually swell up as it goes on. You could also start it dry and automate some of the reverb parameters. Let’s say, you wanted to turn on the space or the decay time and you wanted to turn that up. This way you get that nice reverb build up. Watch the video to see how you can use automated reverb to level up your music production.

Automated Reverb Up Note or Hit
You can also automate a drum hit or a hit or a tone in your music production. It’s really handy if you’re transitioning to a breakdown or you want to create some space and you drop the kick drum or drop some drums.

Gated Reverb
It is also known as the gated snare trick. It was made famous in the 80’s one of the most popular songs that made this famous was Phil Collins “In The Air” but a lot of 80’s songs use this. If you’re trying to go for that 80’s feel or that disco boogie feel, the gated snare or the gated reverb trick is a great way to accomplish that. Watch the complete video for a step-by-step tutorial.

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We got a two-part series on six creative ways that you can use reverb in your music productions. In part one we discuss a classic reverb swell, reverb early reflections and an octave shimmer up trick. Are you familiar with some of these tricks? Level up your music productions with reverb tricks and stay tuned for part two next week.

Classic Reverb Swell
Also known as the reverse reverb swell. This trick is very common and very famous. Once you know what to listen for, you’ll hear the reverse reverb effect all over popular music.

But some people may not know how to do it. The real trick to doing this is you have to use the reverse tail you create.
Watch the complete video to learn how to do reverse reverb swell step by step.

This is a cool trick I use all the time. It doesn’t have to just be used with vocals. You can use this with synths, you can use it with drums, you can use it with drum hits. You can make your own transition effects with tricks like this. If you’re not using this trick you’re missing out.

Reverb Early Reflections
You can use this if you don’t want a big reverb tail but you just want to get some nice room tones or plate tones. This is a cool trick to try. It’s just grabbing those early reflections of the reverb and using it differently.
Check out how I did it step by step in the video.

Shimmer Octave Up
The third trick for creative ways to use reverb is to shimmer up one octave. This introduces the enhanced harmonics of the input signal.

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Part 3 in the series on making your vinyl samples better goes over our last two topics and tricks you can use to enhance your vinyl samples. First I talk about using vinyl emulation to basically make the sample sound “older” per-say. You can get some cool sounds out of vinyl emulation plug ins. 

Another method I share is masking and layering. I layer a few samples over the main sample I’m trying to enhance to give it more depth and another element that might enhance it in some way. The possibilities are endless and you really need to play around.

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Part 2 in our series on making your vinyl samples better we get more in depth about tricks you can use. Starting off with basic EQ you can do a whole lot to a sample. EQ is one or the main tools. I get into using Restoriation Tools as well, which can also be a handy tactic if you are looking to try to do some clean up. I share ways you can do this as well as give examples.

Lastly I discuss how saturation can help with samples. Stay tuned next week for part 3.

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