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Polar patterns: Understanding different microphone pick up patterns

A microphone’s ‘polar pattern’ or ‘pick up pattern’ defines how sensitive the mic is to sounds coming from different directions. No matter what type of mic you’re using, whether it […]

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Setting up reverb in your mixes: aux send vs. insert

Reverb aux send vs insert When you set reverb up in your session, you can do so in one of two ways. The first is to add the reverb as […]

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Breaking down the key reverb types: hall, room, chamber, spring, plate etc.

In modern day digital music production, we have the option to use many different reverb types. Most reverb plugins will come with options like ‘plate’, ‘hall’, ‘chamber’ etc. Each setting […]

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Why use reverb? 5 ways that reverb can benefit your mix

The addition of reverb in your songs has a lot of benefits. As well as making your mix sound more natural, there are many other advantages that you can bring […]

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The 5 key reverb plugin parameters (pre delay, diffusion, decay etc.)

In this lesson, we’ll look at 5 of the most common reverb plugin parameters, what they do, and how to use them when applying reverb to your mixes. What is […]

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How and why to equalize your compressor’s sidechain signal

A function offered by many compressors is the ability to equalize your compressor’s sidechain signal… But why would this be beneficial and when might you need to use this function? […]

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Sidechain compression: the sidechain compression technique explained

Sidechain compression can be a really useful technique in mixing. That’s because it opens up the option to compress a track in your mix in relation to what is happening […]

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Compressor hold setting: your compressor’s ‘hold’ function explained

Understanding the compressor hold setting Most compressors offer you six main controls. Those controls are the threshold, ratio, attack, release, knee and make up gain settings. But in addition to […]