Because most desktop audio applications offer an unlimited number of virtual tracks, recordists can keep every take of an artist's performance. All the...
A growing number of software synthesizers offer audio inputs, which opens up entire new vistas for effects processing. Here, I'll discuss using virtual-instrument...
In the recording studio, time has always been the enemy. In commercial studios, the ever-present ticking clock motivates musicians, producers, and engineers...
Producer and engineer Matt Wallace isn't one to waste time; he thinks fast, talks fast, and moves fast. One result of this seemingly boundless energy...
When it comes to editing MIDI tracks, logical edit utilities are often used as a last resort. Because logical edit utilities are harder to understand...
Microsurgical editing can enhance the musicality and groove quotient of your loops. All you need is an audio editor with a few standard effects (EQ, filtering,...
Before digital signal processing (DSP) became the norm in music production, adding delay effects or compression meant running the audio through a hardware...
In today's increasingly communicative world, there is no shortage of ways to distribute audio-based intellectual property. As a result, there is an overabundance...
Most project studios have the firepower to produce radio-ready tracks. But why is it that some studios stay consistently booked while others stagnate?...
SoundFonts are like a gift that keeps on giving. For commercially-minded musicians, SoundFonts can open the door to a potential market of millions through...
Have you ever wondered what's under the hood of your digital audio sequencer? Your favorite program more than likely has hundreds of thousands of lines...
When you see an audio plug-in running on a computer, it's natural to assume that the processing is being handled by the computer. The digital signal processing...
Digidesign Pro Tools has an extensive feature set that may seem endless to everyone except the most experienced user. But even power users might not know...
Now that musicians can find a loop to fit any style, and have access to programs that can break down loops to their component parts for endless manipulation,...
Convolution reverb imposes the characteristics of a real-world reverberant space on an input signal. To create convolution reverb, an impulse response...
Mastering has often been a job for highly trained and expensive professionals hired by major labels for major artists. Today almost anyone can attempt...
After its introduction in 1998, Line 6's Pod probably did more to popularize the concept of digital guitar-amp modeling than any other product. But another...
The art of composing music for picture has a rich heritage, dating back to the very beginnings of cinema. One could easily argue that its roots date back...
MOTU's Digital Performer (DP) provides a variety of tools for aligning the tempo of a sequence with the tempo of recorded audio. You can make the sequence's...
Frequency shifting is a great way to add color and motion to almost any percussion sound. For this article, I've used the Bode Frequency Shifter module...
