One of the most common issues in audio production is latency. In all my years as a music producer, latency is an issue that I’ve dealt with many times. It can make your life difficult when processing, performing or recording audio live. For example, a musician that is doing a live performance will depend on […]
How Does A High-pass Filter Sound?
When mixing or mastering audio, one needs to understand how to treat musical elements. EQ or equalization is a huge part of audio production and this post I’m going to explain how a high pass filter sounds like. This is important to know because many times words or terms like low pass and high pass […]
What Is Reverb Tail?
Reverb is an essential effect in music production and other areas of audio engineering. It has so many different characteristics and in this post I’m going to discuss reverb tail. You’ve probably come across that term before. If you wondered what it meant, not to worry this post will walk you through everything you need […]
How Difficult Is It To Be A Songwriter?
Songwriting is one of the essential parts of creating music. Without the lyrics, muscians would have no words to sing over instrumentation. Many newbie musicians that have never written a song in their lives are often faced with the challenge of evolving to become not only a songwriter, but a good songwriter. In this post […]
Why Do Most Producers Use FL Studio?
FL Studio has become one of the most popular digital audio workstations on the market. There are many reasons for this. Many professionals have adopted it which is surprising because there were so many negative remarks aimed at FL when Image Line released its first versions. A lot of people looked down on FL because […]
Which Is Louder MP3 Or WAV?
It’s important to know various audio formats and their basic characteristics especially if you a music producer or sound engineer. Some of the two most common audio formats today are the MP3 and Wav formats. Both formats have their own unique characteristics and in this post I’m going to discuss which of the formats is […]
Does Mp3 Lose Quality Over Time?
There are various formats of audio all available for various purposes. In this post I’ll zero in on one audio format which is mp3. Mp3 is the standard version of audio that people are used to. If you remember mp3 players, then you remember how they only supported only MP3 Audio format. Fast forward to […]
Should You Use A Limiter Before Mastering?
Mastering is one of the most complex jobs in audio engineering because it involves many things that one has to take into consideration. Most of the common effects used in mastering are EQ, Compression, Saturation and limiters. In this post I’m going to zero in on one effect which is the limiter. A limiter is […]
Does Reverb Make You Sound Better?
If you work in audio or sound engineering you probably use reverb in your processes. Reverb is short for the reverberation effect which is a commonly used effect in audio production. So, will it make you sound better? Well this depends on a number of things and this post will discuss this and give you […]
Do Professional Singers Use Echo?
Effects are a huge part of any musician’s audio production process. These days, musicians understand so much of the audio production process enough to know what they want and how they want it specifically. This is even more common with singers because they understand music and singing a lot better. An effect that is commonly […]
