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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
What Is Pre-delay?
Effects are important in audio processing because they allow us to improve our audio and get it to a standard we want it at. One of the popular effects used in many arenas of audio engineering is delay. Delay is…
What Frequency Range Are Vocals?
Frequency is an important aspect of any kind of audio production. I work in music production so I’m mostly dealing with instruments and vocals. This usually involves going through individual mix elements to make sure that they’re in the right…