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What happens to your recording when it’s played on the radio? Add this to the list of reasons to avoid crushing the dynamics out of your mixes: Hypercompressed material does not sound louder on the air. It sounds more distorted, making the radio sound broken in extreme cases. It sounds small, busy, and flat. It […]

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Mixing, from a producer’s perspective – On the Humbucker Music web site. As the article states, many of the mixing tutorials on the web are engineer-centric, focused on tips an engineer can use to create the perfect mix. But more often than not, a great mix starts before the first track has been recorded. If […]

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The Home Recording Pool on photo-sharing site Flickr has great shots of home recording setups all over the Internet.

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Some of the mastering engineers on homerecording.com discuss their approaches to mastering: One reason to use EQ post compression is so that you don’t have to keep re-adjusting the threshold of the compressor when making EQ changes. This insightful thread on ProSound addresses the consequences of mixing and mastering in the same room: Bob Ludwig […]

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After reading the importance of checking a reference while mixing, an obvious question is: “What are some decent reference mixes?” John Vestman answers the question with his list of commercial reference CDs. Bob Katz also provides a CD Honor Roll Previously: The importance of checking a reference while mixing

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