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How Modern Vocal Compression Has Changed
Vocal compression is one of the few subtle techniques used in the studio that have been carried from decade to decade in the studio. Even before hardware compression was introduced, engineers would naturally overdrive their hardware or tape machines for an organic, natural compression – what many today simply refer to as saturation.
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The Best Tape Plugins For Any DAW
Tape plugins have a wide range of definitions and features that it can sometimes be difficult to determine where you should start. With so many great tape plugins available on the market today, it’s important you know what you’re looking for in your next one and how it’s going to supplement your current mix workflow.
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The Ultimate Guide to Thicker Lead Vocals
Lead vocals deserve thick and present in just about any major music production. Sometimes, that requires you to record layer after layer of vocals making them harmonically dense and filling out the frequency spectrum. Other times, all it requires is a single, well-recorded voice with some post-processing that helps ...
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