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A Single EQ Can Say It All
EQs are a must-have in almost every audio situation. Musicians use them on their pedalboards to change their sound. Live sounds engineers use them to clean up problem frequencies and match their system to the space they’re in. Recording engineers and mix engineers use them in the studio for both clean up and coloration.
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How Do You Write a Radio Hit?
There are so many elements that go into a song from writing through pre-production, tracking, mixing & mastering. At every step of the process, the entire song can be derailed by simple mistakes.
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Your Gain Knob IS NOT a Volume Knob
I’ll say it once more for the people that left their Master Volume maxed out while messing around with their Gain… Your Gain Knob is absolutely, 100%, indisputably NOT a volume knob! Keep reading to learn the ups and downs of gain and how you’re probably using it wrong in your mixes. 
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Two Vocal Tools That Transcend Genres
Vocals are about as universal as instruments come. Excluding instrumental/orchestral, most modern music has some type of vocal performance tied to it. How we treat and produce those vocals can vary greatly.
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