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How Compression Works
It doesn’t matter if you’re brand new to recording or have been doing it for years. Understanding the fundamentals of compression is a key concept that anyone in a studio environment should have. After all – it’s the glue that holds everything together!
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2 Major Tracking Mistakes Made In Home Studios
Making mistakes is what makes us human, but there are plenty of home studio mistakes that can be avoided altogether if we’re prepared for them. These aren’t things like hitting the wrong keyboard shortcut; they’re actionable tasks that we can do consciously to set our home studio up for success.
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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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Why Synthesizer Music Is Growing In Popularity
Electronic music isn’t all about EDM these days. While it’s still one of the most popular genres and a mainstay on the pop charts, there are literally hundreds of subgenres that have popped up that are completely synth-based in nature. 
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