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    10 Reasons Why Mixing Live Sound is the Worst Job in the World

    Björgvin Benediktsson 24 Comments

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    [Note: The following . Check it out to learn how to break into the live sound industry, run small sound systems and deal with unpredictable musicians.] Even though mixing live sound might be an awesome job, it’s just a small part of what you do as a live sound engineer. Sometimes running live sound just...


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    When is it Smarter to Edit or Re-Record?

    Björgvin Benediktsson 2 Comments

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    Wednesday’s article on there that enable you to fix even the worst of errors. Auto-Tune and Melodyne work wonders for tuning, and all these elastic time tools seem to fix even the worst performance. But when should you edit and when should you re-record? Editing 1. Audio editing is a handy resource for fixing things...


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    The #1 Rule for Editing Audio

    Björgvin Benediktsson 18 Comments

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    Editing audio tracks is a cosmetic process. You’re that’s full of annoying clicks just because you don’t know where to cut your audio. It’s a simple process to edit audio correctly and smoothly. If you’re dealing with a drummer that’s not the tightest in the world you might need to move a beat here or...


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    Feng Shui and your Home Recording Studio

    Björgvin Benediktsson 10 Comments

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    Using Feng Shui for your home recording studio might seem a bit weird. Especially when you do some research and read that you should have flowing water to symbolize positive energy in your room. I don’t know about you, but flowing water in the background of my audio tracks sounds like a pretty bad idea....


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    Enhance Your Ears for Superpowered EQ Skills

    Björgvin Benediktsson 8 Comments

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    Knowing where to go when you need to EQ is a great skill to have. It’s much faster to instinctively cut that pesky frequency out of your kick drum than having to go through each part of the spectrum until you accidentally happen upon the right one. Enter Quiztones Quiztones is a great little application...


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    The Often Overlooked Home Recording Equipment You Need

    Björgvin Benediktsson 10 Comments

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    A while ago I wrote a guide to home recording equipment please don’t forget this EVEN MORE Essential List of Home Recording Equipment. Cables I don’t care how expensive your interface and microphone is, if you can’t plug the two together they aren’t worth much. Make sure you get enough cables, and not only mic...


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    6 Steps to Fixing the Muddiness in Your Mixes

    Björgvin Benediktsson 26 Comments

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    You might have a similar problem to many other engineers. Namely, dealing with muddiness in your mixes. We all want nice and clear mixes, full of thick low-end that doesn’t overpower our pristine highs right? A muddy mix is when the lower mids of your mix get cluttered up and all the bottom end seems...


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    The #1 Mistake With Digital Audio Recording

    Björgvin Benediktsson 18 Comments

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    Everybody wants to record audio like the great engineers of history. You might read interviews and books about their warm sound and smoothly saturated tape. And then you try to apply those same ideas to your recordings. Big Mistake Digital audio recording is a bit different than what you read about in the history books...


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    The Absolutely Essential List of Music Production Schools

    Björgvin Benediktsson 60 Comments

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    Music production schools are getting more and more popular every second. My generation seems to be more interested in getting an education in something they are absolutely fanatical about instead of getting a throw-away degree in something like sociology(sorry sociology majors. I like Marx too!) Some schools offer a full-fledged Bachelor’s degree in audio production,...


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    5 Invaluable Tips for a Productive Band Practice

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    1. Keep the Chatter to a Minimum I love band practice. But I also look at it as work. I want to get things done and run through as many songs as I can. I love music much more than chit-chatting so unnecessary chatter between songs is annoying to me. More time for playing, less...


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