November 16, 2023

Music Production And Recording Tips

EQing Vocals: IntroductionAchieving a balanced and clear vocal sound is a hallmark of professional-sounding audio production. Equalization (EQ) plays a pivotal role in this process, allowing you to enhance vocal clarity, remove muddiness, and ensure your vocals sit well in the mix. This guide provides practical steps and tips for EQing vocals effectively. Understanding EQ

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November 14, 2023

Reaper

Vocal ThickeningDouble-tracking is a great way to thicken up vocals when you’re recording. But we can achieve something similar without doubling vocals. Let’s think or a second about what double-tracking brings to the table. Two voices singing the same thing . . .Vary slightly in timing from each otherVary slightly in pitch from each otherThe

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October 27, 2023

Reaper

To send your Reaper session to an engineer for mixing, you’ll likely need to Export/Consolidate the session. On a basic level, that means sending them a bunch of synced-up audio files.How To Consolidate & Export Reaper Sessions Here’s the step-by-step, big-picture . . .Name your tracks logically, so they’ll make sense to the mix engineer.Freeze

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October 25, 2023

Music Production And Recording Tips

IK multimedia’s MODO Bass 2, Virtual Bass Plugin Maybe you don’t play bass, or don’t have a bass, and you want bass tracks on your recording. And you don’t have a big budget. What do you do?MODO Bass 2 from IK Multimedia Is One Possible AnswerMODO Bass 2 is a virtual instrument — that is

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October 23, 2023

Reaper

ReaTune is Reaper’s stock pitch correction plugin and it’s quite good. Check it out.ReaTune In 5 Minutes ReaTune Basic FunctionsReaTune Manual CorrectionThe heart of ReaTune for pitch correction, is the ‘Manual Correction’ tab. To use ReaTune in manual correction mode . . .Add ReaTune to a trackClick on the ‘Manual Correction’ tab.Click ‘Manual Correction’ and

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