#AudiotentTip 003. Keep an eye on your correlation meter, if elements go into minus try reducing the width to make it more compatible in mono.
Controlled air in your mix
#AudiotentTip 002. Duplicate your synth. Apply hi pass filter and compress it heavily. Mix this back in with original to increase controlled ‘air’.
How To Make Your Kick Drum Cut Through The Mix
#AudiotentTip 001. If you’re looking to make your kick cut through a busy mix try this technique. First, find a very short closed hi hat sample. Reverse the sample and … Read More
Mastering Compressor Sidechain Filter
#AudiotentTip 102. Compressor Sidechain Filter. When applying compression on bass heavy material or across a final mix, try enabling the sidechain high pass filter. This will stop the compressor from … Read More
Low Pass EQ
#AudiotentTip 103. Low Pass EQ. Removing any unnecessary sub frequency rumble from elements that don’t need it seems like common advise. This works great for creating space in the mix … Read More
Convolution Reverb
#AudiotentTip 104. Convolution Reverb. Algorithmic reverbs tend to be more flexible due to their design. However, using an impulse response based convolution reverb is a great way to achieve a … Read More
3 Tips To Thicken Your Bass
#AudiotentTip 105. 3 ways to thicken your bass. 1) Apply some tape saturation to give the bass more body and midrange. 2) Use parallel compression to extend the bass tails … Read More
Kick Transient
#AudiotentTip 89. Kick Transient. Technique A) If you find your kick lacks bite and doesn’t cut through the mix, split it right after the transient. Duplicate the transient onto another … Read More
Processing in Solo
#AudiotentTip 106. Processing in solo. When processing individual channels it’s very tempting to work with the track being solo’d, however this is not always best practice. Always listen to how … Read More
MIDI Sweetspot
#AudiotentTip 107. MIDI sweetspot. Once you have the musical idea for your track ready, try transposing the entire MIDI to a different key signature. This can spark a different mood … Read More