Audiotent Tip 355. Vocal Noise Gate.A noise gate is a very effective tool for removing unwanted background noise during quiet sections of a recording.This is especially useful on vocals and is a lo...
Audiotent Tip 354. Chaining Send FX.Don’t stop with having just one processor on your send effect. There is so much room for experimentation when chaining multiple effects.Try going from a delay in...
Audiotent Tip 353. OTT Multiband Compression.If you’re a fan of aggressive multiband compression you should definitely check out OTT from Xfer Records.It’s a free plugin that is based on the famous...
Audiotent Tip 352. Glitch It.Glitchy loops or samples can often add an intricate detail to your music. There are a few ways to achieve this.Manually slicing and arranging the audio into tiny pieces...
Audiotent Tip 351. Advanced Metering Plugins.If you’re looking to expand the metering beyond what your DAW offers, there are many great advanced tools on the market.K-Metering, Dynamic Range Meteri...
Audiotent Tip 350. Upgrading Your Studio.Before you plan to buy any new studio equipment, find out where your weakest link is and upgrade that first.For example, it would be a better choice to upgr...
Audiotent Tip 349. DAW Scale.If you’re just beginning to learn music theory, it can be a great help to use a MIDI scale quantise plugin inside your DAW.Once you select a scale, any off note that yo...
Audiotent Tip 348. Synth Unison.One of the greatest ways to thicken a sound is to apply unison.Unison is when multiple notes are playing the same pitch at the same time. This could be the same pitc...
Audiotent Tip 347. Group Multiband Compression.Adding compression to a bus (group) channel can help to glue it together and create extra energy.Multiband compression allows you to do the same whils...
Audiotent Tip 346. Lo-fi Vocals.When working on a clean and polished production, try making your vocals lo-fi for a contrast. There are multiple ways to achieve this effect.First, equalise your sou...