Using a multiband gate plugin to tighten your snare drum
AudiotentTip 285. Using a multiband gate plugin to tighten your snare drum.Gating the sound can make it tighter and appear more percussive. However, applying this to the entire signal does not alwa...
#AudiotentTip 284. Chorus Noise FX.White noise is often used for rise, fall or impact FX. A lot of the time it can sound plain and too harsh. To combat this, apply some chorus effect this helps sof...
How to program midi flams for your drums and drum fills
#AudiotentTip 283. How to program midi flams for your drums and drum fills.A great way to add an organic feel to your grooves is to add a flam. Essentially a flam, is a ghost note (low velocity), f...
#AudiotentTip 282. Triplet Delay FX.A nice way to add interest to your on beat FX is to use a triplet timing delay with higher feedback setting. This works best with short percussive sounds to help...
The ultimate clap transient tip
#AudiotentTip 281. Clap Transient.Most of the four to the floor grooves would not be complete without a clap. The classic placement for the clap is every second beat. The trouble with this is that ...
Our 3 best tips for smooth transitions in your music
#AudiotentTip 280. Smooth Transitions.When you try to introduce a new sound into your arrangement it can sometimes sound too abrupt. First, copy your sound earlier into the arrangement and then app...
#AudiotentTip 279. Musical Modes.To help create different emotions in your music, try exploring and utilising the many musical modes that are available to you.
Remove tempo sync on your delay
#AudiotentTip 278. Delay Times.Syncing your delay plugin to the tempo of your track is a common application. However, to give your track a less robotic feel try removing the tempo sync and manually...
Adding chorus to your bass for better basslines
#AudiotentTip 277. Bass Imaging.Keeping your bass in mono is vital if you want to achieve a solid mix. However, sometimes you might want a little extra width in your bass to fill out the panorama.S...
Tighten up your bass with a low pass filter
#AudiotentTip 276. Low Pass Bass.Most of the time we use a high pass filter on a bass to get rid of any unnecessary rumble in the lowest frequencies (usually below 20-40hz). This makes some extra h...