Production Tips

Creating warmth with EQ
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Creating warmth with EQ

#AudiotentTip 124. Warmth.A key area for warmth in your music is 200-800hz. Too little in this area will make your instruments sound weak/thin. On the other hand, too much will clog up your mix. Ma...

imagingMixing wide vocals

Mixing wide vocals

Audiotent Tip 123. Wide Vocals. Here's how to create wide vocals from a single vocal stem.First take your mono vocal and duplicate the channel twice. Pan one hard left and one hard right.Next, dela...

clapHow to layer claps and snares

How to layer claps and snares

#AudiotentTip 122. Clap & Snare.Layering drum sounds can greatly increase their thickness and fill a larger frequency spectrum. One of the classic combinations is layering a clap with a snare d...

arrangementCreating contrast in your music

Creating contrast in your music

#AudiotentTip 121. Gaps.Adding a gap of silence in your track is as important as filling it with other elements. For example, instead of using a fill before the drop leave an empty gap. This allows...

filtersExperiment with filters

Experiment with filters

#AudiotentTip 120. Filters.Try to step away from your ordinary High Pass and Low Pass filters. Some plugins now offer you multiple filter types. Experiment with comb, phaser, flanger, formant and p...

resamplingResampling technique

Resampling technique

#AudiotentTip 119. Resampling.One way to add grit and texture to your sound is to resample it. Some plugins offer circuit emulations of classical pieces of hardware samplers. This can be used to gr...

kick drum layeringHow to create a solid kick low end

How to create a solid kick low end

#AudiotentTip 118. Solid Kick Low End.If you like the click and punch of your kick drum, but the low frequencies lack tightness. Don't rush to replace the kick. Insert a high pass filter to remove ...

exciterStereo width

Stereo width

#AudiotentTip 117. Stereo Width.Try out this technique to enhance the stereo width of your track/bus/master. First, insert a harmonic exciter plugin with Mid-Side capability. One of our personal fa...

airHow to add air to your mix

How to add air to your mix

#AudiotentTip 116. The Air Band.If your master needs sweetening in the top end. Try adding a small air band boost with a plugin such as Brainworx Maag EQ4. The 20khz & 40khz air band is smooth,...

FM SynthesisFM Synthesis

FM Synthesis

#AudiotentTip 115. FM Synthesis.Use oscillator 2 as a source to modulate oscillator 1. This will create a harmonically rich FM sound. Assign an LFO to control the amount of modulation. This is a gr...