Best Mastering Plugins Introduction While mastering is often perceived as a forbidden art reserved for specialists in the audio industry, the wonderful tools and plugins that are now available to us are making it more accessible than ever before. This process involves examining a ...

Mixing Electric Guitars Introduction Mixing electric guitar is an essential skill because the electric guitar is so commonly used in songs. Electric guitar recordings are a common part of arrangements in a wide range of genres, such as rock, pop, and EDM. While traditionalists might sneer ...

What Are Audio Standing Waves Introduction It is inevitable that sound waves will interact with the boundaries of a room, whether they reflect off of them, absorb them, or pass through them. Often called room modes, standing waves are caused by reflected waves. A room can be filled with a ...

How To Protect Your Audio Gear Introduction The thrill of buying new studio equipment and audio gear is excellent, no matter if you are a new or old engineer - it will still be there. It doesn't matter if you already have better units than the current one, every little new piece is a new way ...

What Is Distortion Introduction You can get different meanings from different people when you ask them what distortion means. The first thing that comes to mind for many people is the idea of "distorting words or phrases" on the basis of what you've said being changed into something ...

Types Of Vocal Timbre Introduction In terms of voice types, it might seem as though vocal range determines everything. It is only a small part of what defines a person's vocal category that they can actually sing. The concept of timbre, or tone quality, is one of the most important ...