Phaser Effect – what it is and how it works
Phase occurs when two signal are time shifted. In other words, one signal will be offset by a specific amount to another. […]
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Linear Phase Eq versus Minimum Phase Eq
Analogue equalisers (minimum phase) tend to colour the sound in a way that’s more complicated than simple frequency boosts and cuts, because […]
How to Calculate Delay Times
We’ve all been there: you are about to slap on a delay effect on a sound in your DAW but you don’t […]
Chopping Beats Using Recycle
One of the original and most powerful of all Slicing Tools is Propellerheads Recycle. This software uses the same principles as Hitpoints/Slices […]
Low End – what is Low End and how to Analyse it
Whenever I have been called into a studio to assist a producer in managing frequencies for pre-mastering I have always been surprised […]
Mixing to Pink Noise – learn how to gain stage using Pink Noise
Over a decade ago I wrote an article on my website on the subject of using pink noise to gain stage your […]
Compression – Science and Application
Compression is a process we engineers use to control the dynamic range of audio (the difference between the quietest and loudest parts […]
Phase – what is total and partial phase cancellation
Phase occurs when two signal are time shifted. In other words, one signal will be offset by a specific amount to another. […]
Normalisation – What it is and how to use it
What is Normalisation? Normalisation is a digital signal processing function that’s available in a lot of digital audio editing software. It scans […]
Headroom and Dynamic Range
The two most important areas in audio recording and mixing are Dynamic Range and Headroom. Your entire mix should be governed by […]