Björgvin Benediktsson is an audio engineer, musician and writer. He is an Alumni from the SAE Institute and has been working in the audio industry since 2006. He has been writing about audio production and music mixing since 2008. He is also the author of Rockable Press's How to Record Great Music... with whatever equipment you got! Check out his blog Audio Issues for more of his tips and tricks.
Some vocalist pronounce their S’s more than others. For us recording enthusiasts, this can pose a problem. S sounds have more energy and can be annoying to listen to because they tend to pop out at you, out of context to the rest of the vocal. We want our vocal to sound smooth and clear, and not jump out at you every time the vocalist has a word that starts with an S.
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In this week’s Audio Premium content, Björgvin Benediktsson teaches you how to take your music back to the ’80s. While the screenshots for this tutorial are taken in Logic Pro, the content is not Logic-centric and is equally useful and valuable in any software that deals with sequenced music.
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A while ago we asked you readers about what kinds of tutorials you
would like to see next. While I went over the very informative list I
stopped at a reader’s suggestion. This reader kindly told us that we
haven’t been focusing on the most natural thing we audio enthusiasts
use. Namely, our ears. Our ears are the most important aspect of our
music production, without them there wouldn’t be much music would
there? Music to our ears would be a mute point, no pun intended…
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Live sound mixing varies greatly from
studio mixing. The fast paced adrenaline rush of the concert venue
versus the calmer and quieter work area of the recording studio.
Studio mixers can take their time while the live sound tech has to
think quickly and react in real time so the difference can be
significant, even though some might say they are doing the exact same
thing. Besides this, there is also a difference in their
workstations. Mixing desks in a live situation can be very different
than the one used in a big recording studio. Let’s go through some of
the main differences between both the mixing desks and their
respective users.
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The basic rhythm track drives the song forward, and everything else builds upon it. You may have written your song on an acoustic guitar and laid that down first, but drums are usually the backbone of a song, keeping everything well structured and grooving. But what if you don’t know how to record drums? Or you end up with someone’s recording that’s so bad that you’d rather tap pencils on your desk. Drum replacement may be an option.
Recently we showed you how to use Logic Pro 9′s Drum Replacer. This tutorial covers a technique that allows you to fix drum tracks by replacing the drums using previous versions on Logic.
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In this week’s Audio Premium content, Björgvin Benediktsson teaches you how to use loops for post-production of soundtracks. “Bear in mind that in the following examples I am using Logic, but you can use whatever DAW you want, if it has believable synths and you have enough loops.”
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You’re in a darkened concert hall, your favorite band rocking out on stage. You get chills running down your spine as the singer hits that high note and the crowd begins to cheer. You are close enough to the stage to realize that the band-members are enjoying themselves immensely on stage, smiling to each other, locking into a groove that’s so tight it sounds like it could have been taken off their studio record.
You look to the side of the stage, following the guitarists line of sight and spot a guy off the side of the stage, barely noticeable. The guitarist gives him a signal, nods his head in satisfaction and rips into his outro-solo. Who is that guy? That guy is the monitor mixer.
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In this week’s Audio Premium content, Björgvin Benediktsson teaches you how to use Space Designer in Logic.
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When tracking for your record, you may have to go through loads of takes to get that perfect track. In the old days this meant cutting up a lot of tape and pasting the right takes together — a time consuming and difficult effort. Now, in the world of wonderful digital technology, you can just cut, copy and paste to your heart’s desire, without having to worry about super-expensive tape that you could ruin with your next knife-cut. Who wants to become a surgeon when all you have to do is copy and paste?
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The biggest and most difficult sound to get right in the studio is usually the drum kit. There are many factors involved — the kit is made up by an assortment of instruments, usually with individual mics on every drum, and then room mics on top of that. This makes for a difficult job and usually the part of the tracking process that consumes the most time. Especially in home studios where the acoustics and mic selection don’t really cut it, additional processing is required to improve the sound. Let’s take a look at improving the kick sound with sine waves.
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