Home recording is more popular than ever, and with continued technological advances, the process has become very user-friendly. With a laptop (or even a smartphone), a digital audio workstation (DAW) like Ableton, and an audio interface, such as the Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 that I use, if you play an instrument like guitar, you can begin …
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To take your music to the next level, you need to have your work mixed and mastered. Mixing and mastering are both necessary for the overall quality of the music you are producing to be good. Sure, a song can sound good without either mixing or mastering, but it will leave a lot of potential …
As I have written before, mixing and mastering are necessary steps in the music-making process. Without these vital steps, you will ultimately leave much to be desired with the quality of your songs. Even professional musicians need to have their music mixed and mastered, which means that the rest of us do as well. For …
Mixing and mastering are essential pieces of the music creation process. While some musicians can employ professional sound engineers, many small bands and independent musicians lack the resources to do this. That means that in many cases, the duties of mixing and mastering fall on us musicians. Like playing our instruments, mixing and mastering are …
Most activities in life take serious time, effort, and dedication to learn. Mixing and mastering are no different. Mixing and mastering are essential components of the music creation process. This is why musicians will spend a lot of money hiring the very best music producers in the world to work on their songs and albums. …
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Ableton is one of the many Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) available for home music production and the one I am the most familiar with. I have exclusively used Ableton Live Standard (first version 10 and now version 11) for my music recording, mixing, and mastering since 2020. I don’t see myself switching to a different …
The bass is one of my favorite instruments to play. It may not get as much recognition as the guitar, but it is the backbone of most genres. Without the bassline, most songs will feel empty. Bass is typically responsible for the low end of the music, with the main frequency ranging somewhere between 40 …
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At last, you have finished recording your song. Every piece has been recorded flawlessly with no mistakes. So now you are all done and ready to upload and have all your fans listen, right? Not so fast. The next step after recording your tracks is to mix and master them. Even if the recordings are …
Creating music in your home studio is easier now than ever before. With a modest financial investment, you can be well on your way to a fully functional home recording studio. But even if you don’t want to spend money, you can still create good-quality audio recordings just by using a smartphone and some free …
The music we hear blasting through our speakers on a Sunday morning or through the privacy of our headphones has to go through a long journey until it reaches us. People often forget that mixing and mastering is an important part of this journey and how much work and time goes into songs, and albums …
