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This is a guest post by composer, engineer and writer Nick Messitte. For a video podcast version of this article with both Nick and SonicScoop’s Justin Colletti, click here.
The stereo bus is a place of magic and mystery…and sometimes frustration, especially for newcomers.
One glorious move on the master
I’m a platinum mastering engineer, but I’ll be one of the first to admit that you might NOT need mastering.
At least… not yet.
There’s a fair chance you just aren’t ready for it.
You could be simply throwing your money away.
Here’s my take on who should—and who SHOULDN’T—get
I want you to step through the looking glass with me today.
…We are going to be exploring an entirely different way to hear and experience sound—and a new way of thinking about the mix.
Around this time last year, a GRAMMY-winning producer hipped me to the idea of hearing
Is multiband compression worth all the fuss?
Is it too complex?
Is it too likely to cause artifacts?
…and is it best left to the rocket scientists and “real pros”?
I think there are some important applications for multiband processing that can be useful at ANY level. That’s what we’ll
You’ve probably heard of dynamic range compression. You probably know what it does. And you may even know how to use it.
…But what if I told you that there are at least 10 OTHER types of dynamic range control? And that you should learn ALL of them!?
That’s what