by djnarrative | 2 Oct, 2013 | Reckorder Tutorials
A month or so ago i was asked to submit my reckorder project remix of Superstition for a free compilation. I felt the track needed more work so added in various parts panning them in the mixdown. When i came to master it i realised that playing back in mono would lose some of the parts and thus remembered the golden rule of mixing in mono. Im still a little unclear about this, but simply put from what i understand, most soundsystems are mono, and some radio stations revert to mono at times, so basically your mix needs to work in mono if you want to play it on soundsystems or on radio. This post from music software training offers some really good insight into the subject, as does this article from sound on sound, but i still wondering why its not that you have to mix in mono, especially if you're producing electronic dance music for the reason i found. I'll update the post as i find out more, (or please feel free to enlighten me. 🙂...
by djnarrative | 21 Apr, 2013 | Reckorder Tutorials
Compression does confuse a lot of us when we first start, so although its already mentioned in a previous post or 2, here is a nice simple explanation of compression from music software training...
by djnarrative | 9 Mar, 2013 | Reckorder Tutorials
The aforementioned Music Software training website is back with a nice little video on Ableton 9's new midi features and an overview of its convolution reverb You can also buy 30 hours of his excellent Ableton tutorials for just $7 > http://www.musicsoftwaretraining.com/ableton-streaming-videos/ and here are 10 newbie mistakes to look out for in...
by djnarrative | 27 Feb, 2013 | Reckorder Tutorials
Ive seen a few really useful tutorials from this guy, and recently visited his site music software training. When you sign up to the mailing list you get 22 free ableton tutorials and regular useful tips and tutorials about electronic music production. There's a wealth of stuff in there, both paid and free, plus this aforementioned list of 100 free...
