the sub-title to this could be something like …and why can’t I do it at all? I was asked this question in a forum and felt it was a great one as I see this asked a few times. Originally … Continue reading
This is Part 2 of a pair of articles on making a piece of music. Part 1 one covers the composition, this article looks at the mixing. Again I used Propellerhead Reason but the ideas will translate anywhere. I admit … Continue reading
How does a piece of music get written, mixed and make it to the world? Well there are many ways that people write music but here is how I did it this time. I use Propellerheads Reason so any devices … Continue reading
Mastering is always a hot topic in the Forums. Everyone is struggling at the last gate to make their piece meaty, beaty, big and bouncy. Most people come at it straight on, whack a Limiter on the end and proceed … Continue reading
SAMPLE + Filter ReFill SAMPLE + Filter* is the result of 25 years of making electronic music. All of the 1,000+ sounds & samples are new to this release. Every sound has been opened, tested, played and tweaked many times to ensure a fully functional instrument … Continue reading
Have I gone crazy as I just told you all how to mix in stereo and create stereo where there was none? No not at all. If you read the article on creating stereo I give several warnings about mush … Continue reading
In part one we started to look at stereo in a mix and the idea of width and panning to create the illusion of space and depth in our imaginary song space. We finished just as the band had all … Continue reading
This is the third article in my series on writing and arranging a piece of music. We covered simple note choice and then song structure. I was considering walking through one of my pieces then this gem came along and … Continue reading
I know that many of you may be nodding off just from the title alone. There is no glory in wires, no swagger in logic. You can’t smell the bling. Aah but there you would be wrong. If you went … Continue reading
This is a follow-up to my first article on songwriting theory. To be honest I wasn’t really going to write another of these as there are far better qualified people than me in these matters but it seems I got … Continue reading
Propellerheads Reason was launched in 2000 off the back of the ReBirth studio. Reason gained a strong following and has built on that over the years. While some rant about lack of VST integration, many die-hard users (like myself) have … Continue reading
I was going to make my next article on stereo-widening in my mixing series but this came up and I think it is a more fundamental issue. Conversation in Forum: Me: “For a first piece it seems complex and that … Continue reading
In my my last post in this series I talked about how mixing bass isn’t always the way you think it should be at first. Tricky stuff physics. BUT never fear because Physics is actually a very logical and predictable … Continue reading
I got four records (yep vinyl) for Xmas but I won’t cover them now; too early, esp seeing I am only just recording the first couple now. It has been quite a long time since I went through the CDs … Continue reading
