Mixing & mastering
Mixing and mastering for a sound that is less tiring and makes you want to listen again.
7 reasons why high-pitched vocals hurt and how to adjust them to be gentle on your ears
If you want to brighten the treble but it stings your ears, fixing it with EQ alone tends to cause other problems. Sort the causes in the following order: recording, sibilance, compressor, reverberation, and working volume.
Jul 20
Why sibilance doesn't go away even when you apply a de-esser | How to make vocals that don't sting
Even if I strengthen the de-esser, sibilance remains, and only the voice becomes darker. In such cases, we will explain the detection band, processing order, two-stage processing, and measures to take before reverberation.
Jul 20
Why increasing the sound pressure makes the mix harder | How to make the sound loud but not painful
We will explain the causes of the sound becoming harder and flatter as the sound pressure increases, in terms of the roles of the low range, peak processing, high range, and limiter. We aim to create sounds that make you want to listen to more than just the numbers.
Jul 20
Causes of vocals being depressed by a compressor|Settings that bring them forward but don't make them hurt
I want to keep my voice even, but it goes back, and only the consonants hurt. We will review attack, release, detection band, and gain reduction in order and organize how to bring them forward naturally.
Jul 20
5 causes of blurred bass | Things to check before EQing kick and bass
Kick and bass overlap, only the bass is loud but there is no core. We will explain the steps to check the arrangement, length, phase, harmonics, and monitoring environment before cutting down the EQ.
Jul 20
What to do before adding treble with EQ|Mix that doesn't make your ears tired even though it comes out
I want to make it brighter, but it stings, and I want to remove it, but it becomes thinner. Before boosting the high frequencies, we will explain how to adjust unnecessary midrange, sibilance, overtones, and volume balance.
Jul 20
Why reverb makes the vocals become distant | How to spread it out naturally while keeping it in front
The reason why the voice goes deeper when reverberation is added will be sorted out from pre-delay, early reflections, high range, low range, ducking, and send amount.
Jul 20
Why the sound hurts when using a limiter|6 things to fix before increasing the sound pressure
The higher the sound pressure, the more the high range hits, the bass gets crushed, and the depth disappears. Review the peak, low range, sibilance, clip, and comparison volume before the limiter.
Jul 20
What is EQ? Easy explanation of frequency, gain, and Q for beginners
We will explain the role of EQ to adjust bass, midrange, and treble, the meaning of frequency, gain, Q, high pass, and shelf, and how to use it without making mistakes.
Jul 20
What is a compressor? Explaining the basic parameters for adjusting volume differences
Explains the meanings of threshold, ratio, attack, release, and makeup gain, as well as setting procedures for beginners to use them naturally.
Jul 20
Difference between reverb and delay | Basics of effects that create space
We will explain the role of reverb, which creates reverberation, and delay, which creates repetitive sounds, how to use send, pre-delay, tempo synchronization, and settings that do not muddy the sound.
Jul 20
Difference between mix and mastering|Explaining the roles until the song is completed
We will explain the differences between mixing, which prepares each track, and mastering, which finishes the completed stereo sound source, the order of work, exporting, and points to note for beginners.
Jul 20