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If you’re in the process of building a sound system at home or for your car, you might be wondering what a subwoofer does and whether you need one. These speakers can seem a bit confusing and even unnecessary if you aren’t familiar with sound systems, but they’...
If you’re a musician trying to add a unique flair to your music with audio manipulation, you might have come across the term ‘flanging’. This handy technique produces a sweepy, whooshing effect and adds a bit of flair to your music. But what exactly is a flanger, and how...
Building a vocal chain is a succession of stages starting with a singer and ending with a sound you are happy with. But what goes into this process, and what are the best vocal chains for different music genres? While there are many different features and processes that can be...
Guitarists and music producers have a variety of audio effects at their disposal to give their productions a unique touch. Modulation effects, some of the most popular types of audio effects, give your sounds depth, movement, and color. As guitar fans, we know that flanging and phasing are the two...
If you’re in the area of music production and want to perform your tracks live, you’ll likely need a distortion or overdrive pedal, and this is especially the case if you’re using a guitar or bass and want a deeper and fuller sound. So the big question...
If you’re new to learning about music and all the different terms that are associated with its production, then you might be wondering exactly what saturation and distortion are. When referring to audio, saturation is a combination of compression and distortion that results from overtaxing the structural elements of...
Chorus is one of the two standard audio effects in audio production as defined by the Musical Instrument Digital Interface (midi). Reverb is the other effect (reverberation). When applied to a sound, chorus gives it a swirling quality that thickens the sound. For instruments such as electric piano, guitar, and...
When we talk about echo, it’s easy to confuse it with reverb, but the key difference here is that echo has a longer response time than reverb and adds a fullness to an audio or music sample, and you can create some truly strange effects on your recording to...
For audio engineers, EQ is a huge topic. You probably devote the most of your time and effort mixing songs and EQ plugins. This is because it’s so essential to the process. It’s critical to have a solid understanding of the fundamentals for such a broad subject. With...