Richard Pryn

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Music production and mixing basics

Set up your studio properly, then learn what every common effect actually does, in the order you'll need them.

27 steps4 stagesAbout 2 hours of reading

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Stage 1

Your studio

  1. 1 What Does DAW Stand For? 5 min
  2. 2 What Is VST And What Does It Do? 5 min
  3. 3 What Are Studio Monitors? 4 min
  4. 4 How To Set Up Studio Monitors 4 min
  5. 5 How To Calibrate Studio Monitors 4 min
  6. 6 How To Hang Sound Foam 5 min
Stage 2

Levels and tone

  1. 7 What Does dB Stand For? 8 min
  2. 8 What Is Gain In Audio? 4 min
  3. 9 What Is Single Band EQ?- Everything Explained 5 min
  4. 10 What's The Difference Between Parametric And Graphic Eq? 5 min
  5. 11 What is Sidechaining? 5 min
Stage 3

Colour and space

  1. 12 What Is Saturation And Distortion In Music? - All You Need To Know 5 min
  2. 13 What Is Chorus In Music Mixing? - All You Need To Know 5 min
  3. 14 Echo Vs Reverb - What's The Difference? 5 min
  4. 15 Beyond the Echo: How Reverb Adds Depth and Emotion to Music 2 min
  5. 16 What Is A De-esser? 6 min
Stage 4

Jargon buster

Quick answers to the words you'll keep hearing. Dip in when one comes up.

  1. 17 What Is Gain And What Makes It Different From Distortion? 5 min
  2. 18 What Is Gain On A Microphone? 4 min
  3. 19 How Do Condenser Microphones Work? 5 min
  4. 20 What Is A Click Track? 5 min
  5. 21 What Is DC Offset? 5 min
  6. 22 What Is Echo In Music Production? - All You Need To Know 5 min
  7. 23 What Is A Vocoder? 5 min
  8. 24 How Does A Rotor Cabinet Work? - All You Need To Know 5 min
  9. 25 What Does 808 Mean? 5 min
  10. 26 What Is 16D Audio? 4 min
  11. 27 What Is LPF On An Amp? 4 min

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