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Every professional mix/master you’ve heard has benefitted from a splash of bus compression. It adds…
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Vocal EQ is one of the ways we get a recorded performance from “dry” to “radio-ready.” It has a huge influence on the overall quality of a vocal, and even just simple…
How to Use Parallel Compression
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Choosing a digital audio workstation is one of the toughest decisions to make for your studio. First off, there are so many great options to sort through that it’s hard to narrow…
