The Haas effect is one of the curious psychological effects used by the music and audiovisual industry. The Haas effect is a psychoacoustic phenomenon discovered by Dr. Helmut Haas in 1949. Also known as the “priority effect,” the theory says that when one sound is followed by another with a delay of approximately 40 ms […]
You may be wondering what is the most important thing to keep in mind when working on the mix. Learning to increase the perception of a stereo image from two to three dimensions is a fantastic way to improve our audio mixes. Before we begin, there is one thing we need to clear up first. […]
These days you can find many good microphones, and much cheaper than they were a few years ago. If you have a good microphone, a good performer, and a good room to record, you can get excellent recordings results. Microphones are varied, and everyone is wondering what microphone needs to record something. There does not […]
For mastering to go smoothly, it is important to be well prepared for it. Preparation can save you time and money, and it can also help you get the best-sounding song possible. Before we start the audio mastering process, in this article we’ll tell you exactly how to make sure your final track is the […]
What is audio dithering? At its core, dithering is just noise, and noise, by its very nature, is random. In the early days of digital audio, some clever engineers realized they could take advantage of random noise. By mixing it with the quantized signal, they could add enough variation to preserve the original signal. Dithering […]
Depending on the DAW (or mixing console), audio panning is represented as either a pan knob or slider that can be moved all the way from one side (left) to the other (right) and set anywhere in between. This makes us think that, as we pan a track (or instrument), we’re moving it along a […]
Audio panning is the phenomenon that decides where any audio signal will be sent to either left, right or center position. This is all assuming you’re using stereo settings. For the best sound panning experience make sure your monitors are at an equal distance from themselves and from you. Your audio monitors should form an equilateral […]
The hip-Hop genre was born and developed with samples. From old music, rare music, and soul music, hip-hop has always been known to feel and appreciate the spirit of the other songs, extracting the best samples and reassembling them in a stronger and more efficient way to fit “da beat”. In music, sampling is the […]
When I first began producing music, I barely knew what a mixer was. I had no idea how to use the mixer on FL Studio and I wasn’t very proficient with it for a couple of months. But instead of learning how to properly use the mixer, I ignored it and continued writing music. So […]
Studio monitors are speakers or a speaker system most used in recording studios, mixing, mastering, radio, TV, and more. The sound engineer shapes the sound depending on what he hears in his audio monitors, making sure that the audio material can be heard properly on any audio system or as many audio systems. Studio monitors […]
