In this free tutorial Production Expert team member Julian Rodgers uses a combination of Sonnox Oxford plug-ins to add polish to a vocal, including the excellent and often overlooked Oxford Reverb.
UJAM Sparkle - Use Pattern Switching To Generate Songwriting Ideas
Using Virtual Players like the UJAM instruments as opposed to using static content like loops can help generate ideas when songwriting because you’ll probably be presented with ideas you woudn’t have thought of yourself. A bit like playing with other musicians.
Using The Rotar Plugin On Guitar In Studio One
In this free Studio One video tutorial, producer and session guitarist Paul Drew shows how to use the free Rotor plugin in Studio One to get a great guitar sound in a track.
Learn How You Can Record Great Sounding Gang Vocals With One Singer - Expert Tutorial
Need big gang vocals for your track but you only have one vocalist? In this article learn about a trend called the Millennial Whoop, which appears to be taking over pop music and in a video tutorial we explain a production concept we refer to as “The Room Of People Singing Happy Birthday” and show you how to get gang vocal results just like you hear in the charts today, but with a single microphone and one vocalist. This is an especially cool production technique for home studio producers.
Mastering Using UAD-2 Plug-Ins And The Apollo X Series Interfaces
In this video with the support of Universal Audio, Paul Drew shares his thoughts and ideas when it comes to mastering the track Thought of Love by Rooftop Renegades. In this final part in the series, Paul shows us how he uses the SSL Bus Compressor to glue to mix together then he reaches for the new Brainworx bx_masterdesk, which he uses as a “one stop” mastering processor.
Sugar From Process Audio - We Try The New Way To Sweeten Your Audio In This Free Tutorial
Process Audio Have released their first plug-in. Sugar is a multi-band processor which adds polish, warmth, weight or sizzle and unlike some other plug-ins which offer similar processes this gets the balance between ease of use and control just about right, you could even say it hits the sweet spot between speed and control.
DS Thorn's Harmonic Filter Isn't Like A Standard Synth Filter. Find Our What It Does and How it Sounds - Free Tutorial
In this free video tutorial, brought to you with the support of Plugin Alliance, Production Expert team member Julian Rodgers continues his look at DS Thorn. A very capable synthesizer plug-in which offers a wealth of sequencing and arpeggiation options with comprehensive modulation and effects. In this second look Julian turns his attention to the filters, including the clever Harmonic Filter.
Andrew Scheps Explains Inline And Split Line Consoles Using His Beautiful Neve 8068 MkII - Free Extract From PureMix
DS Thorn's Oscillators Combine Subtractive And Additive Synthesis In An Easy To Use Interface - Free Tutorial
In this free video tutorial, brought to you with the support of Plugin Alliance, Production Expert team member Julian Rodgers takes a look at DS Thorn. a very capable synthesizer plug-in which offers a wealth of sequencing and arpeggiation options with comprehensive modulation and effects. In this first look Julian concentrates on the oscillators and the ways in which they offer far more options than just sawtooth and square.
Nesting Layers Of SoundRadix Auto-Align To Put The Power Back Into Your Multi Miked Recordings
Destructive phase issues caused by timing differences between mics don’t always sound obvious, and how should you go about correcting them when you have the tools? Hear the difference and see how to approach this in this free demonstration tutorial.
Making Presence XT Bass Feel More Real In Studio One - Free Video Tutorial
Paul Drew, Studio One Expert and producer, shows how to take a bass part played on a keyboard with Presence XT and make it sound more realistic in Studio One.
How To Export Raw Audio Files In PreSonus Studio One Free Video Tutorial
Here’s an excellent free tutorial video on exporting audio stems from Studio One guru Marcus Huyskens, one of the world’s leading Studio One trainers.
Are Your Drum Recordings Missing Those All Important Room Mic Channels? We Show You How To Recreate Them In Your DAW With This Quick Mix Tip Using Eventide's Tverb
Learn how to recreate a convincing “ambient drum mic” track to compliment your drum mixes in your DAW using Eventide’s brilliant Tverb plug-in. In this free video tutorial we show you how to achieve this mix trick along with a technique which adds punch and energy to this “virtual drum room channel” using Eventide’s Omnipressor dynamics processor.
Hear Mick Guzauski use Two Different EQs on The Stereo Bus To Add Clarity And Depth In The Puremix Lifeboats Series
In this free extract from the fascinating Lifeboats series from PureMix in which 6 different engineers mix the same song, giving an unprecedented look into the difference in approach, Grammy award winning mixer Mick Guzauski illustrates the point that the simple things are the most important things.
How To Clean Up Production Sound Dialog Using iZotope RX 7 With Dialog Editor Doug Mountain
Ever wanting to learn from a pro using iZotope RX on a real project? Well now you can. In this video produced by iZotope, watch as The Walking Dead's dialogue editor Doug Mountain shows how he used RX to clean the production sound of The Walking Dead to clean up ambient sounds like crickets, and make space for foley in the mix.
Sonnox Dynamic EQ - Do You Know About These 3 Features Which Make This Plug-in Better Than An EQ Or A Multiband Compressor?
I’m a big fan of the Sonnox Dynamic EQ. it’s flexible, sounds great and the user interface just lets you get on with the job. Part of the reason why I like it so much is because dynamic EQ makes much more sense to me than multiband compression, which is limited and in most cases is difficult to use. Here are three things about the Sonnox Dynamic Eq which I think make it one of the best out there.
Easy Editing of Sibilance Using The Powerful Warp Tool In Revoice Pro 4 - Free Video Tutorial
In this video, sponsored by SynchroArts, I’ll show you one of the ways I like to work in Warp Mode to correct not only sibilance but other problems with unpitched audio like breaths and harsh consonants. You can fly through a track in minutes cleaning up and polishing a vocal. removing, or better yet, attenuating, all sorts of unintended audio artifacts.
Hear Andrew Scheps Using Parallel Distortion On A Drum Bus For Added Length And Power - Free Extract From Puremix's Lifeboats Series
In this free extract from the fascinating Lifeboats series from PureMix in which 6 different engineers mix the same song, giving an unprecedented look into the difference in approaches, Grammy award winning mixer Andrew Scheps uses iZotope’s Trash distortion plug-in to set up a subtle but powerful parallel treatment for the drums in “Lifeboats”.
How Would You Mic Up & Record This Drum Kit In The Studio? You Have These 18 Microphones At Your Disposal
How would you approach the recording of these drums? You’ve got 18 mics to choose from and 16 available inputs on the audio interface. The best ideas you share in the comments will be tested and included in a future Production Expert video. Let’s hear your amazing drum recording techniques!
How Different Would The Same Song Sound Mixed By People Like CLA or Andrew Scheps? Hear For Yourself With The New PureMix Lifeboat Series
We all learn something from seeing experienced mixers work. The approaches of different mixers varies but it is difficult to pin down exactly how much the differences in the results is down to the techniques used compared to the differences between the music being mixed.
That is the idea behind the Lifeboats Series. One track mixed by six different people. That way the differences between the results are purely differences in the mixing, Its the same track!