Frequency Ranges 100 Hz – 2 KHz: Mixing engineers sometimes put EQ notches in different instruments to help make them stick through a thick mix. This is the frequency range where these notches occur. 120 Hz: This is the warm area of the mix, where guitar, bass, and toms all mix together. It’s generally good to leave this frequency alone, aside from removing some bass if it’s too boomy. 400 Hz: Frequencies in this area…
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Danja’s Funk & Reggie Guitar Delay Create two mono auxiliary tracks. Put a half note delay on one track and a quarter note delay on the other side. Run the outputs of the two mono tracks into a single stereo auxiliary track. Use some kind of panning plugin on the stereo track such as the Soundtoys Panman and set the speed to be in time with the music. Five Chamber Vocal Reverb In this technique…
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Room Mics Use soft compression to just gently squeeze everything together a little bit. Dance/Hip Hop/Rap Tricks Compress the bass using the kick as a sidechain input. Don’t compress it so much that it causes bad pumping. General Compression Tips It’s a good idea to group up instruments in similar frequency bands such as kick and bass and add a light amount of compression to ‘glue’ them together. Sidechain Compression Tips It is generally best…
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Random Volume or Resonance Create an auxiliary track and set the grid to sixteenth notes. Use the random pencil tool so that the volume of the track jumps up and down by about two to six decibels, depending on the desired effect. Add a high pass filter, low pass filter, harmonic enhancement, resonance filter, or whatever kind of effect that you would like jump in and of the mix to give it a more organic…
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Adding Sub Bass Try adding a sub base along with the kick in the chorus, bridge, or in the second half of a verse, to give it more depth. Promote the Hook When you notice a hook in a song, try to identify the frequency range where the hook primarily resides and make some space for it. Possibly use it as a sidechain input on percussive parts so they duck out of the way of…
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Influencer Marketing Influencer marketing is marketing that targets influencers such as TMZ, DJVlad, Sway, or other prominent media figures. One common tactic of influencer marketing is known as muffin marketing. Muffin marketing refers to offering lunch or snacks in exchange for some time to discuss a particular topic or product. Tchotchkes or swag can also be used as influencer marketing by offering gifts to sway the target into promoting a particular product. Record labels were…
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508 Compliance Section 508 Amendment of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 addresses issues of accessibility on the Internet. The purpose of 508 compliance is to make Internet and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. There are some added benefits to adhering to the 508 compliance rules. Making certain that all standard usages of the meta-tags and alt tags contain the proper keyword information will contribute positively to the quality and ranking of the site…
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Blogging Blogging is an easy way to build non-reciprocal links and get the message out about the web site. The first stage will be to identify relevant online communities, especially if they allow links and emails in signatures. This will allow you to get non-reciprocal links on their site without even asking for them. Be sure to make poignant comments that stick out in a positive way to give a favorable impression of your social…
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Private Label Rights Articles Private label rights articles are written by professional writers and then sold to multiple media sources. These articles range in price from around a dollar to as high as one-hundred dollars and are often used as drafts to create content for a variety of subjects. Consider the use of these articles only under the condition that you are the first to publish the article online. This will provide you with a…
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