Vocal Processing

Vocal Production is by far the most challenging production hurdle I have faced so far in my career. Vocals really on so many factors and is often very hard to get the right. Microphone chose, Health, mood, confidence, Room, Mic pre, Interface all have a dramatic effect on the sound of the vocal. After you […]

Analogue Sample Processing

Pre Processing your sample can dramatically speed up the production process. While it is a time consuming process. Taking the time to get every sample right and where it needs to be can dramatically improve your production sessions by cutting down on time looking for “the right sound”. Half of the battle of being a […]

Re-Amping Bass for Electronic Music Production

Making a bass sound that can be herd on all devices eg. phone speakers, small home theater & laptop Speakers is a very important to many genres of music. Lower bass frequencies are often not reproduced on devices with smaller speakers but we still need to be abel to hear them. We do this by adding distortion to the […]

Genre Analysis Indie Dance

STEPHEN – FLY DOWN I have chosen to analyse this track to help me better understand the sub gerne indie dance so i can better apply there teqniques to my productions. i like how steven uses a mix of electronic and organic instruments. Artist: Stephen Released: 4 October 2015 Format: Digital Genre: Indie Dance Tempo: 100bpm Time signature: 4/4 Genre/influence: Indie Dance Indie […]

Genre Analysis Tropical Trap

Boxinbox & Lionsize – Love from Above (Feat.Sr Wilson) Artist: Boxinbox & Lionsize Released: Format: Digital Genre: Tropical Trap Tempo: 100bpm Time signature: 4/4 Genre/influence: Tropical Trap Tropical Trap is a sub genre of trap music witch is defined by its instrumentation include 808 kick drums, heavy extended sub-bass lines, double timed, triple-time and other faster time division hi-hats. Tropical trap uses […]

Production Techniques

Parallel Compression Is a dynamic range compression technique used in sound recording and mixing. Parallel compression, a form of upward compression, is achieved by mixing an unprocessed ‘dry’, or lightly compressed signal with a heavily compressed version of the same signal. Rather than bringing down the highest peaks for the purpose of dynamic range reduction, it reduces the dynamic range by bringing […]

Genre Characteristics

CHILL – HOP What is Chill Hop Chill hop is a sub genre of hiphop and has a strong influence from electronic dance music and indie folk. Instrument textures used are soft and full rounded and are mixed using a larger than normal dynamic range to create an emersive and deep experience. Drums are often humanised […]

Project Studio Session

On Friday the 10th of december, Rob and I had planed a studio session in the Audient to track acoustic guitar and make a few changes for our final project. Below is the preproduction plan. After arriving for our session we decided we would record straight into FL Studio to avoid complication signal […]

Broadcasting Standards in Australia

In Australia There are code’s and standards that set the recommended loudness levels (db) for commercial advertising on Tv. These code’s and provisions limit peak volume levels and Rms volume levels to make programs and advertisement adjacent in volume. The Code of Practise contains provision which state the following 1.11 Commercials must not be […]

Social Media (CIU 111)

This week’s online lecture explored ‘Techniques of Self-promoting’ and ‘How to be professional online’ as well as the good and bad point of social media. The first point on “Techniques or Self-Promoting Online’ I found to be rather interesting. Social media has been one of the most important tools of my career as a musician/producer. […]

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