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31/12/2018

Happy New year 🐽
We wish you stability, professional growth, new opportunities and their successful realization, may 2019 meet all your expectations.
ExpertMusic team 🥂

С наступающим Новым годом 🐽
Желаем всем стабильности, профессионального роста, новых возможностей и их успешной реализации, пусть 2019 год оправдает все ваши ожидания.
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01/10/2018

Команда ExpertMusic поздравляет всех с Международным днем музыки (International Music Day)! 🎉

04/07/2018

Depth is the key to making your mixes sound modern and professional. A good mix is more than just a good recording. It should have a sense of space. So, how do you achieve that?

Two main tools for creating space in your mix are reverb and delay.

In this article, we are going to review the main techniques of using reverb and share a few tips for mixing with reverb.

Depth is the key to making your mixes sound modern and professional. A good mix is more than just a good recording. It should have a sense of space. So, how do you achieve that?

29/06/2018

To put it simply, the equalizer is a tool enabling to adjust the volume of individual frequencies of the sound source. While we use the track volume fader to change the overall volume of the source, we use the equalizer to control, or even turn on and off, individual frequencies, i.e. parts of the spectrum of that sound.

In the previous article we analyzed the most common EQ-ing errors. Now, when we feel more confident, let’s move forward and consider the following 8 useful equalization tips.

To put it simply, the equalizer is a tool enabling to adjust the volume of individual frequencies of the sound source. While we use the track volume fader to change the overall volume of the source, we use the equalizer to control, or even turn on and off, individual frequencies, i.e. parts of the s...

26/06/2018

In the Internet, you may find thousands of advises like “Equalize the vocals like this” or “Equalize the guitar like that”, etc. Some of those advices are very specific saying ‘cut off the frequencies around 1 kHz’ or ‘emphasize the frequencies in 400 Hz diapason’. But all those advices are too general and could only harm your work because you’ll just turn the k***s blindly.

Let’s start from just the opposite. We suggest you to learn the most common errors made while equalization, to start building your work on the right grounds and to further continue gaining the priceless experience.

Gaining good skills with equalizing is, of course, impossible without hours of practicing. But everybody is always impatient not willing to endlessly tweaking the k***s. That’s why the newcomers go for an ‘easy way to do it’ and that ‘easy way’ often plays a bad trick upon them in the end.

15/06/2018

In the last article we thoroughly examined the available types of MIDI keyboards and characteristics of the devices we rated as the most interesting. Next, we will consider another kind of gear, no less important in musical production and compiling of live sets - pad controllers.

Compared to keyboard controllers, pad controllers are generally more diverse. They could be single-function compact devices as well as large controllers fully integrated with your DAW.

Let's closely examine which MIDI devices are currently available in the market.

In the last article we thoroughly examined the available types of MIDI keyboards and characteristics of the devices we rated as the most interesting. Next, we will consider another kind of gear, no less important in musical production and compiling of live sets - pad controllers.

31/05/2018

A MIDI keyboard is an almost irreplaceable tool in music production. It doesn’t matter, whether you plan to play sophisticated instrumental passages, program beats or control your DAW, a keyboard is your excellent assistant in composing and performing music.

In the previous article we examined the types of MIDI controllers and their general features. Now we will go through a sort of checklist that will help you narrow your choice, also we’ll compare several MIDI keyboards that you should consider first.

A MIDI keyboard is an almost irreplaceable tool in music production. It doesn’t matter, whether you plan to play sophisticated instrumental passages, program beats or control your DAW, a keyboard is your excellent assistant in composing and performing music.

28/05/2018

Sooner or later, any musical producer or composer comes to the need of buying a midi controller. It’s certainly possible to create music using just the computer’s capabilities, but it might not be really convenient. And yet, you can hardly expect decent results if you use just samples and a piano roll.

There is a huge amount of both classical and experimental techy controllers which also vary in type depending on the particular musical genre they are used in.

This article will outline the types of controllers and their features that you should pay attention to in the first place.

Sooner or later, any musical producer or composer comes to the need of buying a midi controller. It’s certainly possible to create music using just the computer’s capabilities, but it might not be really convenient. And yet, you can hardly expect decent results if you use just samples and a pian...

14/05/2018

Every new completed mix brings us more confidence and understanding of what we do. Less k***s are tweaked randomly, and the entire mixing becomes a much better planned process.

Talking about tonal balance, the perception of the mix and the feelings the user receives from listening can drastically change depending on the presence or absence of particular frequencies. For example, if a mix is rich with high frequencies, we call it ‘bright’. If, on the contrary, it has little high frequencies, we call it ‘dark’ or ‘dull’. Depending on the amount of low frequencies, a mix is called ‘thick’ or ‘massive’ if it has a lot of bass, otherwise we call it ‘thin’.

Tonal balance is an important instrument helping influence the listener’s perception of the mix.

02/05/2018

Every year sound recording technologies get cheaper and more affordable. Gone are the days when expensive home studios were rare and owned only by either amateur enthusiasts or wealthy musicians, because these days many home studios already bring reasonable incomes to many professional sound engineers and producers.

These days many excellent releases are produced at home studios, which brings studio owners sufficient revenues so they already treat sound engineering their main source of income.

Every year sound recording technologies get cheaper and more affordable. Gone are the days when expensive home studios were rare and owned only by either amateur enthusiasts or wealthy musicians, because these days many home studios already bring reasonable incomes to many professional sound enginee...

27/04/2018

The goal when mastering is to ensure the mix is balanced, all the elements are coming through clearly, and it is up to commercial loudness.

We'll go over each plugin on our mastering chain, explain why we chose the plugins, and explain how to effectively employ them to get the best possible mastered sound.

There are, however, some things you need to do before you even consider mastering a track.

The goal when mastering is to ensure the mix is balanced, all the elements are coming through clearly, and it is up to commercial loudness.