Let's cover this classic plugin trick that you hear all over pop music nowadays! It's called formant shifting and it is an extremely cool sounding creative effect. Whether it's with Soundtoys, Waves, or another "vocal bending" plugin, this vocal trick is super easy to do and we will break...
Today, we'll be talking about mixing creative and modern background vocals, inspired by artists like Juice Wrld - that kind of style.
In the video, I'll be sharing specific and creative techniques for intruiging background vocals to make your music pop.
You'll learn how to create a...
Start your week off with some producer/engineer encouragement! You got this, my friend! :)
If you've been anywhere around the internet lately, it's pretty likely you've heard of Chat GPT. It's the latest in easily accessible AI tools on the web - an AI language model that can help with a variety of tasks.
Of course, I wanted to see how it could help us all here in the Audio Edges...
Ready to record your next rock song? Hold on just one sec. Before you get too far ahead, I want to save you a ton of time.
Today, I'm going to share with you 4 must-know ways to level up your rock song recordings. If you apply these...
So you've recorded your vocal takes, and put together your favourite ones in your final vocal edit. You're ready to mix, right? Actually, there's one more stage that you're missing.
This is the stage between recording and mixing that many may ignore...
This week is super raw and super real. I wanted to share something deep that comes right from the heart (I know it sounds cheesy, but stick with me here). Today we cover my journey of how I went from being a broke university student on a path I...
Imagine having a beautiful melody in your head, singing and recording your heart out, and ending up with a strong and powerful performance... that sadly falls flat because the pitch is just a little too loose. This is where Melodyne has become...
Major video value incoming! I don't know if I've ever been so excited to share a video before. :)
Remember those breakthroughs I promised we'd make together this year? This is the start of that transformation. This is the start of that progress. This...
I have put something eye-opening together for you, so we can hit the ground running and take your mixes to new heights! To show you what's possible when you develop a strong thought process while mixing, I wanted to show you how a vocal can be mixed in just a few minutes with...
Once you start mixing music, one element to mix that will come over and over again is acoustic guitar. This is arguably one of the most important elements to know how to mix, because it is used in so many genres. Acoustic guitar is as prevalent now in music as it ever...
Compression can be a scary word for anyone new to vocal mixing. I totally get it. Even after a while of using compressors, I used to still wonder if I was doing it right. Well, over 500 mixed songs later I've learned that at the end of the day, there's actually no...
