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Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone: A Guide for Music Producers

Educational, Industry Updates, Tutorials / Masterclass / By Ronak Runwal

All music producers and Sound Engineers eventually hits a point where their workflow becomes too familiar—the same sounds, the same chord structures, arrangement patterns, and mixing tricks.While comfort brings efficiency, it can also stifle creativity.Stepping out of your comfort zone is essential for real growth.Here’s a guide to help you push your boundaries, unlock new […]

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Art of Voiceover Cleanup

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SKILL Art of Voiceover Cleanup In the exciting world of audio production, where tiny details make all the difference, the art of voiceover cleanup takes center stage. Whether you’re a seasoned professional, a podcast enthusiast, or a creative content maker, learning how to remove unwanted noise and enhance the clarity of your recordings will transform

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How To Master Your Music For Spotify in 2024?

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Our listening habits have undergone a massive shift in recent years. Once tethered to physical mediums like CDs or local files, our music now resides on cloud accessible through sleek apps. This paradigm shift necessitates a reevaluation of mastering techniques particularly spotify and apple music, to ensure our music retains its integrity across a diverse

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Build Your Own Home Studio on a Budget

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Creating a home studio doesn’t have to break the bank. With careful planning and strategic choices, you can build a functional and budget-friendly setup right in the comfort of your own home. In this step-by-step guide, we’ll walk you through the process of building your own home studio on a budget, ensuring you have all

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Comparing Different Overhead Microphones

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In this blog we will change things up a little, here we are going to try to understand the difference between different overhead microphones and the specific sound they impart. In this video, we will be comparing Neumann KM 184 Sennheiser E 614 Shure SM 57 Sennheiser MD 421 I would like you to take

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Tutorial to set up Dolby Atmos renderer with ProTools

7 Comments / Tutorials / Masterclass / By Ronak Runwal

In this post today I will walk you through the process of setting up the Dolby Atmos Renderer and how to effectively use it with Pro Tools.The setup process is pretty simple and we will go through all the steps one by one. Related blog: What is Spatial Audio? Step 1 Download the Dolby Atmos

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How to Practice Ear Training

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Ear training is the process in which musicians and audio engineers use only hearing to gauge pitches, intervals, melodies and chords etc.In this blog post we will primarily be talking about “Pitch” or frequency interval training. This training involves training you ear to easily identify which frequencies are popping out of the given sound. Step

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What even is dB FS?

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What really are Decibels? Decibels simply put are a way to take large values of measurements and convert them into a simpler more understandable set of numbers. Decibel is 1/10th of a Bel, named after Alexander Graham Bell who first used them to measure the loss of signals over telephone lines. Decibels come in many

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How to find and correctly test and reference two sources using A|B Assist

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Comparing and deciding between two options or versions of processing is an integral part of the Mastering and Mixing workflow. How often do you find yourself at a point where you have two different signal chains lined up but you can’t decide between which one of the two compressors on your master buss sound good

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How to continue working remotely as freelance Audio Engineer and Producer

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With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, and almost all workplaces shut down, all of us are in limbo. Over the last few weeks I have figured out a couple of ways in which I, an audio engineer in quarantine, can interact with my clients and students remotely and from my home studio and continue

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5 Tips for Live Recordings

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I’ve been blessed to have a Studio that is capable of doing Live Recording Sessions, something that has always been the best way to record a Band.In this blog, I will discuss some tips and general things to keep a lookout for when doing live sessions.The key to a good recording can be broken down

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What should you use to Mix – Headphones or Speakers? – Part 2

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In the last blog post, we spoke about the pros of using speakers against headphones for mixing and what Headphones can and should be used for in mixing. As a continuation of our last discussion let’s also go through certain things that we as engineers should take care of when we are working on a

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What should you use to Mix – Headphones or Speakers? (Part 1)

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This blog post is the first of a two part series, in which I hope to answer The common and often debated question of whether one should mix on headphones or Speakers Which headphones or speakers should an engineer, starting out, invest in. What are the characteristics or specs of the equipment that you should

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Summing ITB Vs Analog Summing

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Today through this blog I would like to address the common misconceptions people have about mixing, and how mixing ITB Vs mixing on an Analog Console is different and which approach is better suited for a certain sound. Firstly let’s try to understand what summing means. In the modern recording process, we are usually working

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5 things you should ask before Mastering a Song!

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There’s still a lot of things that people don’t know about “Mastering” but it has now become a term that gets clubbed with Mixing and has a certain mystery around it. Mastering has somehow gained the reputation of the final process in the post-production chain that will fix all the mistakes that go in the

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Common mistakes people make while Mixing – and how to avoid them!

3 Comments / Tutorials / Masterclass / By Ronak Runwal

I’ve been teaching and working as an Audio Engineer for the past 11 years and through the years I’ve encountered a number of upcoming mix engineers who find themselves stuck at a point, not knowing what the next step should be. In this post, I’m going to break down some of these common mistakes everyone

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How to Practice your Recording and Mixing Skills

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If someone asks me THE one tip/trick that I would recommend to get better at Recording & Mixing Skills, my answer would be: “PRACTICE”. Yes, we all have heard it, but yet some of you out there find it hard to get down to actually practicing your recording and mixing skills.Today let’s talk about some

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Finding the Right Guitar Sound in the Studio

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Finding the right guitar sound inside the studio seems like a difficult sound for a lot of engineers and musicians. Which is why I thought through this blog post I could explain how I go about designing a guitar tone and which factors go into building a good guitar sound. Let’s break these down into

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5 Tips to Mixing Vocals

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Today let’s talk about mixing vocals. For most styles Vocals are up front and center, the one instrument that holds the most important in the song.So then arises the question of how do we mix something that’s sitting on top of everything but still interacting with the song?Making a voice fit the rest of the

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Step by Step Guide to Recording Demos:

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Before musicians come in to record at the studio, we often sit down for an initial meeting to discuss the conceptual idea that they have in mind. When it comes to music, more often than not, it is hard for a musician to verbally express sonic concepts. What we do at this stage is ask for demos that they might have of their songs. In my previous blogs, I have underscored the importance of having demos of your songs ready before hitting the studio, and in this blog we help you understand why.

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5 Tips to Help You Start Making Great Mixes

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Every time we start with the module on mixing, our faculty is asked multiple questions about the mixing process.The most frequently asked question is how should one improve their mixing technique so that they can start putting out mixes that sound great. Even though students understand how to EQ and compress sounds, they can’t seem

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Finding your Signature Sound as an Audio Engineer:

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We recently had a small workshop at the studio to discuss career opportunities in the field of sound and how new audio engineers can find their niche in such a diverse field, to build a solid career for themselves. The panel we had invited, spoke on the subject of every sound engineer finding their own signature sound,

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A New Approach To Getting Great Guitar Tones

6 Comments / Tutorials / Masterclass / By Ronak Runwal

In today’s blog we will have a small discussion about recording driven/distorted guitars through amps and find the right tone/sound for your recording. Before we begin first let’s understand what is distortion, overdrive and a clean amp sound. Distortion is an effect that cause a growling sound due to a increased gain on the input

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6 Ways To Market Your Music And Grow Your Audience

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The music business has gone through a substantial change over the last few years. If you want to be a successful musician, one skill that is paramount is your ability to market your work. Your success in the contemporary music business hinges on your ability to get your music heard by as many people as

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Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone: A Guide for Music Producers

Art of Voiceover Cleanup

How To Master Your Music For Spotify in 2024?

Build Your Own Home Studio on a Budget

Comparing Different Overhead Microphones

Tutorial to set up Dolby Atmos renderer with ProTools

How to Practice Ear Training

What even is dB FS?

How to find and correctly test and reference two sources using A|B Assist

How to continue working remotely as freelance Audio Engineer and Producer

5 Tips for Live Recordings

What should you use to Mix – Headphones or Speakers? – Part 2

What should you use to Mix – Headphones or Speakers? (Part 1)

Summing ITB Vs Analog Summing

5 things you should ask before Mastering a Song!

Common mistakes people make while Mixing – and how to avoid them!

How to Practice your Recording and Mixing Skills

Finding the Right Guitar Sound in the Studio

5 Tips to Mixing Vocals

Step by Step Guide to Recording Demos:

5 Tips to Help You Start Making Great Mixes

Finding your Signature Sound as an Audio Engineer:

A New Approach To Getting Great Guitar Tones

6 Ways To Market Your Music And Grow Your Audience

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