Automation is a very convenient feature of most modern digital audio workstations. When the record industry ran on miles of tape, there was no such thing as...

In the world of sound design and music for media, there are two basic classifications of sound: diegetic and non-diegetic. Diegitic sound or music occurs...

Hypothetical: you record a drum beat. The next week, you record a totally unrelated bass riff. The week after that you decide the beat and the bass would...

The use of Gate Effects has become increasingly prevalant in today's music scene. Typically used for supressing noise, gates are also useful creative tools...

With so many things to remember when performing your final mix-down, it can sometimes feel like you're spinning plates. Luckily, there are a few principles...

When it comes to processing a drum bus, parallel compression is a technique that produces great results on just about any DAW available. Of course, the...

Glitch processing is a popular technique in contemporary electronic music. Although this method can be used on any sound it is often most effective when...