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Mastering plugins to get your track sweet, wide and loud
OK, first of all my fellow pro engineers this post is not for you! Get to gearslutz if you want a lively discussion about dynamic range and how mastering has killed music… I don’t completely disagree with you there… This post is for people who make their own music and aren’t quite at the point …
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The Making of the Music for Zimbabwe: Beauty | Broken
A friend from Zimbabwe recently asked me for some input on a video he was putting together. The video was already looking really good but I wanted to tweak a few small things just to make it that little bit better. Color Correction The first thing I wanted to do was just to slightly improve …
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How I avoid blown out highlights in photos and video
You may not understand what highlights are at all, but I’ll get there don’t worry! When it comes to storing images, video or audio in a digital way I find it is usually better to avoid ‘over doing it’ with the levels… This is what I mean and how I avoid blown out highlights in …
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Speaker Placement
If you are into church sound, then I hope you have discovered ‘Behind The Mixer’ It’s a great site, and community (mostly via the Facebook group) for church sound guys. They just posted an article today about speaker placement, and if you have the time, read the whole thing here. Otherwise, let me summarise: 1. …
My journey with Bitcoin and crypto currency
You have to have been living under a serious rock if you haven’t at least heard the term cryptocurrency or Bitcoin mentioned in the last year… If it is totally new to you, or if you have literally only heard about it, let me give you the shortest possible explanation: Basically, bitcoin is a virtual …
Acoustic Treatment Update
SO… Christmas came and the new year kicked off like never before, and the acoustic project I wrote about recently had to take a back seat for a while. A quick update: I’ve had to tweak the design of the panels because it was proving too difficult to source the right timber and we have …
Acoustic treatment for the new G1Fourways Auditorium
In the early part of 2017 after many years of searching, GodFirst Church Fourways finally found a new, permanent venue to have church. As part of the staff team I have been involved in the planning process, right from conception to architects plans, demolition of the previous internal structures and the construction of the new …
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Cool Tools
Over and over again I read questions in forums and Facebook groups, asking “What do you use for…” or “Can anyone recommend free/cheap software to…” I thought I would compile a little list of tools that I use for various things, most free, some cheap, some not so cheap… Anyway here goes: Downloading YouTube Videos …
If the process is enjoyable the end result is…
I really enjoy Phil Tan’s approach to mixing. I’ve watched a few mix break downs of his and it’s incredible to see that he often does absolutely nothing to a track at all, or just puts D-verb on the default setting as an insert at about 20% wet and litterally that’s the only processing he …
You gotta read this article on Grace
You gotta read this article on Grace… A really helpful summary of what it really is… Did you know? I make Royalty Free music that I sell through Audiojungle. Royalty-Free Music is music that you can use in your promo video or film without having to pay royalties. Tracks range in price from $10 – …