How Mellotrons Work and What Makes Them So Special
You know the sound from songs like “Strawberry Fields Forever” but now, dive inside the Mellotron and discover why it’s incomparably unique.
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How the Internet Has Changed the Game for DIY Artists, Myself Included
In the age of the internet, DIY musicians have access to promotion, booking, and their fans easier than ever. But does the downside outweigh the good?
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Turning Sound into Electricity: An Advanced Guide to Microphone Technology
Get an intimate look inside some of the most popular microphones and discover the technologically that makes them unique.
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Vinyl: How It Works (and What That Means for You)
Vinyl records have enjoyed an immense resurgence in popularity over the last decade. But how exactly do they work? How are two channels of full-bandwidth audio information (over 20 minutes’ worth on a typical 12-inch side) stored in a single, tiny, spiral groove on a plastic disc? The basic principles involved are actually rather simple,…
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14 of the Most Commonly Confused Terms in Music and Audio
Once upon a time, remixing a song meant actually redoing the mix. Many vintage consoles (some Neve 80-series, for example) have a button labeled “remix” that changes a few functions on the desk to optimize it for mixing rather than recording. But sometime in the late 20th century, the word “remix” began to take on a new meaning:…
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The Top 10 Apps You Need to Bring on Tour
+ Welcome to Soundfly! We help curious musicians meet their goals with creative online courses. Whatever you want to learn, whenever you need to learn it. Subscribe now to start learning on the ’Fly. You’ve heard the glory stories of surviving on tour: nightly pizza and fried food, crashing in run-down motels or the van, waking up to do it all…
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Enter the Realm of Live Coded Music
From fashion to music, the things you love can be created in code. Coding is a superpower that writes your ideas on a computer program and then gives them the breath of life, in bigger, brighter, and more creative ways. This superpower has mutated. It’s even more powerful and enrapturing with the emergence of Livecoding.tv.…
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Remixing Special Ed: Reaching Marginalized Students Through Music Technology
With public funds for arts education being so low, art curricula for those with disabilities are harder to develop, teach, and to come by.
