How to Take Your Baby to a Concert
Just because you had a baby doesn’t mean you have to give up going to live shows. It just takes a little more planning.
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Essential Tips for Orchestral Positioning and Mix Panning
Orchestral music doesn’t necessarily require EQ and compression to sculpt the sound you want.
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Ben Marshall’s Problem-Solution Approach to Mixing Vocals
+ Recording and mixing your vocals at home? Grammy-winning artist Kimbra explores how to harness the full creative potential of your music in her new course! To me, vocals are always the hardest thing to get right in a mix. I’m always looking for a balance between clarity and excitement. When the vocals are too forward,…
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Our 8 Favorite Songs to Use to Test Headphones and Speakers
Here’s a playlist of songs meant to help you choose the right speakers and headphones for your mixing project, exploring dynamics, frequencies, and timbres.
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Ten Essential Pieces of Advice for Composers
Stuck in a creative compositional rut? Struggling to think outside the box musically? Here are ten essential tips to help you write something extraordinary!
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The “Green Apple Trick” for Recording Singers in a Session
The above video features recording engineer Tim Leitner, one of the star instructors of both our Faders Up mixing courses, I: Modern Mix Techniques and II: Advanced Mix Techniques, explaining a trick he uses to minimize mouth sounds in a vocalist’s performance in the studio. For more tips and techniques just like this, check out Faders Up I:…
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Mixing and Processing a Virtual Orchestra
Orchestral music doesn’t necessarily require EQ and compression to sculpt the sound you want.
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The “Top Down” Mixing Technique
Illustration by Gabriel Alaca + What are you working on? Share your musical goals with us and we’ll help you reach them. Tell us what you’d like to achieve and our team of professional musicians, educators, and music industry veterans will help you get there! “Top Down Mixing,” or the practice of starting your mixing process at the stem/master…
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5 Smart Ways to Approach a Remix
+ 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. The idea of the remix has been around since electronic music started becoming prominent decades ago. Because so many producers work with samples of pre-existing music, it…
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6 YouTube Metrics Every Artist Needs to Monitor
Your YouTube channel serves many purposes. It gives you a platform to display dynamic content, from music videos to interview clips. It lets everyone from fans to industry moguls see you in motion, experiencing your personality and style. And, importantly, it should help inform the kinds of content you make in the future. But how…
