audio post-production

Boxtone, it's sound engineering jargon that describes how some—but not all—analog gear or digital audio software plug-ins (e.g., parametric equalizers, dynamic range compressors, master buss processors, etc.) will add unique fairy dust by altering the program material in a pleasurable way (i.e...

Is fully dual-mono unlinked limiting better than using stereo enhancers to achieve a fairly wide sound?

Everybody and their mama know very well that in the music business there is a practice of singers and rappers using ghostwriters and also record producers who go about utilizing the services offered by some ghost producers. My question is how prevalent is ghost audio mixing or mastering and can...

Is there anything wrong with the idea of self-mastering your own mixes or music? Usually, most people, in general, suggest that an extra pair of ears is always necessary. Y'all agree with that?

With the presence of instant online audio mastering services and the soon to be widely prevalent online mixing services in the future, suppose an album wins an award e.g. the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album is it okay for that particular audio engineering credit to go to say, for example...

The title says it all. I am wondering what's the quality factor (bandwidth) to set FabFilter Software Instruments Pro-Q to one octave. Is that Q 1.414 like what most people suggest on YouTube?

Novel online mastering services like LANDR, ARIA, eMastered, etc are they a threat to mastering engineers' careers? If so explain why robot mastering isn't particularly a good idea to be widely implemented?

If you were to select center frequencies for an audio equalizer with fixed bands what would they be?

Does the idea of mixing with Fibonacci percentages sound like a good idea?

Perhaps my question is kinda broad but in most given situations what would y'all recommend as an ideal quality factor (or bandwidth) for audio mastering?

What are best EQ and compression settings to use as frequency starting points based on the Fibonacci sequence (by Leonardo Pisano Bigollo)?

Professional audio speakers sold as midfield monitors are different from nearfield monitors, in the sense that they are designed to be used in situations where you are at least 1.5 meters (or approx. 5 feet) to about 3 meters (or approx. 10 feet) away from the speaker. Being too close to a...

Audio stems is a sound engineering jargon term to describe the organization of multiple audio tracks grouped as one unit according to specific sound categories. You can create stems in your DAW (digital audio workstation) by using group channels (also known as either aux channels, bus or buss...

What would y'all recommend as the best free DAW that has an easy learning curve?

The amount of headroom you should reserve before mastering music after audio mixing is subjective. What matters the most is to avoid hard clipping i.e. making sure you are not going over 0 dBFS on the master fader. However, some sound engineers may recommend having your final mix peaking at -6...

The main reason why software brickwall audio mastering limiters sound different is because of the proprietary algorithms used by the developer. You can think of algorithms as different styles of approach which are meant to process audio with the motive of handling different program material...

What type of audio formats are supported by Soundcloud music streaming service?

What's the underlying reason music sounds different when uploaded to Soundcloud online music streaming platform?

The technique of mixing kick and bass is often a common struggle that beginners are prone to deal with on a constant basis. This is mainly because noobs fail to understand that for particular genres of music the listener is not used to hearing so much bass in the song. Instead, they do the...

In music production software, dBFS (decibels relative to full scale or full code) and dBTP (decibels relative to true peak) are both units of audio measurements used in the digital domain, but the two aren't quite interchangeable. dBTP is essentially a way to gauge extra volume above zero, aka...