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  1. Mpumelelo von Mumhanzi

    What skills are required to be a music producer?

    Being a music producer sounds awesome, right? Working with recording artists, using fancy studio equipment, and making chart-topping hits. But hold on a sec, there's more to it than that. There are various audio production skills required for one to be a record producer and these are: Having an...
  2. Borrowdale Barron

    general To What Extent Is Buying A House An Investment?

    Would you consider owning a house as an asset since a house comes with expenses ranging from regular maintenance and property tax each and every year?
  3. Numero Uno

    What Is A Yahoo Boy Format?

    What's the meaning of a "Yahoo boy format" in layman terms?
  4. Mpumelelo von Mumhanzi

    What is foldback distortion?

    Before you understand how foldback distortion works you may need to have a basic knowledge of audio distortion in general. Of course, there are several types of distortion but in this case, let's focus on hard-clipping distortion to keep things simple. Okay, so in the digital domain...
  5. Numero Uno

    How to tell if someone is a leech or a free rider?

    How can you possibly tell if someone is a leech or a free rider?
  6. Mpumelelo von Mumhanzi

    Reverb diffusion explained

    Reverb diffusion (sometimes referred to as early reflections diffusion) is a common parameter that you will come across on almost any reverberation plugin. What reverb diffusion does is control the density of the reflections bouncing off the walls. We can also put that across as the rate at...
  7. Numero Uno

    How to have clout?

    What's the most popular clout chasing strategy that gives a clout chaser a formal assurance in acquiring success on how to have clout?
  8. Borrowdale Barron

    What Audio Formats Are Supported By Soundcloud?

    What type of audio formats are supported by Soundcloud music streaming service?
  9. Borrowdale Barron

    Why Does Music Sound Different On Soundcloud?

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

    Are Politicians The Major Reason Yahoo Boys Exist?

    What makes certain people end up as Yahoo boys and how does this have anything to do with politicians making economic decisions which may influence Yahoo boys to engage in their usual business of 419 fraud online internet money scams.
  11. Numero Uno

    How do defense attorneys sleep at night?

    Do defense lawyers have a conscience to feel guilty at times after getting their clients off from charges against them? Like seriously how do defense attorneys sleep at night knowing their client is guilty but they have to beat the case like murder or homicide?
  12. Mpumelelo von Mumhanzi

    How loud should the bass be in a Hip Hop/Rap mix?

    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...
  13. Mpumelelo von Mumhanzi

    What is a 2-Pole and a 4-Pole filter?

    To understand what is meant by the terms 2-pole filter and 4-pole filter, you first need to know that the word "pole" in the context of filters refers to a 6 dB per octave roll-off. Well, a 2-pole filter = 12 dB/octave slope, and that's because 6 dB x 2 = 12 dB. Furthermore, a 4-pole filter =...
  14. Mpumelelo von Mumhanzi

    What is the difference between maximizers and mastering limiters?

    For the most part, there's no difference between audio software plug-ins referred to as maximizers and those marketed as brickwall mastering plug-ins. The contrast is that some developers simply decide to name their digital audio processors as maximizers whilst some may settle for the term...
  15. Borrowdale Barron

    Why Do Some People Try To Justify Yahoo Boys?

    Do y'all support people who try to justify "Yahoo Boys" saying they do it because they are only making an attempt to earn living since they can't get real jobs to look after themselves? Do y'all also support "ashewo" and other "juju money" apologists?
  16. Mpumelelo von Mumhanzi

    Why are linear-phase equalizers often thought to be transparent?

    Digital audio software linear-phase equalizers do not alter the phase of the input signal. And in contrast to linear-phase equalizers you've minimum-phase parametric EQs that act by introducing phase shift whilst processing. What's important to remember here is that if you need an ultra-clean...
  17. Mpumelelo von Mumhanzi

    Ceiling level (or margin)

    In audio mastering, brickwall limiting is the final signal processing before releasing a song. Every brickwall limiter or maximizer will in most cases basic controls such as threshold, ceiling, and release time. It's not uncommon for some brickwall limiters to have extra controls such as attack...
  18. Mpumelelo von Mumhanzi

    What is the difference between 32 and 64-bit audio plug-ins?

    A non-technical and simple explanation you need to know about the difference between 32-bit and 64-bit audio plugins is that 64-bit audio plugins provide better performance compared to 32-bit audio plugins. 64-bit plugins can access huge amounts of primary memory, whilst 32-bit audio plugins are...
  19. Mpumelelo von Mumhanzi

    What is a lookahead pro audio limiter?

    The term "lookahead" in the context of dynamic signal processor effects refers to how an audio software plugin will delay the signal e.g., 0.1 to 1 ms or more, for the sake of implementing the process of analyzing the incoming audio material. And once a brickwall limiter analyzes the input...
  20. Mpumelelo von Mumhanzi

    What is audio aliasing?

    Audio aliasing is a digital signal processing term that refers to how high frequencies (or harmonics) above the Nyquist limit are thrown back into your human hearing audible range (i.e., 20 to 20 kilohertz), particularly when using some of your favorite non-linear audio software plugins such as...
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