Award Sounds Music, Photography and Consultancy

A short series of articles on collaborating with other people to make your music better, make it heard or to help them move their music forwards.

 

1. Recording

1a Engineer  read more »

Introduction

When I master tracks myself, I do it within Logic Pro. I do not delude myself into thinking that the results of my efforts will be better than that of a professional mastering engineer. My view is that that there are times when mastering tracks yourself is the pragmatic choice. In this article, I provide details of my mastering process. This builds on the article about why process mapping is relevant to music and audio.

Process Map  read more »

The Short Answer

Everything

The Longer Answer

The longer answer is that every series of actions we perform can be thought of as a process. Understanding those processes will help us improve, even as individuals, whether we're concerned with Music, Audio, Photography, Moviemaking or what have you. I'll discuss each in turn and set the scene for forthcoming articles.

A Basic Process

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The main mastering book I referred to in a previous article has been updated. The 2nd edition is out now. Shouldn't be too long before I have a copy, will be longer before I get to finish it though

How to be musically creative - 4  read more »

Ever wondered how a certain drum track was recorded? Well there are several sites that will get you a lot further than just using your favourite search engine.

GearSlutz Expert Q&A has many interviews with professional mixers, producers, engineers, etc. These have a vast amount of knowledge and between them a bewildering array of hit records.  read more »