Category Archives: Audio Issues

The Most Popular Posts on Audio Issues in 2012

2012 was a really great year at Audio Issues. If somebody would’ve told me back in 2009 how many readers and fans I would have in only three years I ...The post The Most Popular Posts on Audio Issues in 2012 appeared first on Audio Issues.

Awesome Audio Production Tips for My Naive Santa Clauses

Hey there, It’s Christmas Eve around the world and some of you might even have opened your presents already. But the last 13 days have been pretty crazy for me. ...The post Awesome Audio Production Tips for My Naive Santa Clauses appeared first o...

The Reason Audio Mastering Is Such an Important Aspect of Music Production

This is a guest post from Barry Gardner, mastering engineer at SafeandSound online mastering I have lost count of the number of times where I have seen the word mastering ...The post The Reason Audio Mastering Is Such an Important Aspect of Music Produ...

How to Create Better Mixes by Panning in Mono

Got this question from a reader: I recorded in garageband, which they say records in mono. While playing the music over my two studio speakers it sounds great. When I play ...The post How to Create Better Mixes by Panning in Mono appeared first on Aud...

How to Guarantee You Will Always Get Paid For Your Mixes

Recently this audio engineer I know got burned by a complete @-hole musician. This musician(who shall remain nameless because I’m not sending any traffic his way) had his song edited, vocal-tuned and mixed by the engineer. And then when it was ti...

Your Vocal Sound and Side-Chain Compression

I got a quick question from a reader recently. It underlies a fundamental issue with audio production. Here it is: “Is it a good idea to sidechain compression vocal with a kick to get those pumping vocal effect (like normally we sidechain bass wi...

The 19 Most Overused Music Production Clichés Ever Recorded

A reader recently showed me a thread on the Gearslutz forums(*cringe*) on popular and clichéd music production techniques. These technique have been used so often that they’re almost laughable. So I took some of them to share with you and made u...

How To Get The Listening Skills Needed For Amazing Music Production

This is a guest post by Kiley Rorrison – Read the guest post guidelines if you wish to contribute. One of the most indispensable tool to great music production are our superior listening skills. For many musicians or engineers, having phenomenal lis...

“This American Life” Guide to Songwriting and Music Production

I like to listen to podcasts when I’m going about my day. There’s this one podcast that’s absolutely terrific. It’s called This American Life. It’s been going on forever and it’s one of the few apps I’ve actual...

How to Achieve Economies of Scale in Your Music Production

Let me get a little deep for a second. Trust me, it’ll be worth it. Economies of scale is an economics term that pops up in all aspects of business. Wikipedia defines it as: Cost advantages that an enterprise obtains due to expansion. With effici...