I’ve gotten a lot of questions over the last couple of years in particular regarding Ditto vs Distrokid for releasing your own music. This is a topic I feel especially equipped to give advice on as I have personally used both for the last 10 years to release my own music. I’ve also used a […]
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Bit depth is an often misunderstood concept when it comes to audio formats and typically it’s confused with sample rate. You have probably checked some of your WAVE files and have seen them listed as 16 bit or 24 bit with a 44khz sample rate. The former is the bit depth of the audio file
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Three important processing tools which mastering engineers use are compression, EQ, and stereo imaging. In this article, we’re going to talk about how each individually shape your music’s sound and can be used in moderation to significantly improve the overall quality of your music when used and employed in the hands of a mastering engineer
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Equalization is one of the most commonly used tools in the audio mastering engineer’s toolbelt. It’s not just a powerful mastering tool, but it’s also great for getting a number of different aesthetic results from both a final mix as well as individual instrumental or vocal tracks. What equalization really does is isolate and boost
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In this audio mastering tutorial we’re going to address the basics of how to master your own audio using basic audio software. Let’s start off this audio mastering tutorial by talking a bit about the kind of file you want to start off with. It goes without saying but the first thing you need to
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