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The music industry is an interesting and exciting area to work in. It is in a constant flux and services that relate to the music industry have had to adjust and reflect the current trends and market conditions. Audio mastering used to be a very expensive procedure but now the costs have come down considerably. This is perfect for bands, musicians and record labels to get their music mastered for a great price. The quality of online mastering can be just as high as traditional mastering and yet much lower in price. The engineer should have both high end analogue equipment and quality digital tools to enhance and correct any problems with your music mixes before they are released. In addition he or she will apply quality control to ensure they do not haver any defects when they are committed to a pre-master format. The following is a list of information you should check before choosing your online mastering studio.The better online studios have the following traits:

1)Plenty of recent clients who are satisfied.2)Sound engineer that has had many years of professional experience.3)Photo’s of the equipment and room.4)Free mastering preview service (time permitting)

Taking these points into consideration will help you to choose a studio which is capable of doing a good job for you. Mastering will take your mixes and enhance them and get them ready to translate across many different playback systems. Subtle tweaks with high end audio devices will add up to subjectively improve the mixes ready for release.

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Monitoring in a music studio is, quite simply, the most important part of the studio set up. Your studio may contain the most advanced equipment available, but without accurate monitoring, you will never hear an accurate mix, which is kinda pointless, isn’t it?!

So, what’s the difference between a good pair of hi fi speakers and true studio monitors?

Well. hi fi speakers exaggerate the lows, and often the highs, to create maximum impact. This can be good to listen to, but it’s seldom accurate. Studio monitors are designed to be very accurate to insure a real reproduction of what’s actually being recorded. They’re also built to much sturdier and exacting standards than hi fi speakers, to cater for the vigourous demands of studio use.

Monitors must be very transparent sounding to enable you to mix parts of the music like vocals, bass and even reverb trails without each part colliding into one and other.

To fully understand the concept of monitoring, you must understand that it’s an art. It’s more than just conveniently placing a pair of speakers in the room.

We’re all different, as are studio monitors, and we use the ones with which we’re most comfortable and can best judge the mix. I’ve used Yamaha NS10s, Dyn-Audio and Tannoys over the years, but have settled with a pair of Alesis M1 active for near-field monitoring and a pair of Alesis Monitor Two’s for midfield monitoring. They’re my personal preference and what I’m used to. There are more expensive monitors available on the market, but surprisingly accurate results can be achieved with less expensive monitors just by following a few simple rules.  Read more...

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Designed for the beginner who wants to make music with Windows XP. Explains the hardware and software you need, and most importantly, how to use it. Includes a CD-ROM containing demo or free versions of the latest music software…. More >>

Windows Xp Music Studio: Quick Start

To determine whether your beat maker is living up to its guaranteed benefits, your beat maker should at least have the standard features that are readily available at your fingertips. Besides having a good beat maker, you have to remember that in writing or creating a beat with the use of a beat maker is an organic process and you do not have to rush in doing so, as the song will evolve over time.

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Note that you do not have to complete the percussion part all in one sitting, but adding the hi-hat and the sneer parts for your beat will make it sound much better. With a good beat maker, creating the beat will require a little creativity and will require a tad bit of patience on your part.

When you begin to really listen to music attentively, you will listen to the drums of the track first, then take notes on how they’re panned, then you will listen for the rhythm – did it change up, if it did then in what part of the song did it happened, next you will notice how much reverb was added to the hi-hat, basic things like that will come to you when crafting your art and soon after that, you can then move on and isolate the other instruments in that track as well.  Read more...