Studio Notes – Exploring Modulation

In this overview, Berklee Online instructor Loudon Stearns gives a broad overview of synthesis and the function of modulation within synthesis. When modulation is assigned in a synth or sampler the user must define the modulation source, destination, amount, and direction.

Studio Notes – A Rhythm Guitar Pulse

Sometimes you want to feel a pulse of the track, but maybe the drums and bass are just not enough. If you have a strumming Rhythm guitar you can use your automation to make it pump to emphasize the beat. The pumping Rhythm guitar trick first of all select the Rhythm guitar track that you Read More …

Studio Notes – Equalizers – EQ

EQ types Going to focus on parametric shelving low pass and high pass filters EQ allows us to have control over specific frequencies in a sound by changing their amplitudes This means we can change the character or timbre of a sound by altering the partials and harmonics or even fundamental.  We can also use Read More …

Studio Notes – Limiters

With acoustic guitars you will hear some strums that are really loud and some strums that aren’t quite as loud.  It could be very well played but you will still have some variation between strums.  Sometimes the dynamic is quite loud and a compressor sometimes just can’t get a hold of that because the difference Read More …

What R U Practicing – Come and Get Your Love – Redbone

What are you practicing this lately…? “Come and Get Your Love” is a song by American rock band Redbone. The song was originally released as a promo track under the name “Hail” and was later featured on their fifth album, Wovoka (1973), under its current name. The song was released as the album’s first single Read More …

What R U Practicing – Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie – ABBA

What are you practicing this lately…? “https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimme!_Gimme!_Gimme!_(A_Man_After_Midnight)” is a song by Swedish band ABBA. It was recorded in August 1979 in order to help promote their North American and European tour of that year, and was released on ABBA’s Greatest Hits Vol. 2 album as the brand new track. This song is a staple of Read More …

What R U Practicing – Shake Your Groove Thing – Peaches & Herb

What are you practicing this lately…? “Shake Your Groove Thing” is a song by disco duo Peaches & Herb. The single reached No. 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No. 4 on the Billboard R&B Chart. It also reached No. 2 for four weeks on the Billboard Disco chart in 1978. The song Read More …