Compressor – when you don’t want dynamic results

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The compressor is next to the EQ perhaps the most used tool in mixing. The basic principle behind it is easy to understand from the name: it compresses the audio signal, and thus reducing the dynamics. The purposes for this are more than one.
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Tv theme 3

Another variation of the Tv theme. This is a lot closer to Tv theme 1 than the second clip was. The slight differences is in the positioning of the guitar chords as well as in the piano playing, which is a bit more monotone in this clip.

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Tv theme 2

A variation of Tv theme 1 with the big difference being in the piano playing.

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Tv theme 1

I’m not really sure why I named this “TV theme”, I think my intentions were to come up with something different but this was just the way it happened. It’s got a piano, a nice pad, a very small drumkit along with some percussion. Somewhere deep down towards the end there’s also a rather clean electric guitar with the Massey TD5 tape delay which has only been on the market a week or so… Fresh sounds in other words.

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MXL introduces the 990 USB stereo condenser microphone

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Since I’ve been writing about microphones this week and mentioned that you can use USB microphones to eliminate the need of an external audio interface or mic preamp, this press release that arrived today might be of interest.
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Distorted strumming 2

Part two of the strummed distorted guitar. It explores the same ideas as the first part but it is longer… And some might say it has a stranger ending.

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Distorted strumming 1

A clip with some distorted guitar strumming and strange percussion.

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