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Author: Izotope

constructing a song

Constructing a song from a melody

July 24, 2018July 24, 2018 Izotope

When you’re constructing a song, think of it in relation to the human body. You build the skeleton first, which can be a melody, and develop your song from there. Read the post.

songwriting tips

Songwriting tips to help you stay creative

June 26, 2018June 26, 2018 Izotope

Not all these songwriting tips deal with the minutes and hours you’ll spend with your instrument in your hand, but that’s partly the point… your life outside your music studio should be rich and inspiring so that the music you create is too. Read the post.

A producer using bass mixing tips to liven up a song.

Mixing bass guitar in your home recording studio

January 17, 2017August 2, 2022 Izotope

When mixing bass guitar, don’t get discouraged if it takes a while to get the track just where you want it – bass can be the most difficult instrument to manage in a mix. Here are some tips to get started. Read More.

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Mixing vocals in your home studio

January 3, 2017December 12, 2017 Izotope

Mixing vocals in your home studio can be one of the more exciting stages in the recording process, and it can also be a complex challenge. Work to construct the instruments around the vocal so that everything gets to shine. Read More.

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Audio mastering basics for your home studio

November 5, 2015October 2, 2018 Izotope

If you focus too much of your work on a single instrument in a complex arrangement, you likely will miss the fact that even if you have improved the sound of that one instrument, everything else may have been impacted negatively. Get the mix you want, mix down to a stereo file, and then perform mastering as a separate last step. Read more.

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Audio Mastering – The Mysterious Post-Production Art Form

June 24, 2013January 31, 2018 Izotope

The primary goal of audio mastering is fairly simple: prepare a recording for distribution and ensure it sounds better going out than it did coming in. Read more.

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