We are thrilled to announce that AMP Music Lab has found an incredible new home at The Lab Palm Beach! This exciting move marks a new chapter for us as we continue to provide top-notch music education and services to our students and the local music community.
Recording Arts
Learn Music Production Online: The Importance of Foundational Knowledge
When songwriters, producers, or engineers first start out, they often dive headfirst into YouTube tutorials. While these videos can be helpful, they usually offer a mechanical approach to advanced audio processes like compression, vocal recording, or mixing. Typically, these tutorials provide a step-by-step guide: load this, set this parameter, turn that knob, and so forth. This method can only take you so far.
The Dichotomous Mixing Approach: Surgical Processing and Flavoring
The mixing process can be confusing at first. People always ask me, “When should I EQ? When and how do I compress?” It’s like cooking chicken. Yep, it’s like chicken. When you cook chicken, first, you clean the chicken. Then you flavor it. Let me simplify the process for you.
Preparing Audio Tracks for Mastering
Mastering is the final step in the music production process where audio tracks are polished and optimized for distribution across various platforms. Proper preparation of audio tracks is crucial to ensure the mastering engineer can work efficiently and effectively. Here are key considerations when preparing audio tracks for mastering