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Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, you can’t get the weight you need for your lows. That’s why today I want to show you a great plugin that is just meant to “create” that missing low end! The name says it all…It’s called “Thump” and its task is to synthesize subharmonic frequencies you can blend in …

Here on R64, one of my goals is to help home studio folks like you get the best results you can out of your work, time and money, and I think answering specific questions from you is one of the most effective ways to accomplish that. Today, I have some great questions from one of my …

I love hardware toys, twisting knobs, working with microphones and all that stuff, and I love plugins as well, especially if they can bring something different to the table. (You know, there are too many plugins doing roughly the same stuff out there!) With today’s post I want to introduce you a really cool plugin I …

No. You read it right. The headline is correct. It’s quite common for many of us home studio mixers to think the answer behind a super-wide mix resides behind using lots of stereo tracks, while in fact that’s not true. Sure, stereo instruments are a great thing, but over-abusing them it’s not a good idea. Paradoxically, …

If you’ve been mixing or recording for a while, then you might have heard people talking about checking mixes on the car stereo. It is actually a very good habit you should get… But why? Why that car stereo perspective is so important? And why shouldn’t you skip that test before setting a mix done? …

You know that guy with the moving needle found on every piece of analog equipment, right? Well, that’s a VU meter. It’s one of the first devices introduced back in the analog days to measure and display the intensity of signal levels in audio equipment, making it possible for recording engineers to hit the recording …