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Here you will find all of my helpful articles and how-to guides.
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Table of Contents
Headphone Amp & DAC Concepts
- What is Crosstalk?
- Preamp vs. Interface
- What Is Dynamic Range?
- Tube Amp vs. Solid State
- What Is a Headphone Amp?
- What Is Asynchronous USB?
- What Is Signal To Noise Ratio?
- What is Pulse Code Modulation?
- What is Pulse Width Modulation?
- What Is Total Harmonic Distortion?
- What Is Intermodulation Distortion?
- The Best DAC Chip In Headphone Audio
- Class A vs. Class AB vs. Class B vs. Class C vs. Class D Amplifiers
Audiophile Concepts
- What is THX AAA Technology In Audio & Video?
- Balanced vs. Unbalanced Audio Cables
- Do Headphones Need to be Burned In?
- What Are Diffuse-Field Headphones?
- The Law of Diminishing Returns
- What Is Transient Response?
- What is the Sennheiser Veil?
- What Is Impulse Response?
- What does Sibilant mean?
- What is Jitter In Audio?
- What is an Audiophile?
- What Is DSD In Audio?
- What is Timbre?
- What is MQA?
General Audio
- TRS vs. TS
- What Is SPL?
- What Is XLR?
- What Is a DAP?
- What Is Phase?
- What Is Latency?
- What Is A Melody?
- What Is Soundstage?
- What Is A Transducer?
- What Is Echo In Audio?
- What Is Pitch In Audio?
- What Is Delay In Audio?
- Digital vs. Analog Sound
- Bit Depth vs. Sample Rate
- What Is A Phono Preamp?
- What Is The Key Of A Song?
- What Is Crossover In Audio?
- What Is Resonance In Audio?
- The Audio Interface: USB vs. Firewire
- Closed back vs. Open back Headphones
- Circumaural vs. Supra-Aural Headphones
- How Do Noise Canceling Headphones Work?
Music Production/FL Studio
- Proper Home Studio Monitor Placement And Positioning Setup Guide
- How To Disable The Waiting For Input Function In FL Studio
- How To Denoise Vocals And Audio In FL Studio
- How To Save And Load EQ Presets In FL Studio
- How To Record Vocals And Audio In FL Studio
- How To Make A Song Fade Out In FL Studio
- How To Record And EQ An Acoustic Guitar
- How To Use A Low Pass Filter In FL Studio
- How To Install VST Plugins In FL Studio
- How To Automate Panning In FL Studio
- How To Pitch Shift Vocals In FL Studio
- How To EQ A Bass Guitar In FL Studio
- How To Automate Pitch In FL Studio
- How To Increase Gain In FL Studio
- How To Use A Synth In FL Studio
- How To Add Reverb In FL Studio
- What Is Compression In Audio?
- How To Add Delay In FL Studio
- What Is 48v Phantom Power?
- How To Sample In FL Studio
- What Is Mastering In Audio?
- What Is Clipping In Audio?
- Acoustic Sound Treatment
- What Is A Synthesizer?
- What Is VST in Audio?
- What is An Oscillator?
- What Is ASIO 4 ALL?
- What Is A Vocoder?
- What Is MIDI?
Music
Mechanical Keyboards
Speakers & Monitors
Streaming Platforms
Headphones & Their Drivers
(Updated)
- What is Headphone Impedance?
- What is Sensitivity in Headphones?
- What is Output Impedance?
- What is a Headphone Driver?
- What is a Planar Magnetic Driver?
- Dynamic vs. Planar Magnetic vs. Electrostatic Headphones
Equipment Series
(Updated)
- How to Choose Studio Headphones (Coming Soon!)
- How to Choose a Headphone Amp
- How to Choose a Microphone
- How to Choose a MIDI Keyboard
- How to Choose a Turntable (Coming Soon!)
- What are Studio Monitors?
- What Does an Audio Interface Do?
- What Does an Audio Mixer Do?
- What is a Soundcard?
- What is a USB DAC?
Microphones
(Updated)
- What is a Cardioid Capsule?
- Condenser Mic vs. Dynamic Mic
- Large Diaphragm vs. Small Diaphragm
- Home Recording Mic Pop Filters: Why You Need Them
- Cardioid vs. Supercardioid vs. Hypercardioid Microphones
- The Difference Between a USB microphone and an XLR microphone
- Microphone Stands | Finding the Best Home Studio Recording Equipment
Keyboards & Pianos
(Updated)
General/Life
- The 9-5 Paradigm (My first ever post on Home Studio Basics)
- WATER BLOGGED | QUICK TIP!
- The Best Version Of Yourself
- How To Repair Your Broken Cassette Tape
Process
- My Review Process (Coming Soon)
- Site Origins (Coming Soon)
more to come, stay tuned…
All the best and God bless,
-Stu
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2 comments
What is mixing eq ing and limiting ?
Hi James!
Well mixing and EQing go hand in hand. Mixing is basically just adjusting and blending the tracks until you get the best sound possible. It’s equalizing the different bands such as low bass, bass, high mid, mid, and highs to achieve a balanced overall sound. A limiter is a lot like a compressor, but is used to reduce peaks and spikes in the recording. A compressor is used to make the overall sound louder without increasing the gain and causing the track to clip and distort. Over compressing can cause distortion however. It’s always important to remember to avoid this.
Hope that helps. Let me know.
Blessings,
-Stu