Back in the old days when PSU's (power supplies) were more flaky it was often best to leave equipment on, now I turn all mine off... a few reasons. Valves last longer Less fire risk Greener, Class A equipment power draw is not inconsiderable Power supplies are well built enough to withstand repeated...

The tricky issue here is the speakers and room are going to dictate what you do. What that sounds like in a club might be quite far from what you hear in a project studio. At that extreme depth of sub bass it is very easy to get wrong. Some mixes are easier than others in this respect as it depends ...

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How to help protect your health as a musician

A short article with some health considerations for musicians.

1)When your full range monitors let you hear that the useless sub to useful sub ratio, has been optimized. 2)Depends on your filter slope. Unfortunately there is no specific statement to be made here as it depends on the kick and bass lines interaction and the rest of the mix. It is a little like sa...

A short text tutorial on recording vocals successfully:

How to record vocals

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Curing writers block

I have heard varying reports about SAE. With the high costs, unlikelyhood of a job in the industry you seriously have to ask yourself if the money would be better invested in some carefully selected equipment and some one on one training with someone who knows their stuff. You could even try and spe...