There’s something ironic happening in modern music production. People are spending thousands on plugins, converters, saturation boxes and “analogue emulation” tools trying to recreate what old hardware used to do naturally, often by accident. Back in the early jungle, hardcore and rave days, nobody was chasing “warmth.” Nobody was discussing transient integrity, oversampling modes or […]
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Vinyl has made a huge comeback over the last few years, with more artists, labels and producers choosing to release their music on a physical format again.However, one thing many people don’t realise is that a master designed for streaming platforms is not always ideal for vinyl cutting. Modern digital masters are often heavily limited,
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Why Pushing Into Converters Can Sound Better (Mastering & A/D Clipping Explained) There’s a slightly old-school trick in mastering that doesn’t get talked about very often, but it can make a big difference to how a track feels when it comes back from mastering.That trick is pushing into the A/D converter. Now, this might sound
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Does 4x Oversampling Really Sound More Analogue? At some point, most engineers hear this: “4x oversampling behaves more like hardware.” It sounds believable.It gets repeated often enough.And eventually, people stop questioning it. But is it actually true? Where The Myth Comes From When you drive a digital clipper or saturator without oversampling, you can get
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Hybrid vs ITB Mastering: Why Analogue Still Matters There’s a question I get asked a lot:If analogue mastering takes longer than working entirely in the box… why do so many experienced engineers still prefer it? After recently finishing a batch of 90s-style jungle and drum & bass releases, I was reminded exactly why. And the
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Do I Need Audio Mastering? What Mastering Actually Does & Why It Matters
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