Entries by LmK Music Production
Sound design tutorial: pistol
A good sound design isn’t only good samples: it is also how to use them. And this tutorial will give you both: great sounds and how to use them. At the end of this tutorial you’ll have professional pistol sound effects. These methods and samples are the same that LmK Music Production uses for its […]
Guide: why is no sound unique?
Because it’s a physical phenomenon that can be recorded and analysed. And, therefore, reproduced. Almost everything that can be observed and analyzed is reproducible. Sound is not an abstract concept: it’s a physical phenomenon. We can hear it. (Here you can find an article that explains what sound is.) And we can see it too, […]
Guide: which DAW has the best sound?
None. Audio software, given that it simply processes sound in a digital way, doesn’t have any physical limit that hardware may face. Like, for example, the usage of worn out or low quality components. Digital sound processing is nothing but a huge series of fine mathematical calculations. And computers never miscalculate. For each second of […]
Guide: the best outboard gear for audio recording.
There’s none. If you alter the sound while recording, you won’t be able to revert that change. If, on the other hand, the recording has no alterations, you’ll be able to easily modify it in post production and, for example, delete an edit you didn’t like. Or make it better. Eventually, you’ll also be able […]
Guide: how to recognise the quality of an audio recording
To recognise the real quality of an audio recording we need to make sure to be in a proper listening situation. Technically speaking: provide ourselves with a reference listening system. A reference listening system will provide us with a quality playback. Neutral, without any alteration. (We’ve written a guide in which we explain what […]
Tutorial: how to create a good reverb
First of all, to create a good reverb, we need to understand what it is composed of: Phase 1: early reflections Phase 2: late reflections Unfortunately, they’re also the hardest thing to set up about a reverb. As the name suggests, they’re the early reflections caused by reverberation. They’re extremely swift: usually, they happen within […]
What is frequency response?
Frequency response is the way audio equipment changes the frequencies we send to it. In other words: it is the way its related instrument is going to “sound”; the way said instrument is going to alter the frequencies it receives. Be aware: an audio signal is not characterized by frequencies alone, but by phases too. […]