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Sep 26 2022

How I Made This Future Disco Beat

How I made this future disco beat

Here’s a quick look at how I made this Future Disco beat. I was going for a kind of fusion of Good Faith era Madeon with some Nile Rogers and Daft Punk Random Access Memories influences.

Written by Johnny Copland · Categorized: Beat Breakdowns

Sep 25 2022

How to Make Acoustic Guitar Sound Better In Your Mixes

how to make acoustic guitar sound better - Johnny Copland

Here’s a quick look at how to make acoustic guitar sound better in your mixes. I personally find acoustic guitar one of the hardest instruments to mix and produce well. For me live acoustic guitars are up there with vocals in terms of challenge in achieving a pro sound.

Written by Johnny Copland · Categorized: EQ, Mixing

Sep 14 2022

How I Made This Beat #2

how I made this funk beat

Here’s a quick look at how I made this funk beat. I wanted to try an idea somewhere between Bruno Mars, Pharrell Williams Neptunes work and Calvin Harris Funk Wav tracks.

Written by Johnny Copland · Categorized: Beat Breakdowns

Sep 08 2022

How to Mix Bass for Smartphone Speakers

how to mix bass for smartphones

You might ask why you would ever want to learn how to mix bass for smartphone speakers? Most music lovers listen on earbuds nowadays. The next most common system for most is probably a decent home systems like a Sonos. The only person that really spends a lot of time playing their music through their iPhone or Android speaker is that person on the Bus blasting out their tunes. Why should we help them?

Written by Johnny Copland · Categorized: Mixing

Sep 04 2022

How to Sidechain Guitars Without Losing Attack

how to sidechain guitars

Sidechaining is often used in mixing and production to duck or dip an element to make room for another. Here we’ll look at how to sidechain guitars without losing their attack.

Written by Johnny Copland · Categorized: Compression, Mixing

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