Archive for the 'Audio Engineering' Category

L-C-R panning, with bleed

One little thing I noticed a little while back. When studying some of my favorite records from the 60s and 70s, I’d marvel at how well they pull off hard L-C-R panning, without making my ears twitch while listening on headphones.    Hard L-C-R panning, or “assignment”, was practically the only possibility on older consoles such […]

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Secret Weapons: Soundfonts

Scattered around my audio production drives, I have hundreds, perhaps thousands of free soundfonts, acquired in an addictive frenzy from 2003-2006.    Eventually I stopped looking for new soundfonts, because I had invested in better commercial libraries.
A few soundfonts, however, have stood the test of time…. these are ones I return to for one reason or another.    
FARFISA ORGAN
This is an electric organ… a cheap, […]

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