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Stream of Consciousness Composition and Sound Design
I think it’s a helpful exercise to work through the differences between working with pre-existing inspiration and creating inspiration to serve the necessity of practicing/meeting a deadline
Sound Localization with the Haas Effect
The effect is achieved by duplicating a mono sound and panning each copy to the extreme left and right sides of the spectrum, respectively.
Localization vs. Depth – A Crucial Distinction in Mixing
my post this week is to briefly clarify the three dimensional nature of the stereo mix that many of us work with on a daily basis
Giving Each Note a Unique Personality with Samples
A unique technique for differentiating every note of your chosen scale
A Template for Every Purpose
Different workflows that occur at each step of the music writing/mixing process
Snap, Crackle, Pop: A Fun Technique for Generating Glitch Sounds
Where Nick speaks about a technique for creating the little zaps and glitches
Going the Extra Mile for Unique Timbres:Part 2
Let’s take a look at some more sound-shaping tools that will aid us in our quest to develop unique timbres
Going the Extra Mile for Unique Timbres: Part 1
I think it would be fun to put together a small list of useful timbral-shaping tools.
Letting Necessity Guide Your Sound Design
This week I’d like to focus on how an instrument or sound effect develops along with the composition
Keep Your Mix Clean
Next time you add a new sound to a piece, question whether it is truly necessary.
Creating An Abundance Of New Sounds
The basic idea is that the user feeds a continuous stream of sound into the sequencer while various bits of automation are triggering different chains of effects processing
Writer’s Block? Read this
This week I’d like to lay out some tips on getting past writer’s block in all of its ugly forms whether it be apathy, procrastination, or just a frustrating lack of inspiration. Staring at a blank sequencer timeline is one of the more miserable studio activities that I can think of, so let’s take a [...]
Keep Your Composition Moving Forward
Have you ever run into overcomplexity while arranging your latest piece of music? It happens to me all the time. It’s that phase of composition where you’ve got all kinds of automation going on, sweeping a filter here and increasing an effect trail there. In addition to automation data, you may have a dizzying array [...]
Listening To Your Environment
Before I kick off this first blog entry, I would like to say thanks to the Public Spaces Lab crew for kindly including me on the site! I plan to do mostly short posts featuring either tips for sound design or philosophical fare dealing with the thought-processes behind what we do as a community of [...]
Nick Maxwell @ The Lab
It took no more than a few exchanges via e-mail to accomplish this but, we see it as a big step. Nick Maxwell, the person behind Nick’s Tutorials, accepted to write a weekly column for us, here at the PublicSpaces Lab website. Nick Maxwell’s tutorials have always been a great resource for everyone that is [...]