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The Importance Of Space In A Mix: Part #1

By Big Al on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

We spend a great deal of time considering individual sounds in a space. We prescribe attributes to the instruments and the players in order to organize our thoughts about the sounds and how they blend. We may often say a singer is “mid-rangy,” a snare is “ringy,” or perhaps the acoustic guitar is “warm.” We [...]

Ask Big Al: Favorite FREEeeee Reverb Plugins?

By Big Al on Monday, March 8th, 2010 | 2 Comments

@corrientes (from Twtitter) asks: “What are your favorite free reverb plugins?” Ahhh…FREEeeee…music to a musician’s ears. It wasn’t that long ago that is was hard to find a good paid reverb plugin (for Pro Tools 7 anyway). Now there are several free ones, and some are quite good. NUMBER ONE One of my favorites is [...]