Production Tips

Kick Saturation
distortion

Kick Saturation

Audiotent Tip #425 // Kick Saturation If your kick feels too soft and lacking drive, try processing it with saturation or distortion. Added harmonics will push the sound forward, making it more def...

eqCrispy Techno Hi-Hats

Crispy Techno Hi-Hats

Audiotent Tip 424 // Crispy Techno Hi-Hats There are multiple ways to create and process techno hi-hats. Recording drum machines or layering the top loops seems a common practice. However, we wante...

delays3 Creative Techniques To Process Your Delays

3 Creative Techniques To Process Your Delays

Audiotent Tip 416. 3 Creative Techniques To Process Your Delays.If using a stock delay plugin doesn’t satisfy your needs, try adding some additional processing to spice things up. 1) Saturation. I...

distortionStomp Box Percussion

Stomp Box Percussion

Audiotent Tip 398. Stomp Box Percussion.There are multiple ways to process percussion and transform it into something new and unique.One trick is to send your electronic or acoustic percussion via ...

limitingControlling Sharp Transients

Controlling Sharp Transients

Audiotent Tip 394. Controlling Sharp Transients.There are a few effective tools you can use to control the sharp transients of your drum/percussion/instrument/FX etc.A few of these are limiting, ta...

distortionModulating Distortion

Modulating Distortion

Audiotent Tip 393. Modulating Distortion.Multiple tone variations can be achieved by assigning modulation to your distortion parameters.For example, on a drum group, you could apply a BPM synced LF...

distortionSaturation and Distortion Questions

Saturation and Distortion Questions

Audiotent Tip 337. Saturation and Distortion Questions.Saturation or distortion is a very common term used in music production. However, it can often be confusing when to apply this processing.We h...

overdriveReducing Transients

Reducing Transients

Audiotent Tip 323. Reducing Transients.Sharp or spiky transients can often take way too much headroom in your mix as well as sounding harsh and unpleasant at loud volumes.Make sure you have them un...

distortionHow to add grit to your sounds

How to add grit to your sounds

#AudiotentTip 291. Adding grit to your sounds.Audio recording equipment and audio interfaces are getting more affordable every year. Never before has it been this simple to capture clean audio from...

bassAdd saturation and bit crusher to your bass

Add saturation and bit crusher to your bass

#AudiotentTip 232. Crushed Bass.When working with a busy mix, bass can often sound too soft or hidden. A great way to bring it upfront is to use saturation followed by a bit crusher.Saturation intr...