Tips/Tutorials

20 Intermediate Pro Tools Tips

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Top 10 Pro Tools Tips for the Newbie is now the most read article on Moozek, and it was also featured on StumbleUpon - whoever submitted it, thanks for the initiative! As a way to thank everyone who suggested slightly more advanced tips after the first 10, here's a revised ...

The Best Guitars and Basses Under $500 (GBG Part II)

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

As promised, here is a list of reviews of different instruments for different styles and tastes. These instruments are what we consider to be today's best options for inexpensive, quality guitars and basses. Either you're buying your first or 50th guitar, be sure to check out the options on this list ...

Top 10 Most Inspiring Movie Soundtracks of Recent Times

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

I have met some composers who were not completely up-to-date in their blockbuster movie knowledge and enjoyment... And there are some flicks from the past twenty years that you definitely need to watch if you're a composer. Considering that most of them work for film, it's important to know the good ...

Guitar Buyer’s Guide (GBG Part I)

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Buying the perfect guitar without killing your bank account has been increasingly easier, and I guess we all owe that to a lot of market competition. But that also means people need to be a lot more careful when picking their axe: I still see a lot of folks spending ...

Definitive Guide to Windows XP Tweaking for Audio

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Microsoft Windows XP is still the number one choice of operating system for DAWs on PC. Yes, it's worse than Linux (if only we had Pro Tools for Linux), but better than Vista in the part of not being a total memory and CPU hog (you know, kinda like OS ...

Top 10 Pro Tools Tips for the Newbie

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Update: 20 Intermediate Pro Tools Tips now posted! During my years of experience in the field, I've had tons of people asking for advice. Specially advice on DAW systems – mainly Pro Tools, because it's the industry standard  - and because Digital Audio Workstations can get complicated. The tips I keep repeating ...

Other Blogs and Websites You Should Know About

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

This one will get updates as it grows. Only non-commercial blogs are listed. Blogs: I know what you're thinking: “Why?” - Moozek is already so perfect and beautiful and updated so often (once every 3 months sometimes) – Why would you consider reading anything else? ;)

Keyboard Covers for Pros

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

You don't have to buy the overpriced Pro Tools custom keyboards (or keyboards for any other application for that matter), or settle for the stickers. Now, KB Covers and zCover are selling keyboard covers in latex with application shortcut maps printed on them. They work on Apple keyboards (old and ...

“The Loudness War”: Oh Please…

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

Everyone in the audio industry by now should have seen the video going around to raise "awareness" for the infamous Loudness War and deterioration of the audio quality during the mastering process nowadays...  No? Well, click and watch... It would be so Google-friendly for us to just post the video, ...

Tutorial: Parallel Compression

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Also known as New York compression for its use in the formerly-known-as "New yorker" or ultra-compressed mixing style (which actually leaked to the west coast even before the Lord-Alge brothers made it popular). Very simple concept: bus the audio to a new auxiliar ("parallel"... you guessed it) and apply compression separately ...