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Music Production Technique Dictionary

In progress

Recording and shaping a finished track. Signal flow, microphones, editing, mixing and the vocabulary of the studio and the DAW.

5 sections, 92 terms planned

  • Signal Flow
    20 terms

    Gain staging, buses, sends, inserts, headroom, converters

  • Microphones and Recording
    18 terms

    Polar patterns, proximity effect, room sound, close and distant miking

  • Editing and Comping
    16 terms

    Takes, comping, quantisation, time stretching, crossfades

  • Mixing
    24 terms

    EQ, compression, reverb, panning, automation, bus processing

  • Mastering and Delivery
    14 terms

    Loudness, LUFS, dither, streaming targets, release formats

This encyclopedia is being written. In the meantime, explore the violin technique dictionary, which is complete with 230 defined terms, browse the rest of the music dictionary, or use our free practice tools.

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