Tonalux5h ago

Parallel compression raises the soft parts of a signal without squashing the peaks. The technique was first published in 1977 for classical recordings, long before New York drum sounds made it famous.

https://tonalux.org/blog/parallel-compression-explained

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Parallel Compression, A 1977 Trick That Still Makes Drums Hit Harder

Parallel compression raises the soft parts of a signal without squashing the peaks. The technique was first published in 1977 for classical recordings, long before New York drum sounds made it famous.

Tonalux1d ago

The Yamaha NS-10 and the Auratone 5C were never designed for professional studios. They were rejected hi-fi products. So how did they end up on top of nearly every major mixing console for three decades?

https://tonalux.org/blog/ns10-auratone-mixing-legends-story

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The Truth Speakers and the Tissue Paper Trick

The Yamaha NS-10 and the Auratone 5C were never designed for professional studios. They were rejected hi-fi products. So how did they end up on top of nearly every major mixing console for three decades?

Tonalux2d ago

How parallel banks of resonant filters recreate the acoustic behavior of bells, plates and percussive instruments using modal analysis principles.

https://tonalux.org/blog/modal-synthesis-resonator-banks-explained

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Modal Synthesis and Resonator Banks Explained

How parallel banks of resonant filters recreate the acoustic behavior of bells, plates, and percussive instruments using modal analysis principles.

Tonalux3d ago

The phase vocoder transforms audio by manipulating frequency domain representations, enabling pristine time-stretching and pitch-shifting that modern DAWs rely on daily.

https://tonalux.org/blog/phase-vocoder-time-stretching-algorithm-1966

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Phase Vocoder: How 1966's Time-Stretching Algorithm Became Modern Audio's Secret Weapon

The phase vocoder transforms audio by manipulating frequency domain representations, enabling pristine time-stretching and pitch-shifting that modern DAWs rely on daily.

Tonalux4d ago

M/S is widely used to clean low end and add air to a mix, but two assumptions break it. One is what "the sides" actually contain. The other is what mono playback throws away.

https://tonalux.org/blog/mid-side-processing-when-it-helps-when-it-breaks

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Tonalux5d ago

Headphones break two assumptions a stereo mix is built on. Here is what specifically goes wrong, what they actually do better than speakers and the order of fixes that matters.

https://tonalux.org/blog/headphone-mixing-when-it-works-when-it-breaks

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Headphone Mixing, When It Works and When It Breaks

Headphones break two assumptions a stereo mix is built on. Here is what specifically goes wrong, what they actually do better than speakers, and the order of fixes that matters.

U3dn5d ago

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Real World Weapons Sound Effects | Weapons Sound FX | Unity Asset Store

Layer in the sounds of Real World Weapons Sound Effects from Leafland Audi0 for your next project. Browse all audio options on the Unity Asset Store.

Tonalux6d ago

How spectral gating algorithms separate signal from noise by analyzing frequency content over time, forming the backbone of professional audio restoration tools like iZotope RX.

https://tonalux.org/blog/spectral-gating-noise-reduction-algorithm-explained

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Spectral Gating - The Noise Reduction Algorithm Behind Modern Audio Restoration

How spectral gating algorithms separate signal from noise by analyzing frequency content over time, forming the backbone of professional audio restoration tools like iZotope RX.

Tonalux6d ago

32-bit float really does eliminate internal clipping in a DAW. But the same property that rescues a clipped float file is exactly what makes "gain staging is dead" wrong.

https://tonalux.org/blog/why-32-bit-float-didnt-kill-gain-staging

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Why 32-Bit Float Didn't Kill Gain Staging

32-bit float really does eliminate internal clipping in a DAW. But the same property that rescues a clipped float file is exactly what makes

TonaluxJun 21

Five standout plugin releases from this week featuring Rob Papen's morphing filter playground, KERN Audio's perceptual multiband compression and Universal Audio's vintage overdrive modeling.

https://tonalux.org/blog/weekly-plugin-roundup-may-18-2026

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Weekly Plugin Roundup - May 18, 2026

Five standout plugin releases from this week featuring Rob Papen's morphing filter playground, KERN Audio's perceptual multiband compression, and Universal Audio's vintage overdrive modeling.