Tonalux

@tonalux
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Curated plugin deals, free audio tools, and deep-dive articles on DSP, sound design & plugin development. Built by professional sound designers for film, games & music production.
Websitehttps://tonalux.org

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

#MusicProduction #SoundDesign #AudioEngineering #ElectronicMusic #Synthesizer #DSP

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.

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

#MusicProduction #SoundDesign #AudioEngineering #ElectronicMusic #Synthesizer #DSP

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.

🔥 BLEASS sale — up to 58% off, 4 plugins · live now

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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

#MusicProduction #SoundDesign #AudioEngineering #Mixing #MusicTech #StudioLife #Mastering

🔥 Boom Library sale — up to 67% off, 8 plugins · live now

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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

#MusicProduction #SoundDesign #AudioEngineering #Mixing #MusicTech #StudioLife

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.

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

#MusicProduction #SoundDesign #AudioEngineering #MusicTech #ProAudio #DSP

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.

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