Decide what you want the compressor to do There are a few basic rules to setup any compressor with any number of different parameters. To set up a compressor start with knowing the two basic uses of a compressor decide which use you want for your job at hand. Using the Compressor as a Limiter Read the full article…

We talked about diatonic chords and their usefulness as safe chords. Here are a few more things about diatonic chords: how we can use relative minor and major relationships to easily remember the safe chords of a song, and a bit about deriving minor scales from the major scale. Relative minors to help The diatonic Read the full article…

Knowing the fifth note of each note or at least some of them is useful when forming chords or chord progression. A bit of basics in this post. When C is the root G is the fifth. How? 1. We can either count from the root through minor 2nd major 2nd etc till we reach Read the full article…

Learn to use Compressors to make the sound of your vocals, non-keyboard instruments and the overall mix, better. If you find this article useful, you may find the Article on Effective Equalization useful too. What is a compressor? Simple definition A compressor is a processor designed to reduce the dynamic range of an audio signal Read the full article…

You can play the chords for a large number of popular ragas or songs if you know the 'diatonic chords' of the major scale. Major scale and harmonic minor scale forms the basis of most popular songs. Knowing the 'safe chords' of the major scale lets you play chords for ragas and songs in the Read the full article…

We will use the second mode of melodic minor as an example exercise in finding chords from the scale notes for two reasons: The second mode of the melodic minor has a flat nine interval in it, which is present in many of the popular indian sounding ragas: Mayamalavagowla, Kamavardhani, Chakravakam etc. The melodic minor Read the full article…

Triads from each note of the major scale Take the major scale:  C – D – E – F – G – A – B – C Build a triad starting from each note of the major scale taking two more notes from the scale, skipping a note in between. These chords are called diatonic Read the full article…

An equalizer is one of the most powerful tools available to us to modify, restructure and design sound by adjusting frequency responses. The flat response Any sound equipment aims to have a flat frequency response, trying to preserve the balance of frequencies of the original signal in the same proportion at the output. An audio Read the full article…

Guitar Fretboard maps of Raaga Kharaharapriya To the right is C Dorian scale played starting from the 5th fret of the 3rd string. The next image shows the same C Dorian scale in terms of South Indian Carnatic classical notation or Sa Ri Ga Ma. C Dorian shares the same notes as the Raga Kharaharapriya, Read the full article…

USB interface midi keyboards If your midi keyboard has an USB interface that you can connect to your computer, you don't need a midi out (keyboard) – midi in (sound card or midi box) connection to get your midi data into the sequencer, or to play a VST instrument installed in the computer. Midi keyboards Read the full article…