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Singer-Songwriter Playlist on IMS

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The Singer-Songwriter Playlist on Independent Music Stage.  Mainstream and independent artists. A playlist of fantastic music!  Looking forward to the next installment! Song list: - Gloria, Sofar Vancouver, Luca Fogale - Realize - Live at Her Village (2022), Mahesh - Trusty and True, Damien Rice - Let It Go, James Bay - Cruel (Live), Monica Martin - Falling Slowly (Official Video), Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova - Where Are We Now (Live), Antwaun Stanley - Some Day Soon , Alexi Murdoch - Clarity (Official Music Video), John Mayer - Try (Emotion and Words: Live at Jagriti Theatre), Mahesh - It Takes a Lot to Know a Man, Damien Rice - Villains, Luca Fogale - Hold Back The River, James Bay - Go Easy, Kid (with James Blake) (Official Video), Monica Martin - When Your Mind's Made Up (Once) live at Michelle Records, Glen Hansard - Last Request (Radio 2 In Concert), Paolo Nutini - Forever (Amazon Original), Lewis Capaldi - The Light (Her Hands Were Leaves), Alexi Murdoch - This Year...

Merry Christmas Playlist on YouTube

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The Independent Music Stage - Merry Christmas Playlist  is a great mixed Christmas playlist featuring mainstream artists, and Indy artists performing both original songs and cover songs. Just what you need to be warmed up for Christmas! Curated by the SSUK staff for the Independent Music Stage on YouTube, the music featured in the Merry Christmas playlist is fresh, varied and very… Christmassy! Merry Christmas playlist’s awesome artists and their songs: A collection of mainstream and independent Christmas song videos. https://www.youtube.com/embed?listType=playlist&list=PLfwUZKFZkrBIEFJHw-dtzmcAlCEMSYkr https://www.songstuff.co.uk/merry-christmas-playlist-on-youtube/

Noise Gates and Expanders

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Noise gates and expanders are for the most part, though not only, noise management devices.  Undesired noise is the enemy of all stages of the recording process. Noise can be caused by the recording environment or it can be caused by, or in, the recording/processing circuitry or storage medium.  This problem with noise is magnified when you are working with multi-track recordings. Noise on each track is added together, raising the overall noise floor. The volume of noise can go well passed audible and into the really annoying region. It is almost impossible to remove noise once it is part of an electrical signal. If you do remove it you will almost certainly affect the tone of the sound. It is a good idea to manage any signal noise before it gets recorded. It is also wise to reduce the amount of noise contributed to the mix by each track. At those moments where there is no signal content between notes or beats, that track is only contributing unnecessary noise to the final mix. Check o...