User's Manual

5 Tutorials
5.1 Studio One Artist Quick Start .................................................... 83
5.1.1 Installation and Authorization ........................................ 83
5.1.2 Enabling the Audio Driver .............................................. 86
5.1.3 Conguring Your MIDI Devices ....................................... 87
5.1.4 Conguring Audio I/O ..................................................... 90
5.1.5 Creating a Song .............................................................. 92
5.2 Microphones
............................................................................. 96
5.2.1 Condenser ..................................................................... 96
5.2.2 Dynamic ......................................................................... 96
5.2.3 USB and Other Types ..................................................... 97
5.2.4 Microphone Placement ................................................... 97
5.3 A Brief Tutorial on Dynamics Processing ................................... 100
5.3.1 Common Questions Regarding Dynamics Processing ... 100
5.3.2 Types of Dynamics Processing ....................................... 102
5.3.3 Vocabulary of Dynamics Processors............................... 104
5.3.4 General Compression Setting Suggestions .................... 107
5.4 Equalizers .................................................................................. 110
5.4.1 What is an EQ? ............................................................... 110
5.4.2 How to Find the Best and Leave the Rest ...................... 113
5.4.3 To Boost or Not to Boost ................................................ 114
5.4.4 General EQ Setting Suggestions .................................... 116
5.5 Subgroup Mixing ....................................................................... 119
5.5.1 Instrument Groups .......................................................... 119
5.5.2 Effects Groups ................................................................ 121
5.6 Aux Bus Mixing .......................................................................... 122
5.6.1 Monitor Mixing ................................................................ 122
5.6.2 Effects Processing .......................................................... 123
5.7 Digital Multi-Effects ................................................................... 125
5.7.1 Reverb ............................................................................ 125
5.7.2 Delay ............................................................................... 126
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