This is a guest post by Andrew Reilly. You might have noticed that a musical genre is the first label placed on a band. More often than not, the labeling is a lazy one. Not every band is able to fit neatly into a little box with a bunch of other bands but because of the...
This is a guest post written by Barry Gardner of SafeandSound Online Mastering. 1. Postpone non-essential equipment purchases and invest some money into acoustic treatment. The results from basic acoustic treatment in a room will be audible on every recording and mix you make. Start with side wall absorbers for early reflections. Next, install a ceiling cloud...
Related to last week’s post, How to Use a Reference Track to Improve Your Mixes, here is the flip-side focusing on getting the best sound out of your live sound system. Depending on your live sound situation, you need to adjust your P.A. system correctly. It’s one of the most crucial things to do when setting...
This is a guest post by Kyle M. Bagley. Saxophone is one of the most difficult instruments to record. Engineers can easy fall into problems that will make the recording unusable or inadequate. This article will describe a basic overview of the instrument and its sound and mic techniques. This article focuses mainly on close-miking players...
This is a guest post by Mark Dowdell The process of mixing has so many dimensions, there’s no question that keeping track of everything is a task in and of itself. The tracks, the returns, the effects, the overall groove… it all piles up quicker than we’d like. Taking all of this into account while...
Don’t you dare touch that reverb! Let go of the reverb for one day, and use a delay instead. Delays are easier to handle, and some are much less confusing than the average reverb. Sometimes you just need a little depth, delay can easily do the job. So when would you substitute your reverb for...