…mastering more than one song at a time. You see, making one song sound good isn’t that difficult. We’ve talked about this before, and you should be familiar with the steps needed to get a good sounding master. But when you throw a few more songs into the mix it becomes trickier. Because the goal is...
I feel your fear. Not only is home mastering a little scary, but it’s even worse when you’re unfamiliar with the genre. I’m not especially good at synth-techno-euro-dub-rock, and I wouldn’t be surprised if you weren’t either. However, mastering is the easy part. It just takes a little extra effort and care. You just need...
Want to EQ Your Guitars so They Cut Through the Mix? Get the Free EQ Hacks With 71 Tips to Improve Your Mixes Right Here Where can I pinpoint that annoying tinny sound from my guitar? What guitar frequency is that? How do you cut that boomy and muddy sound out of your guitar production?...
Many of you have this simple problem. The guitar keeps getting in the way of the vocal. It drowns it out with the rocking riffs or spacious chords. Not that the guitar isn’t sounding absolutely amazing. It’s just that the vocal is kind of the main point here. It’s all about the vocal. Unless there’s...
This is a guest post from mastering engineer Barry Gardner who operates SafeandSound online mastering From time to time I hear a mix that has a dubious stereo image. This can affect both acoustic or electronic mixes. For acoustic mixes it is often the mic technique that creates a problematic stereo image. For electronic mixes,...
There hasn’t been much going on at the website lately, as you might have noticed. Don’t worry. I haven’t quit and I didn’t die. In fact, I’m recharged and ready to rock. When life happens and everything piles up at once, there are two things you can do. 1. Fail Steven Levitt, one of favorite...
Say hello to my little friend! Or rather, say hello to my three little gangsters that do your dirty EQ work for you. 1. The Thug The thug is like Joe Pesci from Casino. He’s the hired hand that does all the dirty work for the family. He doesn’t hesitate to get rid of you...