Got a great question from a reader the other day: “Is it okay to practice or just improvise mixes over and over again on the same project? “ First of all, it’s not up to me to judge whether it’s ok to practice. Of course it’s good to practice your skills. But the better thing...
Got a great question from a reader the other day: “Is it okay to practice or just improvise mixes over and over again on the same project? “ First of all, it’s not up to me to judge whether it’s ok to practice. Of course it’s good to practice your skills. But the better thing...
Translation. It’s one of those things that are so important for your mix. It doesn’t really matter if you have the best equipment in the world. If your sound bad on the bad systems, then your high-end monitors mean nothing. Well, here are three things you can do to make sure your mix sounds the...
Translation. It’s one of those things that are so important for your mix. It doesn’t really matter if you have the best equipment in the world. If your mixes sound bad on the bad systems, then your high-end monitors mean nothing. Well, here are three things you can do to make sure your mix sounds...
I’m flying to Guadalajara, Mexico in a month to produce an album with a friend of mine. I’m betting it’ll be a lot of fun, but it’s also a little stressful. Not in the scary sort of way but rather the exciting kind of way. Enter the Importance of Pre-Production You see, we’re going to...
Got this question from a reader: Do I need bass traps if I record bass directly? Well. The problem lies in the question, not the answer young padawan. The bass traps have nothing to do with the recording but rather the monitoring and the mixing. Let me explain. Bass Traps Are Acoustic Treatment You put...
I do a lot of weird audio mixing sometimes. Stuff that’s not too glorious. No amazing pop songs or incredible productions. More like simple audio editing of interviews, fitting audio to video and removing noise and mundane audio mixing like that. And you know the one of the way done? The simple EQ. Interviews of...
I do a lot of weird audio mixing sometimes. Stuff that’s not too glorious. No amazing pop songs or incredible productions. More like simple audio editing of interviews, fitting audio to video and removing noise and mundane audio mixing like that. And you know the one thing that usually gets the job 80% of the...
Got a question from a reader a while back asking me about recording vocals. Specifically, how to get a vocal sound consistent if you record for several days. First I didn’t think it was a big deal. But then I started thinking… Does he mean doing takes of the same song on different days? Because...
Today I’m gonna give you a very interesting tip I heard last summer at the Potluck Conference. It has to do with a cool way to do a double. Now, I haven’t tried this myself but I like wacky advice, especially when it’s coming from seasoned professionals. So I leave it up to you to...