Hi, I'm Björgvin Benediktsson. I'm a musician, audio engineer and best-selling author. I help musicians and producers make a greater impact with their music by teaching them how to produce and engineer themselves. I've taught thousands of up and coming home studio producers such as yourself how to make an impact with their music through Audio Issues since 2011.
Here’s a quick low-end you can use to tame the low-end of your drum bus in your next mix. This month I’m remixing one of my Christmas songs for the Audio Issues Insiders members. I’m running a mix contest for the members with some fun prizes but most of the fun is simply listening to...
If you’ve ever felt discouraged by your muddy mixes and wish you could feel proud of your released records, let me share a story of how terrible my first songs sounded… Back in high school, my band recorded an album that may go down in history as my favorite worst-sounding album. I didn’t know anything...
As you’re undoubtedly familiar with, we humans have five senses. Touch Smell Sound Taste Sight But there’s one sense we sometimes forgot. It’s the sense that my favorite cookbook author, Samin Nosrat points out to us aspiring chefs in her cookbook, Salt Fat Acid Heat. When we cook, we use our senses. Wolfgang Puck says...
If you went to audio school and were frustrated with the lack of real-world experience, let me tell you a story that you may relate to: My wife went to law school so naturally, a lot of our friends are lawyers. She isn’t a practicing attorney, but in her CEO role, she uses her legal...
My least favorite plug-in company has to be Universal Audio. Whoah Nelly! Put down the pitchforks! It has nothing to do with the quality of their products. I have an Apollo and I love their plug-ins. But I hate the way they waste your time by making you feel like you need all of them....
Blondino (bad-ass name!) writes in with a review on Step By Step Mixing: “Having bought a number of mixing guides by now, each maybe catering to slightly different levels, what I like about this one is that it really makes sure all the bases are covered and clearly explained. Björgvin has a very user-friendly writing...
I’ve got a mission for you, should you choose to accept it… I’m only four reviews away from 100 reviews for Step By Step Mixing on the U.S. Amazon site and I’m hoping you can help me break 100? If you’ve already read the book, please head on over here to leave a review. If...
Quick vocal effect tip for you today that I used on a mix last week. The artists referenced the song “The Mother” by Brandi Carlile and the vocals have a spacious delay sound that sits firmly in the background so I tried to emulate that. A simple reverb wouldn’t really work because it felt like...
Gary Ross wrote and directed the movie Ocean’s 8. It’s the Ocean’s movie with eight strong female leads, and definitely worth the watch. In 1994 he wrote the screenplay to Lassie, arguably one of our culture’s most cherished canine heroines. You don’t know where people will end up. You’re only meeting them at a point...
If you live in a city that’s been invaded by motorized scooters, you know the amount of controversy these things bring with them. One side hates them because they don’t like change and want things to stay the same. They think the scooters clutter up the streets and cause accidents and mayhem. Obviously, much of...