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.
I get it, what on earth does breast milk have to do with getting better drum mixes?!? Here’s the story: My wife and I are slowly adjusting to the new normal as parents but it doesn’t come without its hiccups… No, I don’t mean the constant hiccups from our daughter, but rather the fact that…we...
Today we’re on part two of our mastering session and the final part in our free 10-part step-by-step mixing hip hop series. I’m stretching the definition of “mastering” pretty thin here because I’m honestly just finalizing the mix on the master bus with master bus processing, and fixing any mix issues as I’m mastering. This...
We’re onto mastering in our step by step mixing hip hop tutorial, and this week we’ll be adding our mastering chain to make things loud, punchy and powerful. We’ll be using: Linear phase EQ in mid/side mode to tighten up the low end Multi-band compression to squeeze the dynamics and glue the mix together Mid/Side...
I’m hooked on this cooking show on Youtube called Four Levels of Food: From Amateur to Food Scientist. It’s where they get three levels of chefs together to cook the same meal and then they get graded by a food scientist at the end. The first level chef is usually a complete novice. Out of...
Using a reference track can do wonders to help you improve your mix. In this week’s step by step mixing video, we’ll be looking at reference mixing to make sure our mix sounds better than the previous master. We’ll also be looking at some slightly crazy 808 processing to make the mix even tighter in...
My daughter is two weeks old today and I’m getting intimately familiar with the intricacies of the term “bleary-eyed.” So instead of writing a long email today about all the valuable training inside Mix Finisher Formula, I thought I’d just pull out a couple of videos to show you first hand how the course feels...
In this week’s Youtube video, we’re adding effects to vocals without cluttering up the intelligibility of the vocal performance. You’ll learn: How to add depth without adding unnecessary reverb and space How to add doubling without your vocal sounding chorus-y and phase-y How to keep a snappy snare from competing with the clarity of the...
If you’re looking to add depth, space, and power to your mixes and make them stand out, today’s video is for you. It’s the second part of my free Mix Finisher VIP workshop that I hosted for over 600 students last year. I’m bringing it back this week only, so make sure you catch it...
If you’re looking for a solid system for taking your song from a rough recording to a finished mix, my free Mix Finisher VIP workshop will help. I told you about it yesterday when I sent you my Pre-Mixing Checklist, which helps you make your song ready for mixing so you can avoid “fixing it...
The mindset of “fixing it in the mix” is a disaster waiting to happen. I don’t know how many times I’ve come across mixing problems that were actually songwriting, arranging or editing problems. Sometimes I’ve even gone so far as to refuse mixing the song because it’ll never sound good no matter how many plug-ins...