When you’re doing an acoustic guitar recording you’re going to want the most out of your full-bodied instrument. The nature of it being an acoustic instrument means that you will need some fairly capable mics if you want to capture the whole sound of the acoustic guitar – Everything from the deep lows to the...
This is a guest post by Jamie from Audio Engineering School. Please read the guest post guidelines if you wish to contribute a guest post. Micing live instruments is more often an exercise in patience and experimentation. But if you’re in a tight crunch, these tips can help you get you the results you need in a...
Getting a juicy bass sound is something we all want right? Dealing with the low-end is tricky. It’s like sand. It gets everywhere when you only want it to stay on the ground. Bad analogies aside, low-end is pretty tricky to deal with, and during recording there are some things you should consider when you’re...
As an engineer or producer, you have to do a lot of different kinds of listening. You have to listen carefully to the raw sounds that your microphones are capturing. You have to listen to the balance of sounds when you mix. You have to listen to reference tracks to make sure you’re working in...
DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE GUIDE: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MIXING DRUMS AND BEATS Mixing drums starts with the foundation. The kick drum sound. The kick drum sound and the snare will be the defining factors of your drum sound. If the kick drum sounds bad, the song’s foundation will lose its footing. The kick...
There are two particular EQ problems many of you struggle with. Muddiness and Shimmer. You might know them as boom and sheen, or thickness and air. They go by different names, but their presence won’t go unnoticed. Muddiness is the bane to your low-end existence, cluttering up the mix and reducing definition and clarity. The...
EQ this week. In the following interview we talk about: The difference between EQ’ing during mixing and mastering. Using corrective EQ on the mix bus when your individual EQ’s fail. What to do when you can only use a broad Q. When to use “colored” analog EQ and when to use “clean” digital EQ. Using...
Did I ever tell you the story of when got super annoyed at this fratboy at the gym and his entitled exercise routine? It’s a short story but it made for a good analogy about EQ so I’ll tell you again: I was at the gym and this guy was using two machines at the...
I’ll be interviewing Jedi Mastering Engineer Ian Shepherd this week about his awesome new product, Home Mastering EQ. I like calling him a Jedi Master, and he likes it so much he even put it on the cover of his I wanted to give you a chance to ask any question you have about EQ...
EQ, whether it’s during recording, mixing or mastering is all about balance. Balance between the lows, mids and highs. You don’t want a boomy acoustic guitar sound. But you don’t want a shrill and trebly sound either. You want some of the boom, and some of the shrill. You want that balance between the frequencies...