As a home studio owner, I’m continually trying to find “that sound”—the lively yet polished character of my favorite records straight from the hands of the best mix engineers in the world. Through years of learning and practicing professional audio recording, one thing is certain: the better you can capture a quality sound at the...
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...
Have you ever discovered a band and liked their sound, only to think their production sounded a bit too rusty? Or maybe you’ve been following a band ever since their early days, and now that they’re gaining success, their recordings sound a little polished. You’re not crazy for thinking these thoughts. All of these nuances...
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...
You’ve probably mixed a few songs already. Have you tried mastering your songs as well yet? In case you’re still struggling to get your head around mastering, this article might just give you the head start you need. When it comes to mastering, my approach starts with what I call “the triangle of mastering“: Levels...
Technology is amazing. We can do today what the best audio engineers couldn’t do 70 years ago. We can record, edit, mix, and master pro-level music all from our bedroom — thanks, in large part, to audio interfaces. So to help you get this amazing technology into your bedroom, we’re going to look at the...
Live sound. The dream. The thrill. The drama. The agony. The rush. It’s all there. And when a great mix comes together at the last minute and the crowd goes wild… It’s hard to want to be anywhere else. Amazing. It’s where I got started with audio and I always look back fondly at the...
I gave an Audio Issues Insider some quick feedback over the weekend that made his mix a lot better. One of the main tips I gave him for adding more punch to his drums was to add some simple parallel compression to the drum bus. Here’s what he had to say after he tested it...