There’s an Icelandic Yuletide tradition that I cherish to this day and has had a major impact on my life. It’s the Jólabókaflóð or the “Christmas Book Flood.” Basically, every December all households in Iceland get a catalog of newly released book titles so that loved ones can give each other new books for Christmas....
Whew! It’s been an intense 12 days of our Merry Mixing 101 series and I hope you’ve enjoyed it! At Saturday Night Live, the sketches are ready when it’s showtime because if they had infinite time to write, they’d take forever. In a similar fashion, this mix is done because the series and its allotted...
As we’re wrapping up our Merry Mixing 101 series, today I’ll be sharing a quick delay trick that you should know about. We’ll also go through my double-checking process to make sure that every specific element sounds good on its own while still fitting into the mix. Check it out: In other awesome news: The...
If you’re not using parallel processing, stereo widening or mix bus processing, your mixes are missing out. These are some of the best techniques you can use to add that professional sheen to your songs, giving it that extra 10% your mixes have been lacking. Check out the next part of our mixing series on...
In today’s video in our Merry Mixing 101 series we’ll be answering the question: “What should I do next in my mix if I think it already sounds decent?” The simple answer is of course: Experimentation. If you have time to spare, spend them on learning through tweaking your plug-ins, seeing what they do, and...
Reverb adds space around your tracks so that it sound three-dimensional and big instead of flat and boring. If you want to learn how to create a “live feel” in your tracks even if you didn’t record everybody together in a room, today’s video on reverb is for you. This is part 8 of our...
If you’ve ever been struggling with vocal DO WOPS AND WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO…. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHS! Then I’ve got the video for you! How to create close backup vocals that don’t clash with the lead Why you should treat tons of backup vocals as one instrument How to use compression on multiple backup vocals to keep them in place...
If you’re wondering how to add presence to your vocals… If you’re struggling with overly bright and “telephone-y” vocals… If you’re wondering how to separate two lead vocals so that they don’t compete with each other… …then today’s video is FOR YOU! We’ve been building a mix all week in our Merry Mixing 101 series...
Dialing in a realistic guitar tone on an amp simulator can be a serious challenge. The default settings often leave something to be desired, and the controls can be overwhelming if you’re new to the software. But with a little know-how, you can fine-tune your tone and create some truly inspiring sounds. In this blog,...
If you’ve struggled to fit all of your instruments in the mix and are looking to create better separation between your tracks, today’s video is for you. Today we’re finishing up the rest of the string instruments in our Merry Mixing 101 series. In this video you’ll learn: How to decide what instruments get which...