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...
Do you remember the first time you put reverb on a track? It was magic, wasn’t it? All that space made your song sound so big! But when enthusiasm wore off, you realized your mix lost all definition. With a grudge, you reduced the amount of reverb. Definition restored. But all that space… gone forever....
This year, I’ve been lucky to have plenty of gigs and work to do. I spent a lot of hours in the studio mixing and mastering, and I felt so happy about it… but unfortunately, my body didn’t. I ended up developing a tennis elbow, and my back was stiff as a stick. I couldn’t...
A subscriber writes in with a question, “Hey Bjorgvin, online session drummer here. Gotten some good tips from you! Quick question: Do you advocate putting an eq on the drum bus first, then tweak each individual channel? Thanks so much.” EQ’ing the drum bus first can give you some big wins. It allows you to...