If you’ve been a subscriber for a while, you know that I’m a massive fan of productivity and efficiency. I’ve written a book called Better Mixes in Less Time, which teaches you how to create a productivity system to get more mixes done from your home studio, and I’ve also created a crash course in...
Here’s a big shoutout to Filippo Medas who’s a regular Home Studio Musician’s group contributor. He shared a great trick for creating separation in the guitars and vocals that you might like to try next time: Here’s Filippo: I think I just “discovered” a way to get both guitars and voice to have their own...
I received a question about gain staging that you might be interested in: “Hi Bjorgvin, could you just clarify something for me, please. If you want to use plugins at their sweet spot do you set the track gain to the sweet spot going into the plugin and then compensate with the output so that...
You’ve finally decided. You want to start recording other bands. You’ve been honing your audio engineering skills on your music for a while now, and you feel like you’ve got the hang of how everything works. Your friends, family and the fans at your shows tell you they like the sound of your music so...
If you’re trying to apply the knowledge you learn at Audio Issues in your mixes, but can’t seem to piece it all together as you mix, maybe you should take a page out of this guy’s playbook. Craig from Spain left a review for Step By Step Mixing on Spain’s Amazon page the other day:...
A few years I learned a tough lesson about the importance of doing good work. I was working on a single for a metal band and I prioritized my time over the quality of my work. Although the session went well in general, I knew I could’ve done a better job with the mix. The...
Got an interesting question about filtering from Cara Tors, an Audio Issues customer: “Thank you so much for this video — EQ no longer seems so scary! I do have a question, though…when you are filtering, sometimes you said something like “we can filter this out because there’s nothing there.” But how do you know...
About a year ago, the website Medium hired me to write one of those long, detailed articles designed to be “one part inspiration and one part clear, detailed advice.” (Their words, not mine). Their goal was to “produce the world’s most trusted advice in personal development” and asked me to write a “procrastination piece targeted...
If you’re reading this chances are you want to make the most out of your home studio. You might already pretty darn good at recording and mixing but you’re having a hard time finding people to work with. You can only record so many of your own singles before you get sick of your singing...
Last weekend I went to NAMM and spent a lot of time studying from all the great audio engineers speaking at the trade show. One interesting thing I learned was how Jacquire King, who’s worked with Kings of Leon, Tom Waits, James Bay and Kaleo to name few, handled harshness in his cymbal tracks when...