In my video with Ian Shepherd, which you can see part of right here, he brought me down to earth with a few things. First of all, it’s not about the amount of plug-ins you slap on the master bus. It’s how you use them! He counted six plug-ins in my mastering chain and he only had...
In anticipation of Ian Shepherd’s Home Mastering Masterclass opening up again (affiliate link: http://www.audioissues.com/hmm) we did a little video together. In the first part of the video I go through the methods. I then sent this to Ian and in the video he gives me feedback on what he likes and what he thinks I...
As a mixing processor, EQ is pretty much one of the most important ones. You can think of it like you were a sculptor using a chisel. You have a block of marble and chisel away at it until something beautiful forms from your imagination. When you use filters and cuts you carve away at...
I wanted to show you some additional EQ tips that I’ve found very useful throughout the years. Some might be simple, but that’s just because they work and don’t have to be complicated. But others take a little more thinking. So let’s get started. 1. Know your frequencies Now, this might be a little confusing...
Ian Shepherd’s Perception mastering plug-in is real helpful when it comes to pseudo-mastering engineer like myself. If you’re anything like me you probably consider mastering to be a bit of voodoo magic. You might be a little scared about doing something wrong, like squashing your mixes or making your songs too loud! That’s why it’s nice...
If you’ve been reading my ramblings for any length of time you’ve probably noticed that I stretch the power of analogy pretty far. Here are some examples: What Doing the Dishes Can Teach You About Audio Editing How Mexican Salsa Holds the Secret to a Great Music Production I usually come up with these when...
There’s a common fear called low-mid-phobia. I bet you’re familiar with it. It’s this thing where you cut way too much low-mids from your mix because you’re terrified of muddying up your mix. It happened to me very recently. I was working on The Long Wait’s newest single (video below), and the first “final” mix I...
Oh man…have I got an analogy for you… So this weekend we had a party at our house to celebrate Eurovision. If you don’t know what Eurovision is you’re: a) Probably American Anyway, it’s every May where Europe goes to war with each over through song. The whole continent competes and every country votes for...
Got a question from Michael, an EQ Strategies customer about live sound: My question is whether do I use same EQ technique mentioned in your guideline for both recording and live sound. Or are there differences in technique when you EQ for recording and live sound. One difference I can think of is that you...
Nailing that low end is tricky right? You want the bass EQ to be just right to get thick lows without muddiness while still making the bass cut through the mix, even if you’re mixing on small speakers. You might be working with many different instruments and they all sound good, but for some reason,...