Saturation is one of the most misunderstood and underused plugins in mixing – it adds warmth, punch and depth to your mix, and can give it a high quality, “expensive”- sounding sheen. At some point in the music production journey, EVERY successful producer and engineer I know has at some point stumbled across the revelation...
David Marais, a student of mine, sent me an email recently, saying, “I recently purchased your EQ Strategies e-book and am loving your explanations. I am finally learning so much – at last- about eq!!” He did ask me a clarifying question about EQ as well, and I thought I’d share it with you in...
Just got this concise killer review for Step By Step Mixing that I wanted to share with you, in case you’re somehow still on the fence about how it can help your improve your mixes. Here’s what Edward had to say about it: “100% Efficient! This book is everything. It puts the foundations of mixing...
I want to play a game. No…not that kind of game. I have a riddle for you that you might be able to solve… No…ugh…these gifs are getting out of control. I want to ask you…see if you can guess the answer. What is the one thing that can: Add thickness to your bass? Add...
A reader writes in with a question about getting a warmer, smoother vocal sound. “I am limited to an SM57 for a vocal mic. I’m a strong (somewhat edgy) tenor. I would like to know how to EQ my vocals to get a warmer, smoother sound.” The Sm57 has a somewhat “harsh” frequency response because...
My favorite part about running Facebook ads for Audio Issues are all the trolls that can’t stand that I have an opinion on EQ. Newsflash: I have a 25,000-word opinion on EQ called EQ Strategies – Your Ultimate Guide to EQ. Supreme Court Justices ain’t got nothin’ on my EQ opinion! Trolls get outraged because...
For a two-year-old, Step By Step Mixing has taken down some heavy hitters in the industry. Like Bobby Owsinski’s Mixing Engineer’s Handbook, which we pushed down to fourth place sometime last year. Or Mike Senior’s Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio, a personal favorite mixing book of mine. We jostle around the top spot very regularly. Step By...
Although it was 730 days ago today, I remember the day like it was yesterday. February 6th, 2017, Step By Step Mixing was released. I know this because I keep track of all of my release dates in a special “Success Calendar,” where I mark every product launch, song release or major professional event in...
Ever since I started using this compressor, it’s been permanently on my mixing template. It’s so simple that it’s impossible to screw it up. There simply aren’t enough controls on the compressor to really do anything other than “make your vocals sound good.” What compressor am I talking about? The RVox from Waves of course....
I wanted to share one of my favorite vocal mixing techniques to get super WIDE vocals. It’s an excerpt from the full Expert Home Vocals course. If you like the following article, make sure to grab the full course. I have three go-to busses for vocal processing that usually give me everything I need. Here’s...