We all have to start somewhere. Most people will go through a series of objectively average mixes before they start to refine their skills and understanding. Flying blind is one of the most powerful ways to integrate a lesson, but it definitely helps to have some insight going into it. You will make mistakes along...
Yesterday we talked about two ways to think about reverb in your mixes. Today we’ll talk about how to create limitations in your sessions to make your mixing go more smoothly. Because you have so many different effects plug-ins to choose from, you often spend more time deciding between plug-ins than actually using them to...
Using reverb can get pretty challenging. Not enough and it’ll sound dry and unpolished. Too much and it’ll be a cluttered mess. Here are two different ways to think about reverb when you’re finding the right one for your song. Reverb For Contrast Use different reverbs for different parts of the song to create contrast....
Let me ask you, how many times are you happy with your mixes? If you’re starting out, you might hate every single one of your mixes up to this time, including the one you’ll do tomorrow. If you’ve been mixing for a while, you might finish a mix every once in a while that you really...
If you’re using virtual drummers and sampled beats you might be mistaken in thinking that you don’t need to do any mixing to the tracks because they sound so good out of the box. Although that’s often the case, you can still add quite a bit of power to really make them stand out. It’s...
Just got a question from Chris who’s currently taking the Mixing With 5 Plug-ins course. He needed some clarification on bussing and grouping so I thought I’d share my answer with you. Here’s what he asked: Hi Bjorgvin, could you explain how the group busses work in Logic please, do you only hear tracks through...
You know what the worst audio advice ever is? It’s “use your ears.” Do you know why? Because it’s empty advice with no actionable steps. “Use Your Ears” is actually a garbage cop-out when it’s given without any context or actionable steps. It’s similar to other empty advice like: “Exercise and you’ll be skinny” “Buy low, sell high!”...
Mixing bass can be tough. You can end up with a really muddy mix because it’s overpowering the low-mids. Even worse, you might try to overcompensate to get rid of the boominess and end up with a thin low-end instead. I asked our Facebook followers about their favorite bass mixing tricks and boy did they...
I asked the Audio Issues Facebook followers a question about their master bus processing the other day. They did not disappoint in their answers and it was interesting to see the diverse responses. I thought you might want to get some ideas from your peers so I wanted to share their 2-buss processing with you....
Howdy, One of the best things I’ve done in the last couple years to completely transform my drum sounds is to use drum replacement software to enhance the kick and the snare. I show you how to do this in detail inside the Drum Mix Toolkit, but the gist of it is this: I don’t...