I told you this week I would share some of my favorite mixing techniques to move the needle of your music and today we’re gonna talk about delay and depth. This simple technique is something that I love doing to create a three-dimensional image from the start And it starts by “breaking” the rules and...
Compression is one of the hardest parts of mixing to understand. You know you’re supposed to use it but you can’t really tell what it’s doing. And to be fair, you can use compression in a hundred different ways. But if you don’t know how to hear what it’s doing you may misuse it because you...
Most producers and mixing engineers are familiar with mix translation concepts such as “the car test”, checking your mix in mono, mixing at low volumes, and so on. But what’s the deal with these concepts and why are they so important? There are many reasons why they’re important, but the key takeaway is they give...
What to do and when to do what can often be confusing when mixing. Equalizing, compression, reverb, automation, leveling, panning, editing, quantizing, and so on. The possibilities are endless. Categorizing different things and making some sort of system can be a great way to make mixing less confusing, more effective, and in many ways more...
You can have the best, most top-of-the-line, highest-rated tool in the world. But if it’s the wrong tool for the job, it’s about as worthless as a pebble you kick down the street. When you’re cooking and your dish needs a bit of something to make it pop, many beginners reach for the salt. If...
Jay is an Insider who has shown considerable improvement in his productions since he first started attending Feedback Friday as an Audio Issues Insider. However, he had follow-up up questions regarding some of my feedback from last week and I thought it would be a good opportunity to answer them in public so others may...
Got a question from Peter regarding my ultimate guide to starting your mix that’s adapted from my Step By Step Mixing book. “You start your mixing in mono and go stereo on step 8. In step 3 you do levels and panning. Do you change from mono to stereo so early in the mix? Or...
What if it’s easier to do things in reverse? That’s what reverse-mixing or “top-down mixing” is all about. When you’re mixing, it’s not uncommon to treat all your tracks individually, following classic procedures of first mixing the kick and bass by themselves and then the snare and then the individual vocal tracks and then the...
Ever feel bored with your mixing approach? Is your mixing process so rigid and structured that it robs the process of its creativity? Sometimes when we’ve been mixing for a while… we can get stuck in our ways. So here are 5 super fun creative mixing tips! 1) Automate your automation Automate the send amount...
Mixing and mastering have a lot of technical and theoretical aspects, and it’s not uncommon to get caught up in doing everything correctly and by the book. While knowing the rules and norms are very important in order to achieve your desired result, they are not always the answer. Music is a very complex concept,...