Take a break from your music mixing. Imagine yourself in a calm, peaceful place, free from distractions. Take a deep breath, open your mind and imagine your mix through the eyes of a buddhist monk. Rebirth “Rebirth in subsequent existences must be understood as the continuation process” From a garage recording to a professional mix,...
Did you know the best way to use vocal compression to get a thicker sound out of shy singers? You see, inexperienced singers can give you trouble during a vocal recording session. One of the major problems you might deal with is their shyness with the microphone. Experienced singers will sing at the top of...
Here are some more tips from AES, this time about how to EQ. Sometimes it’s frustrating to hear these experts talk about their sessions. They have such great gear, and they can record in amazing studios. It makes you feel inadequate, because it’s obviously much easier to get great tracks going if you’re working with...
I’ve been toying around with the idea of mixing vocals a little differently. I want to go back to a few of my mixes with a new technique. In my eBook Mixing Strategies(www.MixingStrategies.com) I have a whole chapter about taking your mix to the next level. Automation is one of the steps to taking it...
I’m a big salsa fan. Mexican food is definitely one of my favorite foods and I can’t get enough of the different types of salsas you can get with it. But it’s also easy to screw up a good salsa recipe if you want to make on your own. The simplest mistake is to simply...
I made this massive idiot mistake the other day. I still cringe just thinking about it, especially since it happened during class. Not only did I say something stupid, but I did so in front of a class full of people. I don’t know if that’s ever happened to you but it’s a times worse...
I got a quick question from a reader recently. It underlies a fundamental issue with audio production. Here it is: “Is it a good idea to sidechain compression vocal with a kick to get those pumping vocal effect (like normally we sidechain bass with a kick )?” Now, there are a ton of great tutorials...
Reverb is one of those things that even the most experienced of engineers are still trying to figure out. It’s like the Higgs Boson of the audio industry. Engineers have used and analyzed it for years, but they haven’t quite cracked it yet. Even if you’re not a seasoned engineer(or a quantum physicist) you can...
Your drums are the foundation on which everything else lies. Screw that up and your mix falls down like a house of cards. Here are 3 ways you can cheat your way out of a weak drum sound. Think of these tips like the glue that holds your house of cards together. 1. Compressing the...
EQ before compression or compression before EQ? That’s the big question isn’t it? It’s a never ending debate of preference that doesn’t have a right answer. But there are some general guidelines you can take into consideration. Depending on whether you’re recording, mixing or mastering, this argument has a few different sides. Recording – When...