I was experimenting with a mix the other day. It was actually a mix I had finished but I gave myself a challenge. I wanted to approach it with a very simple mindset. Simplify, simplify, simplify. Here’s what I did: 1. Levels – I set all the levels so that everything played nice together. 2....
And so, he came Ten Commandments. The stone tablets that spoke the word of God… Moses was one smart cookie. He chose the right side to be on. Away from demi-gods and mythical godlike figures. You see, it was cool to worship many different gods back in olden times. But nowadays, not so much. It’s...
So you want to know how to squeeze your audio? Make it punchy and tight? Compress with the best of them? Well, are you even using your audio compressor to its full extent? Sometimes, you might not even realize the amount of different sounds you can squeeze out of your compressor. If we just talk...
Want to EQ Your Guitars so They Cut Through the Mix? Get the Free EQ Hacks With 71 Tips to Improve Your Mixes Right Here Where can I pinpoint that annoying tinny sound from my guitar? What guitar frequency is that? How do you cut that boomy and muddy sound out of your guitar production?...
Many of you have this simple problem. The guitar keeps getting in the way of the vocal. It drowns it out with the rocking riffs or spacious chords. Not that the guitar isn’t sounding absolutely amazing. It’s just that the vocal is kind of the main point here. It’s all about the vocal. Unless there’s...
This is a guest post from mastering engineer Barry Gardner who operates SafeandSound online mastering From time to time I hear a mix that has a dubious stereo image. This can affect both acoustic or electronic mixes. For acoustic mixes it is often the mic technique that creates a problematic stereo image. For electronic mixes,...
I was in Las Vegas recently, and I spent a good part of my time there at a Blackjack table. I’m not a high-roller, but I do like gambling. Especially at games like Blackjack where you have a system and don’t just rely on blind luck. Blackjack is a great game to play if you...
The gym is a scary place. Especially when you’re starting out. All those people grunting and lifting weights. For a beginner, it’s very intimidating. If you don’t know how to do any of the exercises, you randomly hop from one machine to the other. By doing this, you hope that you’re doing the exercises right...
Flu season is over, but for some reason you can’t figure out why your singer sounds so congested. It’s like his sinuses are all backed up, and you can’t figure out why his vocals sound so nasally. He didn’t have a cold when you tracked his vocals, so why does his vocal sound so terrible...
Cooking is great. Doing the dishes afterwards is terrible. And it’s even worse when you leave them in the sink until the next time you have to cook. Then you not only have to do the dishes before you cook, but you ALSO have to do them afterwards! Terrible right? I like cooking, so I begrudgingly do...