Let me confess this to you. When I started out, I didn’t realize how much my room was distorting what I was hearing. I kept fighting with my mixes for a long time as they didn’t translate well to other playback devices. Sounds familiar to you? The end point is, how do you know if what …
If you think recording and mixing is all about plugins and gear, then sorry, this post is not for you. But, if you want to read how to improve the way you hear things so that you can make better mixing decisions (without emptying your wallet), then keep reading! On some previous articles, we said …
Room acoustics are a curse for every single engineer. Your space may dramatically influence what’s coming out of your speakers, no matter how much you paid them. Having a super set of speaker won’t help that much if your room sounds bad, and if you can’t accurately hear what’s going on, you’ll have some hard times making …
Having a good pair of headphones will help you in many ways. First, you can hear all those tiny details hidden in your favorite songs, discover new things and enjoy music much more. Second (but not less important), headphones can be an invaluable tool to check your mixes or masters, especially when you don’t have a perfect …
If you are addicted to plugins or just curious as I am, you probably know we spend way to much time trying many different pieces of software that do the same thing, more or less. Compression, saturation, equalization…The list goes on. It’s no lie to say there are literally dozens of different vintage compressors or …