Unless you are about to invite all of your audience inside your studio to listen to your music, then you’ll need your mix to sound good on the widest range of audio devices as possible, so that everyone can enjoy it, no matter the device they’ll use. Some time ago, I wrote about that super helpful reality check I …
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With modern computers, virtual instruments have become more and more valuable and important, especially for all the home studio guys like us, so it’s important to know how to deal with them. Today’s post is dedicated to answering one of my readers, Josh, who asked me a question concerning that subject. Here’s what he wrote to me: …
When mixing, it’s very easy to cross a line after which you’ll literally start harming your mix. You made lots of efforts to craft it the way it is and now you’re just tearing it down, mercilessly…And the worst thing is that you’re not even realizing it! Your Brain Deceives You After some time spent listening …
“Sipping whiskey out the bottle, not thinking ‘bout tomorrow, singing ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ all summer long…” Can you hear that guitar riff in your head? Well, seems it’s summer again in this part of the world, so why don’t we celebrate it with a post dedicated to a hit summer song? This time my choice …
A few days ago I received a new rock song to mix. Downloaded and unpacked everything, fired up Pro Tools and imported all the tracks, as always… That was the moment when I noticed how huge that tracks count was. There were about 70 tracks! It’s a big session to deal with. To my personal …
When we hear about compressors for the first time, we think at something with some kind of “dark magic” in it, something that will make our mixes and tones better somehow, no matter the source or the settings. We don’t know how to actually use it and this will lead us to put it on …