In today’s video post, you can go behind the scenes at MixCon 2017 to talk gear, mixing, and MixCon highlights with the exhibitors at the event’s audio gear expo.
Get event highlights from Mitch Thomas of Soundtoys, some serious knowledge dropping from Dirk Ulrich of Plugin Alliance, headphone buyer’s tips Read more...
When do you go for it? Mike Ferretti had a feeling the time had arrived to go solo with his skills, so he built a studio.
As a result, there’s a fresh facility — Self-Titled Sound Studios — in Ringwood, NJ, dedicated to mixing and tracking overdubs. Armed with his Read more...
Through this series of thirteen videos, featuring guitarist Sam Bell (Mask of Judas, sessions) and guitarist/producer John Mitchell (Enter Shikari, It Bites), you’ll learn all about guitar stringing and intonation, the ins and outs of amplifiers, speaker cone microphone placement and much more. John and Sam will be working with a range of guitars – both acoustic and electric – amps, cabs, microphones and Focusrite audio interfaces. All of our tutorials are platform-neutral, too, so whether you’re working on a Mac running MacOS/OS X, a PC running Windows or even an iPad, everything here is 100% applicable. Watch the videos in one epic binge or dip into them as and when you need advice on a particular aspect of the guitar recording process – and don’t forget to share them with your friends on social media.
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If characteristics like “punch”, “aggression”, “energy”, “color” and versatility are what you look for in a compressor, you’d be doing yourself a disservice by not getting your hands on some form or another of the classic API 2500 bus compressor, whether it be hardware or software.
Until recently, those of Read more...
Neal H Pogue is NOT the General Motors of mixing.
Even though we’re talking about a GRAMMY award winning mixer who’s made his mark across multiple genres, this LA-based maestro isn’t up for just anything. The project has got to turn him on, and once it does watch out, because Read more...
In this MixCon Master class, 3-time GRAMMY-winning producer/engineer Marc Urselli walks us through the most important part of the mix: Your session setup.
Great mixers know that mixes are won or lost before you move even a single fader. In walkthrough after walkthrough, MixCon presenters almost unanimously agree that getting Read more...
You don’t have to go quite as far as this tech, pictured taking measurements in an anechoic chamber. But a little bit of time and attention spent on your acoustics and monitoring can go further than almost any other upgrade. (Image by Trevor Cox.)
Whenever a musician or fledgling recording Read more...
Eventide’s Quadravox may primarily be a harmonizer tool, but its capabilities go way deeper, offering time-based effects and other features.
The name Eventide holds quite a bit of weight in the audio production world.
Unlike a previous generation of professionals—many of whom were immersed in studios outfitted with Eventide’s classic Read more...
There’s a pattern taking shape around LA.
Record labels’ interest in in-house studios has been rekindled, leveraging their scale and real estate to construct their own writing/recording/mixing complexes. Besides keeping their creative talent closer, these under-one-roof facilities streamline music production costs.
Jersey City, NJ-based Criterion Acoustics is one of the Read more...
![Mixing Masterclass: Analog Sounds in the Box with Rich Chycki [MixCon Video]](https://sonicscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/rich_c_mixcon.jpg)
Rich Chycki, a master mixer for the likes of Rush, Dream Theater, Aerosmith and more, takes us for a tour of a real progressive rock mix, with a special emphasis on emulating the iconic and organic sounds of classic analog consoles in the box.
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![Mixing With Delay: 3 Essential Techniques [Video]](https://sonicscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Ryan-Line-6-3.jpg)
Join Ryan Earnhardt of SonicScoop and creativesoundlab.tv for a closer look at some of the most essential techniques for mixing with delay. From vocals to guitars to percussion and more, Ryan offers up some time-tested key tips to getting the most out of delay in your mixes.
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