In today’s video post, veteran mastering engineer Joe Lambert walks us through a real mastering session to drop decades worth of insights on putting the final touches on a release.
Check out the video below, complete with audio examples. (To hear the full, finished before-and-after versions of this track, click Read more...
I’ve been mixing a lot these days, and in order to keep up, I’ve had to streamline and improve my workflow as much as possible.
Deep inside, I always knew that time efficiency was a key component of the job. But the more I mix, the more I realize just Read more...
The Fulltone Collection is a new add-on made for IK Multimedia‘s guitar amp emulation platform, AmpliTube.
Anyone who has used AmpliTube is likely aware that it puts its emphasis on sonic realism in emulating the tone of acclaimed guitar hardware, both classic and recent.
The three components of the Fulltone Read more...
How many hits and hit artists has producer Oak Felder been behind? How much time do you have?
Writing down the whole platinum discography for this two-time GRAMMY winner – a Turkish expatriate who came to the US in 2001 with no plans for being a music producer – would Read more...
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...
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...
Whenever a musician or fledgling recording engineer decides to create his or her own studio, the journey seems to begin by poring over gear catalogues to choose the sexiest mics, preamps, compressors and EQs.
It’s a common tendency to want to outfit one’s studio with the most glamorous and coveted Read more...
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