Why does your mix sound OK in the studio, but terrible in the car?
Today, we look at your mixes through the lens of the “Car Check” to help you figure out why your mixes don’t always translate to other systems—and what you can do about it.
We’ll also explore Read more...
Soundgarden’s Superunknown stands the test of time with some S-Tier rock mixes that sound amazing on any good system.
Mixed by Brendan O’Brien and produced with Michael Beinhorn, songs like “Black Hole Sun” and “Fell On Black Days” get just about everything right that a rock mix can get right. Read more...
This week, I analyze the absolutely brilliant mix on an unlikely track from the mega pop star, Britney Spears.
Britney Spears is the last artist I thought I’d be analyzing on our channel, but the production for the song “Toxic” is phenomenal from start to finish.
We’ll take a close Read more...
When the song “Happy” by Pharrell Williams came out, an engineer friend of mine told me that he didn’t like the mix.
And wasn’t just that he didn’t “like” it. He told me the mix was “bad”. (And not the Michael Jackson kind of “Bad” either….)
According to him, the Read more...
There’s a big misconception about how sampling rates work in audio. And I want to put it to rest. With proof!
In today’s podcast episode, we’ll explore one of the most pernicious myths about sample rate: That with too few samples, the shape of the original waveform can become skewed Read more...
