If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably had a really bad case of GAS at some point in your career. No, not THAT kind of GAS. I’m talking about Gear Acquisition Syndrome. I remember when I first started engineering, I would read all sorts of posts online and in magazines saying “you need to have […]
One of the biggest questions I get asked is “how do you know your mix is done?” This is a dilemma that every mixing engineer has encountered at some point in their lives; and depending on your workflow, it can have a major effect on your skill level, income and sanity. I remember asking a […]
I listen to a lot of recordings when I’m mastering and one of the biggest issues I see is that a lot of people have trouble getting the kick drum to be big and clear. All too often, they sound thin, too boomy, or just not audible enough in the mix. If you find yourself […]
If you’re anything like me, you love to look at pictures of big, fancy recording studios – the gear, the look, the size… it’s all so attractive Then you compare those studios to your home studio situation… it’s small, might have clothes all over the place, no acoustic treatment or fancy outboard gear. “If only […]
Do you ever feel like when you’re working on your mixes, you focus too much of your energy on the boring session setup stuff and not enough on the creative process? Wouldn’t it be great to get those steps done in a fraction of the time so that you can dedicate more time to the […]
Have you ever opened up a new mix session and immediately felt overwhelmed because you didn’t know where to start? Maybe you thought…– Where should I pan the instruments?– How loud should my effects be?– How much attack should I have on the kick? Or maybe you finished your mix, got it sounding great in […]
Have you ever found yourself mixing and decided to try out some of your plugin’s presets only to feel like they actually made things sound worse? Maybe you thought: Are the pros really using these awful settings?!? or Wait… Are my tracks supposed to actually sound like this??? Presets are often designed with a variety […]
I remember it clearly… The first day I walked into my first big studio job after graduating from a prestigious music production school. At this point in my life, I had spent a bunch of money for tuition and over two years of my life studying all I could about the correct way to use […]
