Last year I sent an anonymous questionnaire to my email list (which you can sign up for on the right to receive daily mix tips!) subscribers asking what their top goals were in mixing. One of the top responses was getting cleaner mixes. When we think professional mixes, maybe what we think of more than […]
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Parallel compression refers to compressing a second instance of a track with extreme settings. When blended in alongside the original “dry” version of the track, the combination has more energy and sounds thicker in the context of the mix. Parallel compression on vocals in particular works well for giving a vocal a bit more presence
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I recently compared bass DI vs amp recording, giving pros and cons for both. Miking a bass amp requires more effort not to mention it’s more expensive, but the enhanced yet natural sound of the bass coming through the amp with the room mixed in can be well worth it. Let’s talk about how to
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The Vari Mu compresser is one of four major types of audio compressors which can be used to reduce dynamic range. This allows you to achieve a more practical level for a track, impart more energy to that track, or simply have it more up front in the mix. Let’s talk about what exactly a
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Different DAWs have their own ways of giving you the option to invert phase of your audio with some allowing you to do it on an audio clip itself whereas others like my Ableton Live just have you drop a utility plugin on the track and reverse or invert the polarity. You may have seen
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