Gating drums is a common and useful technique when mixing drums to remove bleed and noise from individual kit pieces. This allows you to more effective process your kick, snare, hi-hat, etc. Let’s talk how to gate drums for a clean and professional sound, just like the pros. How to Gate Drums A gate in […]
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Headroom in mixing. You hear this nebulous term quite often in the world of mixing but it’s rarely explained. Let’s explain what is headroom in mixing and more importantly how to create it. What is Headroom in Mixing Headroom in mixing refers to leaving volume in your mix before sending it off for song mastering.
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Piano can play a variety of roles in your mix. Sometimes it’s in the foreground of a sparser mix (think Adele), sometimes it’s more of just an accenting piece to the point where you barely hear it. Regardless of how you’re using it in your mix, let’s talk how to mix piano with 7 tips.
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The nebulous Q setting in EQ. Is it the “qualization” of equalization? Not exactly… so what DOES it do, and where should we typically set this important EQ setting? Here’s everything to know about the Q setting in EQ. Q Setting The Q setting affects the width of an EQ band/adjustment that you make in
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Whether it’s for a podcast, recorded lecture or presentation, audio book, or any kind of voice acting, just like with singing vocals we want a clean and powerful track for voice over work. We can clean up a lot of the common problems associated with recorded speech and bring out clarity simply using EQ. With
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