The right kick drum sound can make or break the energy of your song, and the way the rest of the instruments stand up in mixing. Here’s how to choose it.
Tag: compression
Our 10 Favorite Free Plugins for Logic Pro
Why pay to play? Here’s ten of the most outstandinging plugins we’ve found that fit right into your Logic Pro worklflow that are all… free!
How to Create Headroom: 7 Tips That Will Save Your Mixes
Keep your mastering engineer happy by providing a decent chunk of headroom for them to work with, and don’t over-compress your mix too early.
How to Mix Radio-Ready Vocals
Here’s a quick, yet in-depth guide to elevating any vocal performance to a professional sounding level using various mixing techniques.
Quick Mixing Tips: How to Temper the Mighty Squeal of a Saxophone
Some quick and handy tips for mixing a fresh new saxophone recording. Here’s how I take the best of what I’ve got and make it sound even better!
Recording Vocals at Home: 9 Big Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Learn how to get the best vocal performance takes in your home studio, on whatever your budget and with whatever equipment you have, with these handy tips.
Reference Tracks: How to Improve Your Sound with Mix Referencing
Learn why it’s always helpful to bring in a few commercial recording reference tracks when you’re finishing up a mix, to compare and contrast.
How to Use Samples in Your Tracks Without Ruining Your Mix
+ Learning to record and mix at home? Check out Soundfly’s intermediate and advanced online mixing courses to…
7 Weird Mixing Terms: What They Mean and How to Use Them
+ Learning to record and mix at home? Soundfly’s intermediate and advanced mixing courses combine video content with 1:1…
Mix Automation 101: How to Automate Your Sound for a Better Mix
+ Learning to record and mix at home? Soundfly’s intermediate and advanced mixing courses combine video content with 1:1…