Top Five Considerations When Mixing Orchestral Music
What to do if you’ve found yourself with an orchestral mixing project? Here are some considerations for tackling it appropriately.
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How and Why to Create a “Radio Edit” Version of Your Single
Shortening, cleaning up, trimming off the intro and outro of your song; your new single might need some adjusting for top radio play.
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Dealing With (and Avoiding) Hearing Damage as an Audio Professional
You asked for it and we delivered, here’s our most important pieces of advice for preventing and dealing with hearing damage in audio work.
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Mixing Notes: Time Correction for Cinematic Strings in Logic Pro
Whether you’re dealing with live strings or VSTs, legato or staccato passages, to create fluidity you may have to use time correction tools.
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Getting Into “Studio Mode” — How Musicians Should Prep to Record
Don’t spend time and money you can’t get back in the recording studio, go into every session prepared and ready. Here are some tips!
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Why Loud Bass Is So Problematic in a Mix
Bass frequencies can really mess up your mix, here’s why, how, and what you can do about it whether you’re mixing or mastering your audio.
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Shelf EQ vs. Bell EQ: When and How to Use Them Both
Understanding the differences between these two types of Equalization can help you sculpt your mixes like a radio-ready professional.
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“Underdubbing” — the Power of Getting Rid of Stuff
Mix sessions these days are wrought with endless scrolls of hundreds of tracks, but do you really need all those takes? Enter: Underdubbing.
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An Introduction to Mastering Hip-Hop and Pop Music
While most artists send their tracks out to a pro for mastering, you can achieve a decent result yourself with some focused experimenting.
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What Is the “NYC Drum Trick”?
Here’s a well-known trick for fattening up your drums, courtesy of legendary engineer and author Bobby Owsinski.
