What Is a Mix Bus, and How Can You Set One Up?
You’ve heard the term before: “mix bus.” But what does it mean, how do you use it, and why is it necessary? Find everything out here.
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What Is Audio Summing?
In today’s post, we’re exploring an audio engineering concept called “summing” – and how it differs in analog vs. digital production.
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A Guide to Mixing Lead Vocals Against a Background Chorus
We asked Atlantic Records’ pro mixing engineer, Brandon Miranda, to share his thoughts on mixing lead vox against a background chorus…
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What NOT to Do When Mixing Your Own Music
Engineers and producers: do you make any of these thirteen common mistakes when mixing your own music? We bet you do.
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Mixing for the Forest (Not the Trees)
The ancient conundrum that has plagued mixing engineers since the dawn of time: focus on the details or a bird’s eye view? Let’s find out.
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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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“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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How to Add More Character to Your Hip-Hop Mix
Mixing is about more than just the technical ability to prepare sound for mastering, it’s an opportunity to add soul and life to your music.
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How Brian Losch Creates Big, Immersive Mixes of Orchestral Film Music
Here’s how pro audio engineer Brian Losch achieves a big, immersive sound mixing cinematic, orchestral film score music.
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Language and the Gender Gap: The Power of Words
What do Phil Spector, Gearslutz, and the mainstream media have in common? Ask women in the music industry for the last 50 years….
