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.
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.
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….
Practicing Proactivity
A powerful editorial about how to beat Imposter Syndrome and a lack of confidence by rewriting the rules of your working mental state.
How to Develop a Positive Working Relationship with an Engineer
Hiring the right person for the job is vital in the audio recording process. Here are some tips for developing a positive relationship.
5 Essential Books for the Audio Engineer’s Shelf
Thinking of taking your audio recording and mixing skills to a higher level? These 5 inspiring books will help point you in the right direction!
Checking Your Mix as an Artist: How to Decide if It Sounds “Right”
Your mix will sound different depending on the speakers, location, time of day, and even your mood. How do you know when it really does need to change?
Talking Points: Howard Bilerman Explains Why Limitations Make the Best Records
Welcome to our brand new column, Talking Points. In each post, we revisit a lengthy lecture or…
4 Important Things to Keep in Mind Before Prepping Your Song for Mixing
Last week, during Soundfly’s Office Hours #4, I sat down with Grammy-nominated audio engineer and…