Welcome to our brand new column, Talking Points. In each post, we revisit a lengthy lecture or…
Tag: sound engineering
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…
Our 8 Favorite Songs to Use to Test Headphones and Speakers
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How to Not Piss Off Your Mastering Engineer
In the above video, a companion to our Mentored course, Faders Up I: Modern Mix…
The “Green Apple Trick” for Recording Singers in a Session
The following video features recording engineer Tim Leitner, one of the star instructors of both our Faders Up mixing…
Faders Up II: Meet Our Pro Instructors
Interested in learning about pro-audio mixing techniques? Preview Soundfly’s online mixing courses, Faders Up I: Modern…
5 Moments in the History of Tape That Shaped Modern Music
Before the synthesizer, electronic experimenters were already at work with another instrument — the tape recorder.…
How and Why You Should Use a Reference Track During Mixing
Arguably one of the most important skills in mixing audio is the ability to listen. Listening…
WTF Is VR and Spatial Audio? Mixing for 360 Audio
The term “virtual reality” always reminds me of some cheesy ’80s or ’90s movie that…
Mastering: Decoding the ‘What’ and ‘Why’ of It All
Your music has been carefully recorded and painstakingly mixed, but there’s still one more step…