Let’s talk about everyone’s favorite: Bottom end! No, not big booties, I mean bass, sorry. It can be deceptively impressive when playing mixes with a lot of low end on big speakers. However, would you be surprised if I told you, your low end may be the very thing that is killing your mix?
Hey everyone, Mike Piacentini here from Sony Music’s Mastering Studio - Battery Studios! I’ll be working with the Musixon team to create some tutorials and explanations dealing with the topic of Mastering. I’m going to try and demystify some of the nuances and intricacies of what Mastering is, and what you should expect to
This is a game changer! I always tried to get my tracks to sound as good as possible, but it was taking forever to get it right. I had to test the track several times in a club or car to get all the frequencies balanced. I didn't have an accurate visual analysis other
Let’s talk about equalizers. I know you already know how to use one, so I’m not here to bore you with the technical details. Rather, through this short article, I hope to leave you with a creative new perspective on how to approach an EQ. If you are an audio geek like me, you’re constantly watching
Hi Alex, thank you for taking the time to chat with us. Tell us a bit about yourself, your production style and what got you into the studio production world. Ever since I started recording music 10 years ago, I was mostly interested in bus processing and overall tonal balance – the color and
Hi Alex, thank you for taking the time to chat with us. Can you tell us a bit about yourself, your skills and how you started your career? I’m Alexander Luebbe. I am a music producer and mixing engineer from Hamburg, Germany. I started out by recording my friend’s hip-hop tapes in my bedroom
Overview Audiothing Outer Space is a must have – bringing your creativity to a new level. Being a mixer, the importance of having a collection of plugins and analog gear at my disposal is paramount. Especially when I am in a creative block and in need of inspiration. This is where Audiothing Outer Space
Tape Saturation Ok so let's start off with tape saturation. Tape Saturation is an effect that was originally created by recording “Hot” mixes onto tape to make a natural compression / limiting effect. When the tape is driven in the analog world it creates what is known as “soft clipping” a natural overloaded fuzz
In any genre, the snare drum is almost always one of the most dominant sounds in the mix. Changing the snare drum sound can change the entire feel of a song, whether it be rock, country, pop, metal, etc. I’m going to go through some techniques that I use to make the snare sound
I have always been a huge fan of anything saturation. The P&M Analoger is a great tool that gives a vast variety of options, from tube to tape saturation. Saturation on my drum bus has been a part of my process for years, so I decided to start with that. I started with the plugin at
