In the field of mixing and mastering, playback loudness is a constant concern. Since the EDM scene swept into the mass market in the late 2000s, commercial releases have been exceedingly noisy. And, since commercial recordings are so noisy, everybody likes their songs to be as loud as possible. The only problem is that the
Audio mixing is an art form, just like writing music. It takes years to understand how to mix and even after you think you're making headway, you realize there is a lot further to go. I'm not going to cover the technical, there are much smarter people than myself that can educate you better, but
Introduction Your mix is pretty much done and all that time you've spent on it adding processing, effects and trying to find the perfect balance between the tracks adds up to a whole mix. Everything sits well together. Sounds pleasant and finished but yet still the mix doesn't really move you?! Let's talk about mix
Jaime Gomez Arellano is a highly professional producer and audio engineer based in the UK. After years of struggle and hard work, he is now an experienced professional. I had the honor of inviting him for an interview with Musixon to spread out some beneficial knowledge for our community. - LLANE-A Initially, I wanted to
INTRO Sonimus is an audio production plugin manufacturer and designer which creates very unique sounding and useful plugins suitable for audio mixing and mastering. I’ve been honored to be in touch with them for a couple of years. We’ve done some plugin giveaways on the Musixon community which got very good feedback from our
A small startup from the UK is hammering out the cloning competition and are even going a step further into the unknown with incredible engineering, drive and innovation. Hammeraudio’s first attempt in microphone manufacturing is a supreme clone of the classic 70s U87. I won’t go into the technicals of this mic as you can
OKTAVA MK012 A little-known company from Russia called Oktava has made a silent entry in the recording gear industry and are crushing the competition with surprisingly high quality and low costs. In this article, I’ll be reviewing a set of unique small diaphragm condenser microphones that are grabbing the attention of more engineers
Can you tell us a little about yourself? I am an LA based Music Producer, Songwriter, and Audio Engineer. I have been making music for the last 9 years, focused primarily on mastering my creativity and continuously developing my skill set. After graduating from Berklee College of Music with a degree in Music Production and
Adam Chamberlain is an audio engineer based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He is the Video Production Audio Engineer at Life.Church, a multi-site organization with nearly 30 locations in states across the US and attendance averaging near 100,000 people per weekend. He also works from his home studio, primarily focusing on mastering. He started his
When most audio professionals (artists, producers, engineers, mixers) hear the name Barefoot they associate it with unaffordable speakers that they would only dream of owning or using at a big studio. The reality is that most of us are in our home/project studios that can’t facilitate these monitors… Cue the Barefoot Footprint01 model from the
