Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Which should come first, EQ or compression?
Feel free to state your opinion for both questions in the comments section, but this article will deal mainly with the second. (Although, you never know…)
Esse, one of my Production Club members, emailed me a question over the weekend. (Side-note: Esse lives [...]
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Category Archives: Mixing
EQ Before or After Compression?
Getting Ready to Mix My Album [I Need Your Input]
If you follow me on Twitter, then you’ve seen me post about my album progress. I’ve spent the last two days recording background vocals and percussion. I’m getting ready to lay down the lead vocals, and I’ll be ready to start mixing.
I want you to be involved in the mix process. More on that in [...]
Ear Training Results: Acoustic Guitar
Here’s my follow-up video to yesterday’s round of ear training. If you haven’t checked out the audio clips there, you might want to do that before watching the video below.
Were you right? Wanna gloat?
Were you wrong? Wanna vent?
Leave a comment!
Ear Training: Acoustic Guitar [Texas Hold 'Em Edition]
This whole “ear training” thing is pretty fun. Let’s do it again!!
This week we’ll take a look at acoustic guitar.
The Clips
I’ve got three clips for you. The first is the original acoustic guitar, no processing. The second clip has some processing. The third clip has more processing.
So the signal flow goes:
Clip #1 –plug-in–> Clip #2 [...]
Check Your Mixes EVERYWHERE
Right now I’m sitting in my studio. Later this afternoon I need to do a final mix-down on a song. Everything is pretty close to where it needs to be. Now it just comes down to the final tweaks, automation moves, etc.
However, before I can smile and say, “Done!” I need to check my mix [...]
Ear Training Results: Bass EQ
Yesterday I posted two bass audio clips, one dry and one processed. Then I had you guess what I did to the second clip.
Ear training is really important. I always learn something from it. Oftentimes you end up realizing that things are much simpler than they seem.
Check out the video for more:
Ask Joe #19 – Recording and Money
I’ve got another round of questions for your weekend.
Thanks to everyone for your submissions. Good questions this week!
Topics covered:
Mixing & Mastering – Peak vs RMS levels
Dealing with USB latency
Monitor placement
808 bass drops/mixing
Recording & money
Listen here:
Or download the mp3 here. [19 minutes, 22 MB]
[Photo by Horia Varlan]
Ear Training Results: Parallel Compression
Yesterday, I posted a little ear training exercise. Most folks guessed the compression was the main difference between the two clips, but JP nailed it by guessing parallel compression.
You may remember a few articles and videos I posted last summer on parallel processing — Parallel Processing: Bass, Parallel Processing: Drums.
To review, parallel processing is simply [...]
