Are you ever mixing a song, and the vocal just won’t cut through? You try to EQ out some lows or boost some highs. Nothing. You try to compress the daylights out of it. Still not cutting through enough. Try using distortion.
I’m not talking about distorted vocals. I’m talking about using distortion to help the [...]
Tips, Tricks, and Advice for the Home Recording Studio Owner
Category Archives: Mixing
Using Distortion on Vocals [Video]
Update on My Album
Know what that picture is? That’s the master copy of my finished album.
If you’ve been a part of Home Studio Corner for any length of time, you’ve heard me talk about my album for quite some time. And as I mentioned in The Magic of Finishing, it feels amazing to be done with [...]
30-Minute Mix Session – 3 Things I Learned
I’ve mentioned before how beneficial it can be to set limitations for yourself in the studio. I’ve done the One-Hour Recording Challenge, I’ve told you how I limit myself to finishing a mix in four hours, and just recently I showed you how to get a great-sounding rough mix in 30 minutes. (You can watch [...]
I LOVE to Mix [Mixing Resources]
I love mixing. I really do.
That’s not to say I don’t love all the other aspects of creating music – writing, arranging, performing, recording, editing, mastering, etc. But I particularly love to mix.
Whenever I’m recording someone (either myself or someone else), a little part of me is always in a hurry to get finished recording [...]
LIVE Mix Session Thursday Night!
Last month I asked you to tell me how I can make HSC better by filling out a survey. I’d like to wish a big THANK YOU to everyone who participated. I got a lot of great feedback.
Changes
I’ve already incorporated a few changes, per your input. They are:
New Logo!
The biggest (and coolest) change I’ve made [...]
Do You Always Use Compression?
Do you default to throwing a compressor on every track in your mix? Do you automatically reach for the compressor whenever you mix certain instruments?
Maybe you should re-think that.
Last month I posted about using compression on your master fader. I wrote about how compression can be a great way to glue a mix together, but [...]
3 Tips for Getting a Good Bass Sound
Do you struggle to get bass guitar to sound right? Is it always either too loud or too thin or too boomy or too round?
We’ve all been there. On some projects the bass just seems to fall into place. On others, you feel like nothing short of divine intervention will make the bass sound right.
Here [...]
The “Fix it in the Mix” Mentality
As many of you know, I’m in the process of mixing my album, and members of Mix With Us are mixing it right along with me.
We’re learning a ton about how to mix and how to overcome all sorts of obstacles for mixing in a home studio. However, one source of difficulty (and also embarrassment [...]
