Mix bus compression. Do you do it? Should you do it?
First off, let me explain what I’m talking about. When you’re mixing a song, regardless of what DAW you’re using, all of your audio tracks are being fed into a single mix bus. This is normally represented by a master fader of some sort.
When you’re [...]
Tips, Tricks, and Advice for the Home Recording Studio Owner
Category Archives: Mixing
Using Compression on Your Master Fader
Audio Examples: Production Club Before & After
We spend a lot of time on mixing in the HSC Production Club. Almost five weeks, actually. All on one song, diving headlong into every little detail that goes into getting a good mix.
One of the very first Production Club members, Matt from FingerWorkout.com, sent me some before-and-after mixes. These are songs he had recorded [...]
4 Tips for Mixing an Unruly Lead Vocal
As most of you know, I’m currently mixing my album. As I was telling one of the members of Mix With Us, I learn something new every time I mix a song…and I imagine that will always be the case.
Mixing is such a wild task. It’s exciting, tedious, invigorating, and depressing…all at the same time. [...]
Home Studio Corner is Closing Its Doors
Ah…you gotta love April Fools Day.
Of course, HSC isn’t going anywhere. Heck, I’m just getting started. In fact, on April 22nd, HSC will be one year old! Awww… We should plan a surprise party or something.
Anyway, I’ve been talking a lot about mixing the last few months, and I thought I’d compile all of these [...]
4 Ways to Deal with Noise in a Mix
It’s inevitable.
If you’re recording music at home, you’re going to have noise in your recordings. You obviously want to do everything you can to reduce the amount of noise in your recordings.
A few suggestions for cutting down on noise:
Use thick packing blankets. (I feel like that sentence is direct copyright infringement on the Home Recording [...]
Mixing Course Explained (plus sample music) [Podcast]
Image by DTGraphix
In this week’s podcast I answer the question, “What is this mixing course all about?”
Also, you get a sneak peak..er…listen to one of the tracks from my upcoming album.
Links from the show:
www.MixWithUs.com
www.ustream.tv/channel/joegilder
Subscribe to the HSC Podcast in iTunes.
Podcast RSS Feed.
Mixing: “Limit Thyself” [NEW VIDEO]
I tried posting this yesterday, but I ran into some technical roadblocks, so here ’tis.
I’ve got a new video for you today. Live from my home studio…
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Headphones: To Mix or Not to Mix
Two days ago I asked you, “Do You Mix With Headphones?”
You posted some really interesting stuff. Here are a few of my favorites:
David S.:
i cater to the most popular form of listening. so far, i’ve found that mixing to headphones and then listening on speakers has worked. i’m not rick rubin, but neither [...]
