Delve into my audio mixing journey – tips, techniques, and musings from years in the studio.
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Here are 3 plugins I’m using quite a bit in Q3 of 2023: A powerful little vintage tube overdrive that I got for free with my Loopcloud subscription. Using it instead of EQ for individual instruments to help give them a little more point or edge. Also find myself using Read more…
Many moons ago when I bought my first audio interface it came with Sonic Foundry’s Acid Pro 2.0. It was a basic loop-based music editor and I used to love putting together tracks in it. They were of course, rather basic but there was something exciting about the speed at Read more…
In the first part of this little series on starting a song I shared the noodling method of songwriting. As a part of this method I also used to write a lot of songs starting with lyrics. I was especially drawn to lyric writing and most of my earlier songs Read more…
I was working on the arrangement for a new Doxkyn track this morning. I was creating a downshifter for the mid-section of the song. I had a goofy 80s sort of sound and a white noise sample. I was shifting their start points back and forth to get the fall Read more…
I own Sonnox’s Oxford Inflator plugin. If you’ve ever used it you know it has some kind of unicorn dust sprinkled into its code because it generally makes mixes better when slapped on the stereo bus. After owning this plugin for quite a few years, I took it upon myself Read more…