Delve into my audio mixing journey – tips, techniques, and musings from years in the studio.
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If you’ve read some of my past posts, you’ll know I’m not one to recommend you buy plugins to fix something that takes deliberate practice. The caveat is that if those plugins help you in your practice of mixing and mastering then they are definitely worth getting. If they help Read more…
I’ve previously expressed my love for reverbs. I’ve also shared how I used to think of reverbs less as a textural tool and more to just create space/depth in a mix. Reverbs are great by themselves but you can spice them up even further with some judicial use of other Read more…
“Asking what makes someone successful is like asking which ingredient makes a recipe taste good. It’s not any single ingredient. It is the combination of many ingredients in the right proportions and in the right order.” James Clear If you’re a songwriter, musician, mix engineer or mastering engineer, in fact Read more…
I have a bunch of “thought seeds” for these Producer Thoughts blog posts. As I’m working on a project, mowing the lawn etc. and ideas will start rolling around in my head so I jot them down as a heading with a note of two so I don’t forget them. Read more…
With Black Friday deals only 39 days away I can hear the rubbing of hands at the sweet deals people are going to pick up. As a music producer, does this sound like something you’ve done before? You see a shiny new plugin from an audio manufacturer. The marketing copy sounds Read more…