Mixing article archive of Digital Recording School that includes articles and videos to help you become a better recording engineer and producer.
Let’s talk about the great debate! Analog vs digital mixing! Do you like mixing in the box or on a console in an analog environment? Sure, most of our favorite mix engineers that we see are behind a giant console in their photos and videos and most of them come from a time where analog …
What Is Compression In Music? I can literally talk for hours or write pages and pages on compression. People are always asking me “what is compression in music?” It was a gigantic mystery to me! Understanding the definition wasn’t enough, throwing it on every track of my mix because I was “supposed to” crushed my …
People are always asking me if I miss working on giant consoles. They always ask me “do you need a mixing control surface?!” Afterall, I’m used to being in commercial facilities often times with all of my FX and mixing power at my fingertips. Why Do You Need A Mixing Control Surface? For those who …
Let’s talk about reference mixes. I received a really cool question in the private Facebook group for my upcoming Masterclass about Mix Hacking. Ivan asked about what it means to have “good taste” in music. He has heard other engineers telling him that you can drastically improve your music and mixes by having good …
So in today’s episode, I’m tracking and mixing pop vocals in Pro Tools. I’ll be sharing some of my go-to techniques as well as teaching you the tricks that I use to make a vocal sound full… and I do it on a dynamic microphone! Stick around until the end because there’s some good stuff …
I get asked pretty often how I can travel around the world mixing records on a laptop without all of my great analog gear that I bought back home. People always ask me, “Do you miss your console?!” When I tell them I love my software that allows me the freedom to mix anywhere they …
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