Mixing article archive of Digital Recording School that includes articles and videos to help you become a better recording engineer and producer.
In today’s video, I want to teach you how to EQ a kick drum in 3 simple and easy to use steps! I always start with my kick drum in the mix. Why? Because it’s the focal point of the drum kit and 9 times out 10 my entire mix. Watch the video below: How …
I’m not a huge fan of the Sound City documentary Others have disagreed with me as I have a pretty unpopular opinion about the Sound City documentary. When it comes to performing and writing music there is no doubt that Dave Grohl is a bad ass! I love the Foo Fighters and think that his …
This one thing is ruining your monitoring! Watch the video below Monitoring accuracy is king when it comes to mixing! One of the biggest factors to accuracy in monitoring is volume. The most expensive monitors in the world are damn near useless in the wrong room at the wrong volume. I hope that this tip …
I love mixing with Slate Digital plugins and my trusted Sennheiser HD650 headphones. But today something terrible happened… Limitations are always creeping up on me. Sometimes they are external but most times they are internal. Most of the time the thing that held me back was me. My outlook and my insecurities. How many times …
How do you become a mix Jedi? Easy! It starts with your gear mindset. I’ll explain here… Check out this cool video from the Start Wars recording sessions! Watch video or read transcription below: So I was watching Star Wars. Okay before you exit, I am going somewhere with this. If you have seen Star …
Panning is a useful way of creating both size, and separation in a mix. All music used to be in mono. One of the major defining characteristics of modern music is the fact that it’s in stereo. If you listen to an old jazz recording from the 1930’s, you will notice how everything is in …