Category Archives for Compression
Mixing Vocals with Ghislain Brind’Amour (Part 1 of 2)
With the success of my last two articles with Ghislain “Gee” Brind’Amour, I decided to reach out to him again to see if he would be interested in doing something a little bit different . My idea was to do an interview/tutorial (all in one) where I would focus specifically on one part of a song […]
Continue readingManaging Bass in a Mixing Session
The multi-track session files for this tutorial are no longer available, sorry for the inconvenience. I decided to go with the bottom end for this tutorial because in this particular record I had to go above and beyond what I would normally do to get my bass to work. On top of that the […]
Continue readingFREE Plugin: VOS Thrillseeker VBL (Vintage Broadcast Limiter)
Variety of Sound does it again. The newest addition to the plugin family is the Thrillseeker VBL (Vintage Broadcast Limiter). Just when you think it can’t get any better, it does and the best part is that all his plugins are FREE – including this one. This plugin is an emulation of the the early […]
Continue readingHow to Mix Acoustic Guitars
The session files are currently unavailable for this tutorial, sorry for any inconvenience. What We are Working With The guitars in the Session were playing through out the entire record; basically a 4 bar loop. Something that plays that much throughout a song can become pretty boring. You need to have a strong vocal and […]
Continue readingMastering a Track Using Only FREE Plugins
Be sure to see my latest post regarding how I like to master my mixes: How to Master a Song (My Current Technique) Depending on your role in a particular project, you may get to a point where you have to squeeze just a little bit more from the record. Even though I think that […]
Continue readingDeEssing Those Harsh Hi Hats
The balance sounds right, the vibe is feeling good and the mix seems to be coming together. Now you’re ready to start making some mixing decisions on the Drums. But before you start treating the Drum Group you feel like you need to tweak the hi hats. So without even thinking about it you put […]
Continue readingCompressing Vocals PART 4 (Parallel Compression)
So lets sum it all up: PART 1 – We talked about using compression like sand paper PART 2 – We talked about how to use the compressor to push sounds behind the vocals PART 3 – We discussed how to use a limiter to keep a vocal part in check (Peak Limiting) So in […]
Continue readingCompressing Vocals PART 3 (Limiting)
The other 3 parts in this compression series: PART 1: Compressing Vocals PART 1 (Sand Paper Theory) PART 2: Compressing Vocals Part 2 (Ducking) PART 4: Compressing Vocals PART 4 (Parallel Compression) Welcome back! So in Part 1 of this compression series we discussed the theory of using a compressor like sand paper and in […]
Continue readingCompressing Vocals Part 2 (Ducking)
The other 3 parts in this compression series: PART 1: Compressing Vocals PART 1 (Sand Paper Theory) PART 3: Compressing Vocals PART 3 (Limiting) PART 4: Compressing Vocals PART 4 (Parallel Compression) In Compressing Vocals PART 1 (Sand Paper Theory). We discussed how to use the compressor as if it were sand paper, helping those […]
Continue readingCompressing Vocals PART 1 (Sandpaper Theory)
The other 3 parts in this compression series: PART 2: Compressing Vocals Part 2 (Ducking) PART 3: Compressing Vocals PART 3 (Limiting) PART 4: Compressing Vocals PART 4 (Parallel Compression) When I think about when I should use compression there’s four ways that come to mind. Now at the time of this posting these are my go […]
Continue readingHow to Treat the Master Bus
What’s the secret to the Master Bus? What’s the best compressor? What’s the best Limiter? Should I EQ my track, and if so how should I do it? These are some of the common questions asked when someone is trying to figure out how to master a song. They come up, quite frankly more often […]
Continue readingResonant Frequencies
Have you ever noticed that your music has those pesky little peaks that come in and out every so often? The ones that tend to take the listener away from the performance, even if its just for a split second? Well you are probably experiencing resonant frequencies. In the beginning of your mixing career, you […]
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