Category Archives for Equalization
10 Pro Mixing Engineers Discuss Their Favourite In-The-Box Equalizers
Ever since starting Modern Mixing, I’ve had the privelage of speaking with some very talented engineers (some whose work I have followed for some time) in a series I like to call the Psychology of a Mix Engineer. I started the series for selfish reasons (if I’m being honest) because I truly was curious about […]
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Compression VS Equalization: Fight!
You’re probably thinking: “Is this guy seriously comparing compression to EQ? Everyone knows that they serve two completely different purposes” And I wouldn’t disagree. Aside: I actually do use compression as another form of EQ but I’ll explain that a bit later. This article is more about the mental battle that we engineers face (internally) […]
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How to Master A Song (My Current Mastering Technique)
Subscribe to the Modern Mixing YouTube Channel Song in video: Avril – Another Step In this video I show you how I approach mastering my mixes these days. Though I am not a mastering engineer, it’s not uncommon to send my mixing clients a version of the song that has some mastering done to it. […]
Continue readingMy New Favourite Mix Bus EQ and Oh Yeah, It’s FREE!
Subscribe to the Modern Mixing YouTube Channel songs in video: Avril – Reciprocate Adam Carter – What You Deserve It takes me a while to incorporate new tools into my workflow because I have to get used to them and how they sound. So whenever I do find something that fits my style and taste, […]
Continue readingA Minimalist Approach to Mixing Vocals
Subscribe to the Modern Mixing YouTube Channel Song in Video: Avril V – Looking My Way One of the hardest things to overcome in the mixing world is learning when not to do things – espeically when mixing vocals. Now since mixing music is very subjective so is the practice of minimal mixing. In this […]
Continue readingAdding Life to The Mix Buss
Mix buss processing is one of those subjects that seems very convoluted because everyone has a strategy or technique and not every engineer is the same. Some like a lot of processing while others tend to keep things simple. In fact if you read any of my Psychology of a Mix Engineer Interviews, you would […]
Continue readingTDR VOS SlickEQ – FREE Plugin [Breakdown & Review]
Download The TDR SlickEQ here The TDR VOS SlickEQ is a collaborative effort from the likes of Variety of Sound (Herbert Goldberg) and Tokyo Dawn Labs (Vladislav Goncharov and Fabien Schivre). The SlickEQ is a mixing/Mastering EQ that was designed for ease of use and of course great sound. It’s arranged in a LOW/MID/HIGH semi […]
Continue readingDeEssing the Low End?
DeEss the Low End? How is that even possible when there aren’t any S’s in the bottom end? Well truthfully it’s not possible but what I am trying to achieve with this post is to flip your thinking on dealing with the lower frequency problems and treat them like we would with the higher frequencies […]
Continue readingHoRNet SW34EQ Plug-in Review
This review of the HoRNet SW34EQ is definitely long overdue but I felt like I needed to sit with this one for a while and really incorporate it into my workflow to be able to make a fair assessment – for better or for worse. The HoRNet SW34EQ is an analog model of the EQ […]
Continue readingHow to Mix Drake/Weekend Style Drums in Pro Tools
What really makes a Drake style drum sound? It’s not really that easy to quantify, especially in one article. Even though Drake seems to have a “signature sound” it’s actually not as consistant as you may think. I mean when you go from Marvin’s Room to Hold On, We’re Going Home, you can see how […]
Continue readingSidechaining Bass Like Jaycen Joshua
By this point in time I think almost every producer knows what sidechaining is even if they don’t produce EDM style records. Ever since electronic producers made sidechaining a staple in that genre it has slowly made its way into other genre’s as well; one of them being hip hop. So a few weeks ago […]
Continue readingMixing Hip Hop Drums with Chris Carter
When it comes to mixing hip hop drums, Chris is no stranger to getting the drums to crack and fill up the speakers, everything you would expect in a good hip hop track. In this interview/tutorial we go deep into a mixing session of his as he explores what he did to achieve the final […]
Continue readingMixing Clean Electric Guitars
For this Mix Lesson I am focusing on a clean electric guitar that comes in the Pre Chorus as well as the second half of the chorus. I have been asked by a number of people to cover the topic of electric guitars in more of my articles and videos but have never really found […]
Continue readingAutomating Harsh Frequencies out of Vocals
On almost every track that I get my hands on, there is some form of frequency control that has to be done. I’ve been doing this long enough to understand and accept that. Of course when then vocals are recorded really well there tends to be less of it but it’s usually always there. When […]
Continue readingMixing 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 […]
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