Category Archives for Equalization
How 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 readingSubtractive EQ – DON’T BOOST and SWEEP!!!
First I just wanted to put it out there that this post is not about having a love affair with subtractive EQ because I do boost a lot. I’m just trying to give another alternative to boosting and sweeping. Don’t boost and sweep? So everything I have learned about finding problem frequencies is completely wrong? […]
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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