The URM Home Studio Training Grounds podcast

If you’re a musician looking to get your home studio off the ground, this show is for you! Eyal Levi and Ryan “Fluff” Bruce sit down to talk shop about all the things they wish they knew when they were getting started. Episode 1: Recording Guitars part 1 In this episode they talk about all things guitars: the simplest way …

How to mix orchestration in metal

Just say no to aggressive HPF! Orchestral parts can add a lot of dynamics, character and interest to metal songs, but because most of us are unfamiliar with how to approach them, they often end up treated as an afterthought in the mixing process (and, let’s be honest, sounding like poo-poo). But we hope to change that in this Fast …

Mixing At The Gates drums!

Soothe your overheads In this clip from Nail The Mix, Russ Russell mixes the drums for “The Chasm” by At The Gates, focusing on the overheads. As he talks about, it’s all about making smart, strategic moves with EQ rather than simply high passing them and potentially losing much of the drums’ sonic character. He uses FabFilter Pro Q 3, …

Killing your guitars with too much EQ?

The cause of death? Excessive EQ For many mixers, the main approach to mixing metal guitars is to make aggressive EQ cuts, and while that can work, you may also be losing some of the nuances that give the tracks character. In this tutorial, Russ Russell shows his approach to mixing metal guitars with some very subtle but effective EQ …