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| By Thomas Brett | Introduction: Vocals are the most important element in a mix, yet, ironically, also the most prone to sounding terrible when over-processed or heavily messed with. Luckily, the real secret to getting a great vocal sound doesn’t lie in the mixing stage, but rather in the recording and mix preparation stages. In this two-part URM Blog …
Guaranteed you’ve effed yourself many times because of this. You’ve heard people tell you countless times to watch out for phase issues, but if you’re like most people it went in one ear and out the other because phase issues can be hard to spot, hard to fix, and definitely aren’t a sexy or fun part of the mixing process …
The secret to amazing guitar tone? A great bass tone! You’ve heard us say a million times that the key to great guitar tone is dialing in the right bass tone – and you know why we keep saying it? Because it’s effing TRUE – and yet you still see people spending a fraction of the time on bass that …
| By Thomas Brett | Introduction: The Acoustic Guitar is one of the most commonly used instruments in the world, and has been a staple of the recording studio for the better part of the last century. Given the fact that you’re very likely to encounter this instrument fairly often in your day-to-day recording work, it’s crucial that you know …
| By Thomas Brett | Introduction: Having an efficient studio workflow is an extremely important factor when it comes to creating a viable business out of music production. One of the biggest mistakes engineers tend to make when starting out is having to re-do tasks based on the fact that they screwed them up the first time, or simply didn’t …
