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Are you holding yourself back by being close-minded? One of the biggest mistakes we see producers making is writing off a band, producer or song because it’s in a genre they don’t like (or worse, because of some completely idiotic and superficial thing like the way the band looks). It’s more common with younger producers, but if we’re being honest plenty …
Mixing Secrets – Volume 1: Vocals | By Thomas Brett | Introduction to the series: In this weekly series of Blogs I’ll attempt to take you through some of the most popular and effective audio processing techniques used in professional studios all over the world. Each installment in this series will focus on a different instrument and provide you with links …
Want your mixes to sound like the pros? Here’s the formula: We’ve been doing this producer thing for a minute, so it takes a lot to impress us. But when we had Kyle Black (New Found Glory, Hit The Lights, Pierce The Veil) on Nail The Mix, he didn’t just impress us with the drum sounds he got on “Secrets” by State …
Getting that massive, yet detailed and dynamic active rock vocal sound is all about painstaking attention to many subtle details. In this clip from his Nail The Mix session, Kane Churko demonstrates how he uses vocal auxes and automation to add layers of harmony, delay and other effects to the arrangement and take it from good to f***ing amazing. Nail …
Buy Smart! – A Guide to Buying Gear | By Thomas Brett | Buying gear, it’s one of the things we live for as engineers. With the holiday season slowly coming to an end we’re all eager to go out and spend our Christmas gift money on some cool new equipment. But beware, If you’re not careful it’s easy to catch …
