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 (“blah blah blah i can’t hear you!!!!!!!” *spends 100 more hours on guitar tone*).
But you know what? I’m 1000% sure that you’ve spent hours beating your head against the wall fighting a phase issue that you didn’t even know was a phase issue! If you’ve stacked EQ after EQ and compressor after compressor with no luck… I’ll bet you lunch that you were fighting phase, and could have saved yourself a whole lot of time (and come out of it with a much better mix) if you’d fixed the real problem instead of throwing plugins at it.
How to mix a snare drum: finding and fixing phase problems
Sooooo many snare drum mixes get effed up by snare phase problems most people aren’t even aware of – don’t mix another snare until you watch this! Beau Burchell of Saosin shows a few common ones + how to fix them in your mixes using Pro Tools and Fab Filter Pro Q.
In this clip from his Nail The Mix session, our friend Beau Burchell of Saosin shows exactly how these phase issues might be destroying your mixes without your knowledge – don’t mix another snare until you’ve watched this! (Also – you can get access to this session + Beau’s mixing class right here)
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