It is possible to make a professional sounding mix with only stock plugins but how many of the best mixing engineers are doing that? If you watch interviews and tutorials from Grammy-winning mixing engineers, how many of them do you see demonstrating their mixing skills using only stock plugins and no outboard gear? Let’s talk… [Read More] When premium plugins beat stock plugins
EQ
How to EQ Sweep the right way
EQ sweeping is the most effective technique for finding and cutting problem frequencies in your mix. While it’s an incredibly powerful technique, it’s important to remember that you use it the right way. In this video, I’m going to show you how I learned about EQ sweeping, why we EQ sweep, how EQ sweeping affects… [Read More] How to EQ Sweep the right way
How to improve your drum mix without touching a fader
There are lots of things you can do to improve your drum mix before you even touch a fader. Most people will skip past these steps and get to the “more exciting parts of mixing” and then wonder why their mixes don’t sound professional later. In this video, I’m going to highlight how taking a… [Read More] How to improve your drum mix without touching a fader
Why subtlety makes your mixes great
I got a great comment about subtlety over the weekend, so let’s kick off with that: “Some of the before and after examples that I see and hear, I can’t tell the difference unless it’s blindingly obvious. All the subtle tweaks pass me by.“ Now I think this is a fantastic point for many reasons,… [Read More] Why subtlety makes your mixes great
TrainYourEars – Midrange Basics
For a number of years, I’ve been using TrainYourEars as a tool to sharpen up my knowledge of frequency ranges and to help my ears differentiate the subtle differences that make the difference. TrainYourEars EQ Edition is a piece of ear training software for PC and Mac designed to help you better understand equalizers and… [Read More] TrainYourEars – Midrange Basics