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
Cleaning up dialogue with waves WNS and Z-Noise
One of the worst things that you can encounter when working with dialogue is noise on the track. In an interview setting, noise can creep into recordings in a number of different ways, and in this video I talk about using two Waves plugins to clean up excess noise and regain clarity. Rather than thinking… [Read More] Cleaning up dialogue with waves WNS and Z-Noise
A/B mixing with Waves
Originally posted on December 12, 2012 Would you rather listen to this article? It’s all discussed in this video. Click the play button below! To develop an individual and successful mixing style, it’s important that we test the responses of both our clients and the audience. Our clients might be technically aware and able… [Read More] A/B mixing with Waves
Side-chain compression using Waves RCompressor
Originally posted on July 9, 2014 In this tutorial I have taken the concepts discussed by Ilpo Kärkkäinen in his ‘Bassline Mojo’ article and expanded on the theory discussed to help create further balance between the kick and bass in the low end. I would highly recommend reading Ilpo’s excellent article first and listening to… [Read More] Side-chain compression using Waves RCompressor