No, this isn’t a lecture on keeping your room clean, but there are a lot of similarities between a cluttered mix and a cluttered closet. It can be really difficult to find what you’re looking for in your closet when it’s full to the brim and your favourite band t-shirt (mine’s Pink Floyd) is buried… [Read More] Think of your mix like a cluttered closet
understanding audio
5 lessons I learned from Hans Zimmer
There are patterns that you can spot in the most successful people. They are the little things that make them stand out as exceptional. I had the privilege of seeing Hans Zimmer perform live with some of the world’s best musicians last Thursday at the Wembley Arena in London. We arrived in plenty of time… [Read More] 5 lessons I learned from Hans Zimmer
How to make a mixing reference set
If you’re looking to get faster at mixing, get comfortable mixing in any listening environment and make sure your mixes never fall apart again outside of your studio, then this video is for you. It’s very easy to get lost in a mix and be unsure of what direction or steps to take next. This… [Read More] How to make a mixing reference set
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
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