I was deeply honoured to be invited to Studiya Igorya Matvienko recording studios in the Russian capital, Moscow to lead an audio engineering workshop in association with Soyuz microphones and APS monitors. During this one day event we would record a four piece band then mix the track. You know the way records used to be made. This is the story of new found skills, great music and new friends.
The Really Bad News About Mixing Audio And Every Other Creative Pursuit For That Matter
Russ talks about the biggest challenge facing everyone involved in mixing and why you can never fix it.
Do Your Mixes Lack Definition? Here Are 6 Ways To Add Depth To A Mix
Does your mix suffer from a lack of definition? Is it too flat and upfront, or has so much depth that it's an indistinct wash of sound? If so, chances are youāre misusing or overusing reverb. In this article from the Waves blog, weāll take a look at six pointers for working with reverb in your mix.
What Is Metering For In Mixing and Mastering? How Do You Use Metering?
Do You Want To Get Bass Parts Heard On Laptops Without Turning It Up? Check Out This Killer Mixing Trick
Conventional wisdom would tell you that to make something cut through a mix you need to turn it up, not so.
Slate Digital Released The FG-A Module A Classic American EQ For Slate VMR. We Try It On A Mix
As you may know, Steven and the team at Slate Digital have released their latest module for the Slate Virtual Mix Rack (VMR). The FG-A module is a 4 band EQ modelled after a very famous and popular 3 band American EQ, the API 550A. In this Mix Test, we take a look and listen to how you can use the FG-A along with other VMR modules and Slate Digital plug-ins to create a hard-hitting heavy rock mix.
Not Got Much Time But You Want To Learn? Check Out More Of These Great 2 Minute Tips From iZotope
Not got a lot of time but want to learn something new? Then In this article, we have 7 more great 2 minute tips from iZotope including Adding Impact by Removing Mix Elements; Pan Background Vocals with Visual Mixer; Make Beats Sound Lo-Fi; Use a High Pass Filter to Shape Low End; Add Transient Power to Snares; Enhance Bass Guitar and Cut Through the Mix with Distortion. At 2 minutes each these are just the ticket for a busy engineer.
If You Think A Mix Is Never Finished Then You Are In The Wrong Profession
There's a lot of myths that pervade the audio recording and mixing world, one I hear repeated often is 'a mix is never finished, it's just abandoned!' Rubbish!
8 Tips To Help You Fix Phase Problems And Get Great Sounding Mixes That Work For you In Mono
Ever summed your mix to mono, only to find that elements become thin and lifeless, or disappear altogether? Chances are you have some degree of phase cancellation. Maybe you tried the examples in our article If You Don't Want Your Mixes To Sound Bad On The Latest Audio Equipment then what do you do? In this article, Mike Levine from Waves helps you to find out how to spot these problems and helps you get your mixes sounding great in both mono and stereo.
Not Got Much Time But You Want To Learn? Check Out These Great 2 Minute Tips From iZotope
Not got a lot of time but want to learn something new? Then In this article, we have six great 2 minute tips from iZotope from the reverse reverb trick, achieving a great kick drum sound, adding clarity to vocals, how not to overdo the vocal reverb, finding the key frequencies before using EQ and warming up your vocals. At 2 minutes each these are just the ticket for a busy engineer.
Mix The Lumineers' Angela With PureMix. Become a Pro Member And Download The Stems. Closes 17th July
Our friends at PureMix run regular mixing contests, offering the stems from a well known engineer and artist as learning materials. If you win the contest you can win a prize! Closing on July 17th 2018, the current competition is linked to the video series we featured earlier this month Inside The Mix: The Lumineers with Ryan Hewitt
How Do You Approach A New Mix Of A Song? Try This 10 Stage Mixing Process To Help You Speed Up And Improve Your Mix Workflow
This article is aimed at those new to mixing, I want to inspire you to develop a mixing process, one that you call your own which will enable you to produce consistently brilliant sounding music every time you mix a new song in your studio.
Free Tutorial - When To Use Additive VS Subtractive EQ
In this free video tutorial, from the Slate Digital Vblog page, Steven Slate takes us through his ideas for when to add and when to subtract with equalisation. He lets us hear some real-world audio examples of what he calls: Cut = There's Too Much.. and Boost = It Needs More...
If You Don't Want Your Mixes To Sound Bad On The Latest Audio Equipment Then Start Doing This Simple Test Now!
There's a home audio revolution taking place, and it's something you need to take notice of if you want people to hear your mixes at their best. Listen to our test audio and read on to find out moreā¦
8 Tips for Great Sounding Mixes on Small Speakers
How do you get your mix to translate onto a speaker as thin as a grain of rice? Learn how to make sure that when your mix is heard on a phone, earbuds or laptop speakers that all the instruments and important parts are there. Michael White from Waves explains...
PureMix Mixing Contest - Mix Al Schmitt's Stems
Universal Audio Announce The UAD-2 Live Rack
The team at Universal Audio are very pleased to announce a new product, the UAD-2 Live Rack.
UAD-2 Live Rack is a road ready 16-channel MADI effects processor in a single 19" 1U rack that gives live sound engineers the ability to craft studio quality mixes using real-time UAD-2 plug-ins. You even get Antares Auto-Tune Realtime in the package.
Case Study - Mixing Live Band Recordings Using Universal Audio UAD-2 Plug-ins
In this video James starts by showing you around his mix session and explains his initial routing choices such as the addition of a drum buss and two reverb sends. James then takes you through the processing he used on his tracks. Watch the video to hear each stage throughout his mixing process.
Tutorial - Using iZotope RX 6 To Make Instruments Stand Out More In Your Mix
While iZotope RX is well known for cleaning up spoiled audio and removing unwanted sounds, what is not so well known is that it can also a great tool for enhancing specific elements in the material that might be a little quiet or buried in the mix. In this free video tutorial, from the team at iZotope, they show how to increase the loudness of a flute melody in the music for a documentary.
Slate Digital Release Free Update To Virtual Mix Rack 2.0
The team at Slate Digital have just announced an update to the Virtual Mix Rack or VMR. Version 2.0 adds a number of tweaks to the already very popular VMR system but the main feature is something called Dream Strips, a quick and easy way to populate your VMR from the moment you open it up.