GAIN STAGING “Damn, if only your bank account had enough head- room! But you’re hitting the red zone all too often, start calculating and things become uncomfortable. Sounds familiar?” Exactly how people feel about their gain structure in mixing – “Gain Staging” being the strategy you chose to use your bank account of dBs, if…
VOCAL RECORDING – PREPARATION I know this is not directly related to mixing, but a great vocal performance and recording is the best foundation for a quality vocal in the mix – so if you’re in charge of vocal production, here are some ideas for you. Getting this right can save you a lot of work…
Esta es una versión preliminar del capítulo sobre compresión del libro líder en ventas “YOUR MIX SUCKS”. El libro es un método de mezcla completo, desde la preparación en el DAW hasta la entrega. Todos tenemos una idea básica de los que hace un compresor y de como usarlo ¿no es así? He buscado…
Esta es una versión preliminar del capítulo sobre el PROCESAMIENTO PARALELO del libro líder en ventas “YOUR MIX SUCKS”. El libro es un método de mezcla completo, desde la preparación en el DAW hasta la entrega. ¿Alguna vez has escuchado una mezcla buenísima y te has preguntado como lo han hecho para conseguir unas voces que…
Esta es una versión preliminar del capítulo sobre la mezcla de voces, del libro líder en ventas “YOUR MIX SUCKS”. El libro es un método de mezcla completo, desde la preparación en el DAW hasta la entrega. La voz humana es el instrumento más complejo con que debemos tratar, y debes entender unos cuantos conceptos…
QUICK LINKS: YOUR MIX SUCKS • MIX TEMPLE • MASTER FEEDBACK If you see my studio, you’ll be laughing about the title of this blog-post (“Analogue Overkill”) – there is a 48 Channel / 104 Input SSL 4000G-Series Console and 20 Channel SSL X-Rack Summing System fed by 68 Channels of D/A-conversion, different flavours of…
This is a look at the most popular classic types of EQs, from my best-selling book “YOUR MIX SUCKS”. The book is a Complete Mix Methodology for the entire process from DAW preparation to delivery. Before we dive into specific types of EQs, and where to use them, know that you will need to use…
This is a look into the chapter on mixing kicks, from the best-selling book “YOUR MIX SUCKS” . The book is a Complete Mix Methodology for the entire process from DAW preparation to delivery – no bullshit, just solid audio advice that works all the time. “The Kick is one of the most critical elements…
by Marc Mozart New XL-Desk by SSL. Solid State Logic today surprised the Pro Audio World with a brand-new console called XL-Desk that seems to fit between the Matrix-console and the known AWS Consoles, while providing users with slots for industry standard 500-Series modules, one of them prewired and filled with the classic SSL Bus-Compressor.…
SSL Consoles – what’s the difference between Solid State Logic Consoles like 4000G, 6000E, 8000G+, 9000J etc.? Today, Solid State Logic (SSL) mixing consoles are iconic studio classics. Not only have they changed the recording industry in the early 80s, but their classic E/G-series consoles as well as the SSL XL9000K are still widely in…
