Have you ever noticed that songs played on the radio sound more powerful than when you play them from a CD (on the same sound system)? Are your own songs sound less powerful than professionally mixed songs? Why are ads on TV much louder than the actual programs? (at least on Swedish TV). The answer […]
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My summer reading is not a crime novel this year, it’s a fantastic book on mixing using Reaper: ReaMix – Breaking the Barriers with Reaper. The large focus is on doing things in a methodical way, following a well-defined process. The first eye-opener for me is to do what the author calls pre-mix corrections. This […]
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After having found out about Focusrites hardware solution to emulate a perfect mixing environment in headphones I looked a bit harder for software solutions and have come across three with the help of members at forums I frequent. TB Isone (€20, free trial) – VST with parameters for room layout, monitor angle etc. HDPHX (free) […]
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Now that we know there’s a way to emulate monitor output in rooms when mixing, wouldn’t it be cool if you could add room simulation to the cabinet or cabinet simulation you are using? Well, you can – using impulse responses. An impulse response is the recording of a special kind of sound – a […]
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Like most bedroom guitarists I have my gear in – the bedroom. With a 1,5 yo, the time when I can play guitar and mix my tunes, the bedroom is occupied by someone sleeping. And even though she’s moving into her own room now, I still can’t crank the volume up. And even if I […]
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On the site Ultimate Metal there’s a forum dedicated to one the metal world’s great producers, Andy Sneap, who has produced Nevermore, Megadeth, Machine Head, Accept and many more. Even though the great Sneap himself doesn’t frequent the forum it’s a great meeting place for other skilled producers. One of them, Ermz, is currently writing a […]
Read moreA really useful map of the frequency range of different instruments, good to have when you are mixing. When you hover the mouse over different parts of the map it displays additional information about the instruments such as its generated frequencies and the ears ability to pick them up. You notice pretty much right away […]
Read moreThe equalizer is your best friend when it comes to mixing. The EQ can’t fix a bad source material, but even perfectly recorded tracks often need to be EQ:d to play well together. Here are good cliff notes on what changes in different frequencies will accomplish.
Read moreAs my guitar lesson a couple of weeks ago we made a song! I brought a bunch of riff ideas to class and together with my guitar teacher I arranged them into a song. It was a real eye-opener even though the result was just a draft with a lot of cut-and-paste cheating. Since then […]
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