But How Do You Feel?
Until we start to take emotional impact into account in regards to music, we’re never going to get the format right for the sound.
Stereo 2-Bus Compressor
In the short run, mixing through a stereo 2-bus compressor takes practice and can prove nothing short of maddening. In the long run, it will likely make your life easier.
Source — Player, Room, Instrument
There is nothing more important to a recording than the Source itself. When you place a great player with a great instrument in a great room, you actually have to go out of your way to fuck up [...]
Planes of Space in Mixing – Part 2
There are five planes of space that are critical to understand when it comes to mixing music.
Planes of Space in Mixing – Part 1
We take a deep dive into the illusion of dimensionality within a mix.
Zen Recording
Anyone who is familiar with my writings knows that I do all that I can to avoid discussing technical information beyond the very basics. There’s a very good reason for this—musical decisions are [...]
Drums – Top-Down Recording
You can simplify mixing considerably when you break the music down to its 5 basic functions, and balance accordingly.
Musical Function
You can simplify mixing considerably when you break the music down to its 5 basic functions, and balance accordingly.
The RAVEN Multi-touch Production Console
Check out what Eric "Mixerman" Sarafin has to say about the RAVEN LOGIC PRO X 2.0 software release. Watch him use the multi-touch faders, tweak plugins, execute Batch Commands and more!
The Daily Adventures of Mixerman – The Trailer
The band consists of the four most dislikable human beings you can imagine. The singer is vain and pretentious. The guitarist is a serious depressive. The drummer is as “dumb as cotton,” and the [...]
Horns – Zen Recording
Horn sections can be equally as frustrating to record as strings. Any time you put together a section, you’re hindered by your weakest link. The best protection is to seek out a section that [...]
Relativity in Mixing
Every balance decision that you make affects the mix in an equal and opposite manner, particularly as it relates to what comes next in the song. You should always think of balance in purely [...]
