by Matty Harris | May 12, 2018 | Mixing & Mastering Technics
Making a mono instrument stereo can help add new dimensions to any song. It can be guitars, keyboards or even percussion instruments. In mastering a common technique is to widen the side information to make the overall mix sound bigger and larger than life. Two of my...
by mixmaster | May 11, 2018 | Mixing & Mastering Technics
Acustica Audio Cream is an amazing plugin. It gives the classic console sound that was made famous at studios such as Abby Road’s back in the 1960’s and 1970’s. Today I will show all the different modules and how they work in the video...
by Matty Harris | May 2, 2018 | Mixing & Mastering Technics
The new Auto-Tune Pro is really amazing. They made it much simpler and add the new auto-key feature. The auto-key feature auto detects the key of the song and sends it right to the tracks with Auto-tune on it. That along with a simpler to use interface makes this a...
by Matty Harris | Apr 26, 2018 | Mixing & Mastering Technics
Parallel Compression is a great way to make your drums, bass, and vocals stick out in the mix. I like to use Slate’s Virtual Mix Rack for the simple fact that the compressor has a mix knob. However in studio one if you want to use other compressors it’s...
by Matty Harris | Apr 26, 2018 | Mixing & Mastering Technics
Sometimes adding a bit of distortion can really help your drums pop out of a mix. I like to use Soundtoys Decapitator quite a bit. It can be a game changer on the snare drum. I also like to use it on parallel compression chain. I will send the kick and snare to a bus...
by Matty Harris | Apr 23, 2018 | Mixing & Mastering Technics
Everyone always thinks that louder is better. It’s not always the case but you do need to have your song loud enough to compete with songs on the radio. Most people use a limiter. But using a limiter alone can make your song sound squashed. I use the technique...
