Mixing and Mastering Tutorials
The Mix & Master My Song Blog.I love to help people when they ask me questions about mixing and mastering. So I thought it would be helpful to make blog with mixing and mastering tutorials to help artist at home learn some tricks and tips to make their songs better. Mixing and Mastering has taken me years to master, and I have had a lot of help along the way. These videos and articles are my small way of giving back. Leave a commit if you have any questions and I answer as fast as I can!
Acustica Audio Ruby Tutorial
Acustica Audio's Ruby is an emulation of the D.W. Fearn VT-5. According to their website, the equalizer uses passive LC circuitry with class-A triode vacuum tube stages for the input and output. I found this EQ to be super musical and loved the fact that you only get...
Trinnov ST2 Pro Vs Sonarworks
The Trinnov ST2 Pro and Sonarworks are both room correction equalizers. The Trinnov ST2 comes as a piece of hardware whereas Sonarworks works on your host computer. They both are great products but the Trinnov costs about $5000 more than the Sonarworks. Why, might you...
3 Hits and Misses in Studio One 4
We all know that I am a super fan of Presonus Studio One. ( You can see the reason I switched from Pro Toos to Studio One Here.) So when they released Studio One 4, I was like a kid waiting for Christmas. But after it was released, I felt like the kid who didn't get...
3 Pultec EQ Tips With Acustica Audio’s Purple
The Pultec EQ is one of the most highly sought after and famous Equalizers. Luckily for us, I need more than one finger to count all the plugin emulations that are available today. (check out some of the tips and tricks using the UAD Pultec here.) In the video below...
Top Stereo Width Plugins
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...
Acustica Audio Cream Tutorial
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 below....
Autotune Pro Tutorial
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...
How to use Parallel Compression in Studio One 3
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 super simple...
Get Big Sounding Drums with Distortion
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...
Use Digital Clipping to Make Your Song Louder
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 of...
CREATE A REVERSE REVERB IN STUDIO ONE
In today's video Matty shows you how to create a reverse reverb in studio one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEujhWKjM2c
Switching from Pro Tools to Studio One? Do this First!
Switching from Pro Tools to Studio One can be a big change. Make it a little easier on yourself with the tips in the video below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1o4fR6PRDM&feature=youtu.be
How to get Thicker Sounding Vocals
With so many artists using budget mics recorded in less than ideal situations we need to find ways to make the vocals sound thicker. This video shows some of the tricks Matty uses to do this!...
How to Mix Acoustic Guitar
Acoustic guitars are one of my favorite instruments. They can be extremely intimate or give a song tons of energy and aggression. I this video I will go over 3 different ways to mix acoustic guitars. These are my goto mixing techniques. No way is right but 90% of the...
My 3 Favorite Delay Plugins
Digital delay is most favorite effects. You can do so much with it! From light slaps to huge distorted delays that can change the energy of a song. In this post, I show you my 3 favorite delays. The Manny Marroquin Delay, the Relayer and the Echoboy. All three of...
The Best Music Mixing and Mastering Sites
I love learning about music, and I find all kinds of great info from different sites around the world. I thought it might be useful to share some so here is the great list! http://www.pensadosplace.tv/ -This is the show created by world famous mixing engineer Dave...
Solid State Logic Sigma Tutorial
Summing is something that is highly debated in most pro audio circles. I personally like it and choose to use the SSL Sigma. To me, it adds a little more width and a high-end extension that makes the music sound a little more "expensive". In this tutorial, I will go...
IK Multimedia T-RackS 5 Review
I was recently at the AES convention in NYC and I got to see all the new plugins and gear that is coming out. I saw a ton of amazing stuff, but the new plugins from IK Multimedia really sparked my interest. They have some great new mastering plugins that I found super...
Creative Vocal Effects with Antares Harmony Engine
Most of us know Antares for their Auto-tune plugin. However, they also make a bunch of other really useful and creative plugs! One of them being the Harmony Engine. You can hear the effect on many of Travis Scott and Kanye's songs, but it's also used subtly in many...
Mixing Fundamentals 1: Loading and Labeling Files In Studio One
This is the first video in a series of mixing fundamentals. We will be going over some basic concepts to help you get your mixes better. The first one is on Loading and labeling files. We are using Studio One but you can apply it to and DAW. Check it out!...
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