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Mixing Vocals And A Two Track Beat With Waves Plugins
This will be the first video of a series where I will mix vocals and a two-track beat using a specific plugin company. The first video will be Mixing Vocals And A Two-Track Beat With Waves Plugins. The goal of doing this is to show that you can get a great sounding...
Mastering with Plugin Alliance Plugins
This is the first video of a series I will be doing Mastering the same song using different plugin brands. In this video, we will be Mastering with Plugin Alliance Plugins. Soon to come will be videos featuring Waves, Universal Audio, Acustica Slate and more. So make...
Vocalign Project vs Pro in Studio One
I've been using Vocalign for as long as it has been available. I always like to brag that I was one of the first engineers in Boston using it. People were blown away with what it could do. Is your vocal double off? No problem we can fix it in about 10 seconds! There...
3 of the Best Mastering Limiter Plugins Of 2019
I have quite a few mastering limiter plugins I use when mastering. (Being the plugin junkie I am) However, I find myself returning to the same three over and over again. The three limiters I prefer are the Fab Filter L2, the DMG Audio Limitless, and the relative...
Choosing The Right Mic For Your Vocals With Audio Test Kitchen
My good friend Alex Oana and his partner Ian Hlatky started this amazing new company called Audio Test Kitchen. They call it "the world’s most comprehensive online audio product comparison platform, enabling you to hear the true personality of any piece of gear from...
Mixing Rap Vocals with Waves Plugins
Waves plugins have been around for as long as I've been engineering. They are used in every major studio and home studio around the world. Since they are the most used audio plugin, I make a video showing you how to mix rap vocals using only waves plugins! P.S. I just...
Hiring a Mastering Engineer
With so many people claiming to be mixing and mastering engineers online it's hard to know who you can really trust when hiring a mastering engineer. I believe you should ask the following questions in order to narrow down your list. Who has the Mastering Engineer...
Best Free Mixing Plugins
There is nothing in the world better than free plugins. However, a lot of them are junk or restricted versions of the real thing. In today's video, I show you some fantastic free plugins that I use in my everyday mixing and mastering. Enjoy. ...
Do You Need Analog Hardware For Mixing?
In today's video we talk about the pros and cons of using analog hardware when mixing, and if you really need it to get professional sounding mixes. Enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpQ_YgB6v5k&t=142s
Dangerous Music Bax EQ Hardware Vs Sofware
In today video I compare my Dangerous Music Hardware Bax EQ with Plugin Alliance's Dangerous Bax EQ and Acustica Audio's Coral Bax. Pretty interesting findings. Hear for yourself in the video below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOPEs0CR8VY&t=50s
Antares Autotune EFX+ Review
Today we have something super special. It’s the Antares Auto-tune effect plus. It’s a regular auto-tune plugin that you can tune your vocals with, but the real special part about this plugin has to do with the effects. It has a vocoder, doubler, filters,...
Top 5 Waves Plugins
I've been using Waves plugins for over 17 years. They are some of the most widely used plugins in the business. Today I show off my top 5 favorite waves plugins. [thrive_leads id='7879']
My Hybrid Mixing Setup
Today, I'm going to show you how my hybrid mixing system works. If you don't know what hybrid mixing is, there are three different forms of mixing or three different ways to mix. There's the analog way, or the old school way with analog tape and a large...
My 2019 Studio One Mixing Template
Having a mixing template is very helpful when starting a mix. It gives you the ability to be more creative by not having to set up a reverb or delay every time you need one. Also, by sending your different instrument sections to separate buses, you have a...
Studio One 4.5 Review
Today we're going to review studio one 4.5. As an audio engineer and mixer, there've been features in studio one that I've missed since switching over from pro tools. In this update, they've seemed to give all the features we missed and made them better, which is...
3 Compressors You’ll Actually Use: Arturia Compressors
I have been waiting for a company to come out with a plugin version of the Gates Sta-Level compressor. I'm excited to see that Arturia finally has. Not only did they release the Sta-Level, but also an 1176 and a DBX 165A compressor plugin. So you might think that we...
Best Vocal Frequencies To EQ
If you're new to mixing sometimes it's hard to know what frequencies to EQ first. Do you cut the lows? Boost the highs? In today's video, I discuss the best frequencies to EQ when your mixing vocals. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydEo65u66Ck&t=21s
Pro Tools 2019.5 Review
Many of you know my feelings when it comes to Pro Tools. However, it is still a piece of software I have to use every week. Does the new 2019.5 update make it any better? Find out in today's Pro Tools 2019.5 Review! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL43-szEzq4 ...
Top 4 Vocal Plugins Of 2019
Today I show you the 4 plugins I've been using the most to mix vocals in 2019 You can find the plugins here: Waves CLA HUB Kush Audio Clariphonic Slate Digital Gate Fab Filter Pro-Q3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYtBuJVunHw
Analog vs Digital Summing
It's one of the biggest battles on any pro audio website. Some swear by it, and some say they hear no difference. Whatever side of the fence you're on one thing is for sure. Everyone has an opinion on analog summing. In today's video, we listen to some music examples...
Mastering with Studio One 4
Many people use Studio One 4 for mixing and mastering, but what you don’t hear about is Studio One’s mastering capabilities. Studio one has what they call “projects” that are a full-fledged mastering program. It’s almost two like having two pieces of software in one....
Mixing Vocals In Studio One with Stock Plugins
In today's video, we are going to try mixing vocals in Presonus Studio One using just stock plugins. Mixing with only the host plugins is something new to me because I usually use plugins from UAD Waves and Acustica. So trying to mix with the limitation of just these...
Can you make a Bad Recording Sound Good?
One of my subscribers on youtube asked me if I could make a video on how to make a bad recording sound good.I'm always up for a challenge so I asked him to send over a bad recording. Which Max graciously did.Today I show you how to make a bad recording...
Thicker Vocals: Doubles vs Duplicates
Many new producers and songwriters believe that duplicating the vocal track will make the vocal a double track. However, this isn't the case. All you end up doing is making the vocal louder.You can use effects to give the impression that the vocal is...
The 5 Plugins I Need to do a Full Mix
I am a plugin junkie. I can't stop buying them. If I had a dollar for everytime I said "this is the last reverb I will need" I would be rich.That being said, if you are new to mixing, having too many plugins can really make a hard job even harder. I always...
Do You Need a Drum Bus?
Producers and Artists spend weeks getting their song right so the last thing you want to do as a mixing engineer is change the feel and emotion. Having a Drum Bus with parallel processing gives you the ability to make the drums sound bigger, thicker and louder without...
Antares Auto-Tune Access Review
Antares new Auto-Tune Access plugin is a stripped down version of there flagship Auto-Tune Pro Plugin. It may be small, but it can still pack a big punch. I think singers and songwriters who are looking for quick access to the Auto-Tune sound...
How to Mix Hip-Hop Ad-libs
Having your ad-libs stand out from your main rap vocal is a necessary step to making your song sound unique and different. I use a few different techniques to achieve this. One is filtering the ad libs, so you have no low end. Another is to add more...
Pro Tools AudioSuite Editing in Studio One
As a former Pro Tools user for over 10 years, Audio Suite is one of it's most reliable features. It was one of the features I missed most when I switched to Presonus Studio One. The ability to select multiple tracks and process them all at once was a huge...
The Best Tape Stop Plugin for Studio One 4
One of the features I've missed most since switching from Pro Tools to PreSonus Studio One is the tape stop. I have seen some videos on ways you can achieve this but all of them seemed a bit "clunky" to me. However, I recently found this plugin form...