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...

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...

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...

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...

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.  ...

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

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

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,...

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']

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

In part two of this four-part series, we will talk about basic vocal settings. This includes 8th. quarter and half note delays. As well as feedback, and setting your filters correctly. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJAxwDh6_FU&t=115s Kick Your...

I am a huge fan of Digital Delay and in particular vocal delays! This is the first part of a new series I will be doing called Better Mixes Series. In each series, we will go over all the ins and outs of a specific topic. I figured since delays...

I have been working with Cam Meekins for quite some time now. He's much more than a client, I consider him a brother. He has done really well for himself and I'm super proud of his progress. He came by the studio the other day to work on some...