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...

Acustica Audio's El Rey Compressor is an emulation of a famous compressor from the 1950s. My guess would be that it's an RCA compressor. Not only is it a recreation of an RCA compressor, but it's a recreation of superstar producer Greg Wells compressor. To...