Online Mixing and Mastering Tutorials
Learn Mixing and Mastering Tips from Top Mixing and Mastering Engineer Matty Harris.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!

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...

Better Mixes Series: Vocal Delays Part 2 of 4
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...

Better Mixes Series: Vocal Delays Part 1 of 4
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...

3 Tips for Recording Better Vocals with Cam Meekins
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 Review
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...

Acustica Audio Taupe Review
There are a million and one tape plugins nowadays. All of them have their unique abilities and characteristics. In today's video, I show off the lastest, Acustica Audio Taupe. This plugin has over 40 samples of different analog tape machines. Including iconic ones...