There are times when you didn't learn the right way to mix a vocal or an instrument or a band. That's ok. You learned. You moved on. But then there are the lies you tell yourself over and over. You don't learn. You can't move on. Your work suffers. WAKE UP!* *Any judgment on my part is ... Read More
My keyboard was about to fall apart but it made it through! After many hours of work, review, planning, reading, and questioning my sanity, it's done. The 10,951 word FREE guide to mixing vocals is finished! This guide breaks down vocal mixing into eight areas; How Vocals Fit in a ... Read More
This week, I put the question out on facebook and twitter, "what's your best mixing tip?" I had no idea what types of answers I'd be reading. A few were funny but I found many of them to be the same. Without anything more needing to be said, here is a list of some of those tips. Top Audio Mixing ... Read More
My eyes felt like they were as big as dinner plates and any sunlight was blinding. Welcome to having an eye exam. During the exam, your optometrist will insert eyes drops that widen each pupil to the size of a grapefruit. This enables them to check the back of your eyes for signs of diseases and ... Read More
Fly fishing Sunday night, I cast my new imitation blue dragonfly onto the water. A small fish, about five inches long, took the fly and the fight was on! Ok, it wasn't much of a fight. Not yet, anyway. I pulled in my line, with the little fish in tow, when WHAM I got the surprise of the night. ... Read More
You hear talk of people transitioning into the wonderful world of digital mixing but you never hear of what happens after they make the transition. Old habits must be broken, a new way of thinking about workflow has to occur, and digital mixing doesn't mean you can finally perfect a vocalist's ... Read More
This last mystery wonderfully represents the trap in which all of us can fall. This time, the story comes from Brian Gowing who used his SUPER-HUMAN POWER OF OBSERVATION to discover the solution to the mysterious problem. Let's go to Brian to explain what happened... Details of the case "I’m ... Read More
The third installment in this mystery series still has me shaking my head. The sound check began just as it always had but a few days later, I would be armed with a vacuum cleaner. The sound check started like every other sound check. A few minutes into it, a microphone channel went out. More ... Read More
