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February 21, 2024
Mixing with Headphones vs Monitors

The debate between mixing with headphones and monitors is a longstanding one in the music production community. Each method offers distinct advantages and challenges, impacting the final sound quality of a mix.  The choice between headphones and monitors can significantly affect the mixing process, influencing everything from spatial perception to frequency response. Recognizing the importance […]

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February 21, 2024
The Impact of AI on Music Production and Composition

The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into music production and composition marks a significant shift in the creative landscape of the industry. This transformative technology offers both opportunities and challenges, reshaping the way music is created, produced, and experienced. The music industry has always been at the forefront of technological innovation, from the advent of […]

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August 6, 2019
How to record and Mix Acoustic Guitars

Hello Stephen. Maybe you can use this on your blog. When I record any guitars I always mic them. I just don’t like the sound of direct miking for electric and especially acoustic guitar. I mic my electric guitar cab and and use a x/y configuration on my old Gibson acoustic. I point the “arrow” […]

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June 12, 2019
Microphone positioning on Guitar Amps

Hello again Stephen. You’ve been very helpful to me and I am hoping you will help me through one more dilemma. I am putting a mic in my all tube Marshall combo to record distortion guitar. I am using a Sennheiser e609, a dynamic mic, right up against the grill off my Marshall DSL40. I […]

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June 12, 2019
Analog Summing

Hello sir. I am hoping you’ll answer this question for me no matter what. I am wanting to do summing with my mixes. I can’t afford to buy an analog summing mixer and was wondering how to do it digitally. Not that I don’t know how to do summing I have a good understanding of […]

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March 2, 2018
The Mixing of Quiet Scream – Part 1 – Track Layout and Groups

The Mixing of Quiet Scream - Part 1 - Track Layout and Groups This is the not so glamorous, but very important part of mixing. Getting your tracks organized, and setting up your groups/busses, and folders. Part 1 in a series of mixing the song "Quiet Scream" from the Conversation CD by Greg Adams & […]

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February 3, 2018
How to use Delays instead of Reverb when mixing Vocals

This video shows just one way that you can use a couple of delays, instead of reverb, for the main vocal effects when mixing. For this song, I used a short diffuse delay to create a subtle ambient effect throughout the song. Then I used a longer echo that is brought up and down with […]

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January 11, 2018
How To Record Acoustic Guitar – 4 popular techniques compared

How To Record Acoustic Guitar A quick comparison of 4 popular acoustic guitar recording techniques The purpose of this video is to let you compare the sound of different recording techniques for the acoustic guitar. All of the techniques were recorded in one performance pass, so the performance is the same for each. A second […]

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September 19, 2017
The Best of Everything!

Maybe I'm just getting old and cranky, but I joined a few FB groups a while back, thinking that maybe I can share some of my knowledge with young aspiring producers/engineers. Unfortunately, it seems that a large number of questions asked by "newbies" is "What's the best _____?". Here are some actual questions posted: Yo […]

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September 11, 2017
Copyright and Recording Equipment

How should I go about getting my music copyrighted as a musician and producer? And also whats the best equipment to use for recording? Out of these two questions, copyright info is the easiest to answer, so I'll address that first. I'm not a lawyer, so I strongly recommend getting legal advice from a lawyer […]

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