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Drum Mixing Breakdown Video

By MusicTECH Posted on October 26, 2012 Posted in Mixing

Breakdown of the mix of Ben Smith’s drums The drummer for Heart, Ben Smith, helped me out with some drum tracks for one of the songs I co-wrote with Coreena, “If You Wanna”.  We tracked the drums at the famous …

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Tagged with: Compression, Drums, EQ, Mixing, Technique, Video

Reducing plosives (pops) with EQ

By MusicTECH Posted on October 24, 2012 Posted in Mixing, Recording
Reducing plosives (pops) with EQ

Even with pop filters in front of a microphone, plosives (pops) can still be an issue with some vocalists. However, there is a relatively simple fix that can quickly reduce or eliminate those loud pops from your vocal tracks.  Use …

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Tagged with: EQ, Equalization, Mixing, Vocals

Another question about EQ’ing

By MusicTECH Posted on May 11, 2011 Posted in Ask MusicTECH!

I have another question for you about EQ’ing…you answered an earlier one for me with great detail and I learned alot from it….. I was experimenting with sweep EQing after watching a video of George Massenberg? demonstrating a parmetric EQ …

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Tagged with: EQ, Frequencies, Mixing, Recording

High-cut filter

By MusicTECH Posted on June 26, 2010 Posted in Ask MusicTECH!

I’m curious as to how often you might (and I know it probably depends wildly) cut high frequencies as a matter of course. For example, I usually cut quite a bit of low frequencies on most tracks just to keep …

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Tagged with: EQ, Equalization, Mixing, Music Production, Recording, Technique

Mastering question…sort of

By MusicTECH Posted on April 26, 2010 Posted in Ask MusicTECH!

Question: how do professionally recorded and/or mastered audio recordings get that “sheen” or that “glass-like quality” ? Is that something done in the mastering stage, or is it something done during the mixdown stage? Is it something done with a …

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Tagged with: EQ, Equalization, Mastering, Mixing

Multiband Harmonic Exciter

By MusicTECH Posted on March 2, 2010 Posted in Ask MusicTECH!

Is there any use for a multiband harmonic exciter? A harmonic exciter, I thought and correct me if I’m wrong, adds a high frequency “touch” to a sound. Couldn’t an EQ do the same thing? What would be the advantage …

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Tagged with: Distortion, EQ, Equalization, Exciter, Harmonics, Mastering, Mixing, Mixing Techniques, Technique

Depth through EQ

By MusicTECH Posted on January 22, 2010 Posted in Ask MusicTECH!

I’m attempting to mix a song and am trying to create a sense of depth. The delays are working well as are the reverbs. However, my question is more concerned with EQ’ing for a sense of depth. Instruments that are …

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Tagged with: 3D Mixing, Depth, EQ, Equalization, Frequencies, Mixing, Technique

Reversing phase to get rid of noise

By MusicTECH Posted on January 4, 2010 Posted in Ask MusicTECH!

In theory, reversing phase on a noisy signal should get rid of unwanted noise, right? I have a guitar signal I’ve recorded using a small headphone AC powered amplifier. The sound is great except that it contains a “buzz” that …

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Tagged with: EQ, Ground Loop, Hum, Noise, Noise Reduction, Phase, Recording

Fitting frequencies together

By MusicTECH Posted on October 3, 2009 Posted in Ask MusicTECH!

This is my first post on this forum. Somehow I lost my original post after I previewed it. I read the article “3D and the Art of Mixing,” I think it was called, where it discussed fitting frequencies together to …

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Tagged with: 3D Mixing, EQ, Equalization, Frequencies, Mixing, Mixing Techniques, Technique

EQ Low Cut

By MusicTECH Posted on March 30, 2008 Posted in Ask MusicTECH!

When you are mixing, do you use a low cut filter on the final mix and if so where? For example, on a mix will you set the low cut at 50Hz, or even higher?  If so, then how do …

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Tagged with: Bass, EQ, Equalization, Frequencies, Low End, Mixing, Mixing Techniques, Recording, Subs

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