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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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…
Another question about EQ’ing
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…
High-cut filter
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…
Tagged with: EQ, Equalization, Mixing, Music Production, Recording, Technique
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Mastering question…sort of
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…
Multiband Harmonic Exciter
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…
Tagged with: Distortion, EQ, Equalization, Exciter, Harmonics, Mastering, Mixing, Mixing Techniques, Technique
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Depth through EQ
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…
Tagged with: 3D Mixing, Depth, EQ, Equalization, Frequencies, Mixing, Technique
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Reversing phase to get rid of noise
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…
Tagged with: EQ, Ground Loop, Hum, Noise, Noise Reduction, Phase, Recording
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Fitting frequencies together
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…
Tagged with: 3D Mixing, EQ, Equalization, Frequencies, Mixing, Mixing Techniques, Technique
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EQ Low Cut
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…
Tagged with: Bass, EQ, Equalization, Frequencies, Low End, Mixing, Mixing Techniques, Recording, Subs
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