How to prepare your tracks for Professional Mixing Once you have decided that it may not be best to try to do it all yourself, and you think you have a song that is good enough to get professionally mixed,…
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Advice from Superstar Producer/Engineer Elliot Scheiner
Elliot Scheiner is one of the top producers/engineers in the world, with 24 Grammy nominations, 7 Grammy awards, 4 Emmy nominations, 1 Emmy award, 3 TEC Awards nominations, etc…. The list goes on! Even if you don’t know his name,…
Tagged with: advice, Engineer, getting started, Mixing, Music Business, Music Producer, Music Production, Producer, Recording, Recording Engineer, tips
Posted in Music Business, Music Production, Recording
Posted in Music Business, Music Production, Recording
Less is More – Bigger sounds through simplification
Want bigger & fuller sounding songs? Less is More! The biggest problem I encounter with inexperienced artists, producers, and engineers these days is that there is too much of everything. Too many parts in the song arrangements. Too many tracks…
Tagged with: Compression, Home Recording, Mastering, Mixing, Mixing Techniques, Music Production, Recording, Songwriting, Technique
Posted in Mixing, Music Production, Recording, Songwriting
Posted in Mixing, Music Production, Recording, Songwriting
Maximize Your Recording Budget
Revised & Updated! This is an old article I wrote in the early 90s. Quite a bit has changed since then, but most of the advice here still applies. With the reworking of my site in 2012, I have gone…
Tagged with: Budget, Do It Yourself, Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Music Business, Music Production, Producer, Recording, Studios
Posted in Mastering, Mixing, Music Business, Music Production, Recording
Posted in Mastering, Mixing, Music Business, Music Production, Recording
REQUIRED READING for Music Business Success
Steve’s picks for Music Business Success All You Need To Know to Succeed in the Music Business If you are serious about music business success, then the following books are absolutely REQUIRED READING! You can’t expect to succeed in this…
Tagged with: Books, Education, Music Business, Music Producer, Music Production, Required Reading
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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
Posted in Ask MusicTECH!
Posted in Ask MusicTECH!
Question regarding compression
Just a quick question regarding compression – in the DAW environment, is it better to use “more” compressors on a track or fewer compressors ” but work them harder? Theoretically, in the DAW world, you could have “unlimited” compressors on…
Parallel vs serial compression
I’m wondering if someone could explain what serial compression and parallel compression is, and the advantages of each and when one would be used vs the other. Serial compression is when the compressor is inserted in the signal chain and…
Tagged with: Compression, Engineer, Mixing, Music Producer, Music Production, Parallel Compression, Recording, Serial Compression, Technique
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Posted in Ask MusicTECH!
Use of compressor on early records
I greatly appreciate this site. It is such a treat to be able to speak to experienced and knowledgeable mixers. Question: I know technology in the recording field has come far in the last 40 years, but compressors were around…
Tagged with: Compression, Dynamics, Loud, Loudness, Loudness Wars, Mixing, Mixing Techniques, Music Production, Punch, Recording, Technique
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Posted in Ask MusicTECH!
Questions on the making of Yes We Can
Hi Steve, Thanks for the email about the “Yes We Can” videos on YouTube. They were very educational. Everyone involved in the production did a great job. I wanted to ask you a few questions about some of my observations:…
Tagged with: Acoustic Treatment, microphone preamp, Microphones, Music Production, Recording, Room Acoustics, Technique
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Posted in Ask MusicTECH!
