The Reason Why Your Mixes SoundMuddy and Boomy Are your mixes sounding muddy, boomy and somehow unprofessional when you compare them to professional mixes? My mixes sounded like that for a long time. They sounded good as I was mixing them, but when I compared my mixes to songs that I like, something […]
Punch and Character with This Mixing Technique for Drums Is your drum set lacking energy? Not enough punch? Dull and plain? In this video I show you how to add punch and character to the drums with a simple mixing technique: Hopefully you found this post helpful. If there’s anything you want me […]
Mixing Synths (Three Steps to Better Sounding and Standing Out Synths) Finding sounds to virtual instruments such as synths can be a hard task of its own, but what comes after that? How can you make them fit in the mix and sound awesome? In this video I show you three steps to […]
Vocal Microphone Comparison: 29€ Mic VS 400€ Mic What’s the difference between cheap and expensive mics? In this video I want to demonstrate how exactly 29€ mic differs from 400€ mic. The other one is almost 14 times more expensive. Mics in this vocal microphone comparison are t.bone SC 300 and Shure SM7B. The […]
Recording Vocals with 29 Euro Microphone!? – Cheap Vocal Mic: t.bone SC 300 In this video I want to demonstrate how t.bone SC 300 microphone sounds like with vocals. It’s a condenser microphone and it costs only 29 euros (approx. 35 dollars) which is crazy! So to the point: What kind of quality can you […]
An Easy Way to Mix Backing Vocals(and to Make Sure They Don’t Get in The Way of Lead Vocals) Vocals are the thing that most listeners focus on and that’s a fact. Many a times backing vocals are thrown in the mix also. While they can sound great and bring so much to […]
Mixing Vocals – What to Do?Do These Four Things Vocals are the focal point of each and every mix, like it or not. It’s safe to say mixing them is pretty crucial. How should you approach mixing vocals? What actually are done to them? What kind of plugins should you use and in […]
Vocal Compression– Settings That Actually Work Vocals are super dynamic source of sound. This means that they have both quiet and loud parts. For this reason the vocals seem to get buried in the mix here and there. The loud parts you can hear fine, but the quieter parts get lost. This is […]
Vocal EQ – Four Steps to Professional Vocals Vocals are probably the most important element in music. At least it’s the one people tend to focus on wether we want it or not. For this reason, recording and mixing vocals can’t be stressed enough. Mixing vocals (like basically anything else) starts with EQ. What […]
How to Approach Mixing Midi Drums? Midi drums are the savior of home studios. No need to record real drums in a real space or deal with all the mics, pre-amps, cables. However, when the time comes to actually mix the midi drums – what do you do? How do you approach mixing midi […]
