In this video Vance Powell gives a brief tour of the custom modifications made to the glorious old Neve 8078 console which forms the centrepiece of Nashville’s Blackbird studio A.
Five Guitar Recording Tips For A Stellar Sound
There are few things quite as satisfying in music production as successfully printing a fantastic guitar performance with a stellar sound to match. These creative and technical pointers will help you sharpen up your axework.
Want To Work In Audio Post Production? Read This
Want a career in audio post production? In this article, post production engineer Paul Maunder shares his advice about the technical and non-technical skills that will help you to get a head start in the industry.
Drum Replacement Techniques With Fab Dupont - Free pureMix Video Extract
In this free video extract from Pro Member Mix Fix: Six Of One - Episode 1: Session Setup & Drums Fab Dupont covers some core drum replacement techniques in Pro Tools while also keeping simplicity and economy in mind.
Four Arrangement Tips For Your Music Productions
The timeless art of arrangement is largely constant in its fundamental principles. Here are three age-old concepts plus one powerful, relatively new DAW-enabled workflow to keep in mind when arranging your own tracks.
Rich Keller Using Harmonics To Enhance The Mix - Free PureMix Video Extract
When you think of 2 Bus processing, particularly for Hip Hop, you might naturally think of dynamics processing first but as Rich Keller shows in this free video extract from PureMix, sometimes the impact you’re looking for might be better served by judicious use of saturation.
5 Tips For Getting Better Sounding Mixes - No Money Required
There are plenty of ways to a better mix and many of them don’t require you to spend any money. Read on to find out some top tips for improving your mixes, no cash required.
Four Old-School Sampling Tips To Give Your Productions That Sound
In the early days of electronic music production, hardware samplers delivered a characterful sound and vibe that’s still highly valued by many. Here are some techniques to bring that vintage quality and styling to your in-the-box sampling ventures.
Six Creative Automation Tips And Tricks To Try In Your Mixes
The ability to automate mixer and plugin parameters is among the greatest gifts bestowed upon the modern producer by the software DAW. Here are some suggestions as to how you can use it to your artistic advantage…
Add Magic To Virtual Instruments Using This Cool Trick
While virtual instruments bring almost limitless possibilities to any arrangement, they can lack some of the magic enjoyed by a real source recorded with mics. We show you how to get some of it back when using VI’s.
Five More Creative Audio Compression Tips
Adding to our half-dozen dynamics shaping tricks from last year, here are five more techniques with which to take your compressors into more artful territory than they perhaps might generally occupy.
Why The X-Y Microphone Setup Isn’t Just For Stereo
The classic XY technique has uses beyond stereo pickup duties, but what are they and why should we consider them? We discuss…
Make Room For Vocals In Your Mixes With Advanced EQ
Making room in the mix for vocals without robbing other elements of useful energy is where automation or level control ends and advanced EQ begins. We go beyond the usual moves…
3 Cool Ways To Use Harmoniser - Clue... It's Not Just For Vocals
Delay and pitch shifting are time-honoured tools in the art of vocal thickening, but audio plugins recreating classic ‘harmoniser’ effects can bring shifted goodness to other things as well.
How I Turbocharged Logic Pro With A Faderport
In this article Eli Krantzberg gives a detailed demonstration of the Presonus Faderport in use with Logic Pro. You’ll see that while this Presonus product pairs excellently with Studio One it’s very capable when used with Logic Pro!
The Best Way To Kill Spill In Your Snare Mic?
Multiple mics on drumkits can create as many problems as they solve. Many engineers have wrestled with trashy hi hat spill down the snare mic- we show you a different fix to try that could work in your mix.
6 Tips For Producing Superb Sampled Strings
Today, you’re more likely to hear a virtual string section in any given movie, video game or music production than a real one. Here are half a dozen tips and pointers to get you started on the path to faux orchestral excellence.
7 Synth Bass Programming And Production Tips
Whether you’re producing electronic music in the broadest sense or looking to bring a distinctive low-end foundation to your band recordings, these techniques and ideas will get your synthesised basslines booming.
How To Be The Most Employable Person In The Studio Business
In this article, Grammy-winning mixer, and founder of The Mix Consultancy, Dom Morley explains how to stand out from the crowd and kickstart a successful career in the studio business…
6 Vocal Production Tips To Take Your Song To The Next Level
Recently, we presented five tips for recording better vocals, but once you’ve followed them to the letter and nabbed that flawless take, what’s next? Here are some things you can do to take the centrepiece of your song to the next level.