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Do You Know Just Enough to be DANGEROUS? 14 Aug 2013 | 07:27 am
The experienced cyclist believes they can ride down the hill. The wise cyclist knows to heed the sign. Photo by garwee. The first computer I owned had a 286 processor, a few MEGS (not GIGS) of hard d...
Prevent Embarrassing Microphone Problems 12 Aug 2013 | 04:35 pm
Ye old broadcasting microphones. Photo by roadsideguitars In the middle of a severe episode of writer’s block, a tech on Facebook suggested I write on pastor microphone problems. The block was destr...
How Many Drum Microphones Do You Really Need? 6 Aug 2013 | 05:45 pm
Drum mic’ing is an art form you might be missing. How many drum mic’s do you really need? Do you have that many mixer channels to spare? Are you feeding your drummer the right mix? Four microphone...
10 Mixing Lies You Shouldn’t Tell Yourself 29 Jul 2013 | 06:26 pm
Stop believing the lies! Photo by renaissancechambara There are times when you didn’t learn the right way to mix a vocal or an instrument or a band. That’s ok. You learned. You moved on. But then...
The 10,951 Word FREE Guide to Mixing / EQ’ing Vocals 16 Jul 2013 | 05:13 pm
Photo by esparta My keyboard was about to fall apart but it made it through! After many hours of work, review, planning, reading, and questioning my sanity, it’s done. The 10,951 word FREE guide to...
Top Audio Mixing Tips: You Have Spoken 13 Jul 2013 | 05:15 pm
This week, I put the question out on facebook and twitter, “what’s your best mixing tip?” I had no idea what types of answers I’d be reading. A few were funny but I found many of them to be the same....
Four Key Points to Using Audio Plugins | Plugins 101 1 Jul 2013 | 04:33 pm
Waves C6 Audio Plugin [Guest post by Tim Boyer] Ok, so you’ve made the big switch from the glory days of Analog Desks and are learning your way around that shining new Digital Desk and you start usin...
Paul McCartney and Yesterday: Keeping Up The Energy When The Next Song Slows 28 Jun 2013 | 02:08 am
Keep the praise going. Photo provided by leocub The band has just finished rockin’ it with “Whom Shall I Fear [God of Angel Armies]“ and they bring it down a notch…way way down. I’m talking dropping...
Seven Steps for Cleaning Up Your Music Mix 24 Jun 2013 | 06:41 pm
Saturday, I was conducting an audio training session and I was given the opportunity to work on their mix with the worship band. The mix was pretty good so instead of re-building their full mix, I fo...
Gating | Open the Gate and Let the Good Sound Out. 17 Jun 2013 | 06:34 pm
The problem with mixing music is sometimes you get too much sound coming through your system. I’m not talking about sound volume, I’m talking about unwanted sound, sound that’s not beneficial to your...
