Home Studio - Mixing With BBE Sonic Sweet Plugins

These BBE Sonic Sweet plugins ROCK. Check out this video demo/review I posted today...

Home Studio - Rode NT55 Condenser Mic Unboxing & Test

In this video I unbox and test out the Rode NT55 on all settings of the Pad and Cut switches using the cardioid capsule. Clean recording.... No EQ, Compression or FX. Recorded with AudioBox 22VSL interface and Studio One Professional 2.5.

Learn about LCR Panning

Check this experiment I put together to show how LCR Panning can help you create more pro sounding mixes.  This is not a new technique by any means.  It's been uses since mixing boards had three panning positions, Left, Center and Right.  With the advent of the variable panning pots I guess its tempting to use different parts of the stereo field.   However, it always seems to come back to LCR...

The Art of Subtractive EQing & Mastering

While I haven't posted in a while I've been very busy working on a number of project.   Mainly for the past few months I've been digging into Studio One Pro and its awesome abilities.   I've also been faithfully listening to various PodCast to learn more about mixing and proper use of all those cool plug-ins.   One of the most productive lessons I've learned has been the concept of "subtractive EQing"  This is a common practice among most engineers.  Basically, its all about removing bad tones bring out the best sound.  It's amazing how good your mixes begin to sound when you begin following this concept.  Vocals clear up, guitars sound crisper, etc, etc.  But you have to use it with caution as you don't want to remove too much. 

I also came to the conclusion that I don't have the right equipment or room to effectively master my projects.  I also don't have the experience but that's besides the fact.   From this point on any project that is destined for public audience will be mastered.  Over the past few weeks I've sent tracks to a mastering studio in  Nashville with great results.   Yes it cost about $35 track but it's well worth to have a professional make it sound the best it can... also to know that your music will sound great on any device or speaker.

My studio will have a few projects hitting iTunes soon and when they do I'll be sure to post so you can check out the mixes and let me know your thoughts.

That's it for now...

HT

Bass DI With PreSonus TubePre V2 Preamp - Setup And Test

AKAI Pro MPK61 USB MIDI Keyboard Controller Unboxing

Studio One 2 - Turn Mono Tracks Into Stereo