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    Mixing Console Templates In Your DAW [Video]

    Posted in: Mixing, Plugins, Pro Tools, Tips, Video
      |  by: Graham
    Tags: avid channel strip, compression, console, DAW, EQ, home studio, master buss compressor, Mixing, Pro Tools, recording, slate digital, SSL bundle, template, tips, tricks, trim plugin, tutorials, virtual console collection, virtual tape machines, waves ssl channel strip, workflow

    One way to speed up your mixing workflow is to treat your DAW like a console. By that I mean to set up a custom template that always opens with the exact tracks, routing, EQs and compressors you’d normally use already setup and ready to go. It allows you to work much like you would on an analog console where your raw tracks route through the board with all the effects patched in and ready go. Here’s how mine looks these days…

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    Recording Great Vocals In Two Steps [Video]

    Posted in: Audio Example, Pro Tools, Tips, Video
      |  by: Graham
    Tags: audio interface, cardioid polar pattern, condenser microphone, gain staging, home studio, inverse square law, pop filter, preamp, recording, rode NT1a, tips, tutorials, vocals

    Well recorded vocals can make or break song. The good news? It’s not really that hard to capture a great vocal recording. In fact there are basically two main steps you need to follow. In today’s video I show you exactly how I follow these two steps to get a great vocal recording for myself and all my clients. Enjoy!

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    Gain Staging Your DAW With Trim Plugins [Video]

    Posted in: Audio Example, Mixing, Plugins, Pro Tools, Tips, Video
      |  by: Graham
    Tags: clipping, DAW, gain staging, headroom, home studio, master fader, mix buss, Mixing, plugins, Pro Tools, recording, tips, tricks, trim plugins, tutorials

    Every time I bring up the idea of gain staging people’s eyes seem to gloss over. I know, it sounds boring. But until you do it right you won’t believe just how critical it is to getting a big, clear, and musical mix. That’s why I started my very first 5 Minutes To A Better Mix series with this concept. Today I want to show you another way to setup your mixing levels using a simple trim plugin.

    1MAY
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    Avid Eleven Rack Guitar Processor Review [Video]

    Posted in: Audio Example, Pro Tools, Product Review, Video
      |  by: Graham
    Tags: avid eleven rack, digidesign, fender, guitar amp emulation, guitar amp modeling, home studio, marshall, Pro Tools, pro tools 10, pro tools 11, review, tips, tutorials, usb interface, vox

    I have to hand it to Avid, the Eleven Rack is changing my mind on guitar amp modeling and changing how I work in the studio and on stage. Today I want to give a little show and tell of the Eleven Rack, which is a total guitar amp, speaker, and effects modeling box that also happens to be a USB 2.0 interface and comes bundled with a free copy of Pro Tools. Let’s do this!

    24APR
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    Waves REDD Console Plugin Review [Video]

    Posted in: Audio Example, Mixing, Plugins, Product Review, Tips, Video
      |  by: Graham
    Tags: abby road, abby road studios, channel strip, console, drive, EMI recording, emulation, EQ, home studio, mix, mix buss, Mixing, recording, REDD, REDD 17, REDD 37, REDD 51, slate digital, vcc, vibe, vintage, virtual console collection, waves

    There is a lot of hype surrounding the latest vintage console emulation plugin from Waves, the REDD consoles from Abby Road Studios. Does this replaces something like Slate Digital’s Virtual Console Collection or Waves own NLS (Non Linear Summer)? Or is it something more? Today I do a little show and tell of how I’ve used it in real mixes as of late.

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    Plug And Mix VIP Bundle Review [Video]

    Posted in: Audio Example, Mixing, Plugins, Product Review, Video
      |  by: Graham
    Tags: AAX, audio units, compressor, DAW, don't crack, dontcrack, EQ, home studio, Mixing, plug and mix, plugins, Pro Tools, project studio, recording, RTAS, tips, transient designer, tutorial, vip bundle, VST

    I love to see competition in the plugin world. It better serves the customer/user. Today’s review covers the Plug And Mix VIP Bundle from the guys at DontCrack.com. It’s a very affordable bundle of plugins ($399US for 40 plugins) that both sound good and are fun to use. Here’s a little show and tell from a mix that I used a bunch of these plugins on.

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    5 Minutes To A Better Mix III: The Final Listen

    Posted in: 5 Minutes To A Better Mix, Mixing, Tips, Video
      |  by: Graham
    Tags: 31 days to better mixes, 5 minutes to a better mix, bounce to disk, home studio, how do I know when my mix is finished, lasting impressions, mix, Mixing, recording, render down the mix, tips, tricks, tutorials

    Part 31 of 31 – So here’s the question you might be asking: How do I know when my mix is finished? Well today’s video was made just for you. There’s one last thing you have to do.

    Your Lasting Impressions

    In order to finish your  mix well you have to do something most of us are horrible at: sit on your hands. Literally. You need to give your mix one final listen through without actually changing anything in the mix. All the while take note of your lasting impressions, as these are most telling.

    31MAR
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    5 Minutes To A Better Mix III: Multiband Compression

    Posted in: 5 Minutes To A Better Mix, Audio Example, Mixing, Plugins, Tips, Video
      |  by: Graham
    Tags: bass, compression, home studio, izotope ozone, low end, master fader, Mixing, multiband compression, multiband compressor, plugins, Pro Tools, ratio, recording, threshold, tips, tricks, tutorial

    Part 30 of 31 – Looking for a more consistent, upfront, bass response in your mix? Or perhaps you simply don’t have enough low end at all? A multiband compressor can help.

    Compress Just The Low End

    With the power of a multiband compressor, you can easily process only the bottom end of your mix, giving you a more even response, tighter bass, and over all fatter sound. It’s a great tool, especially if EQ alone isn’t cutting it.

    30MAR
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    5 Minutes To A Better Mix III: The Mix EQ Check

    Posted in: 5 Minutes To A Better Mix, Audio Example, Mixing, Plugins, Pro Tools, Tips, Video
      |  by: Graham
    Tags: balance, bass, bass roll off, bottom end, EQ, high pass filter, high shelf, home studio, izotope ozone, master fader, mix buss, Mixing, plugins, Pro Tools, recording, reference track, tips, top end, tricks, tutorials

    Part 29 of 31 – At the end of your mix you want to check your EQ balance against a pro track.How is the top end? How is the bottom end? A quick EQ check with a reference can go a long way.

    The Painful Reference Process

    Yes it’s painful to bring in a reference mix at this point, but you must do it. If you want to deliver a better mix, then bring in a pro track to reference. But here’s what you listen for: the top end clarity and bottom end weight.

    29MAR
    11
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    5 Minutes To A Better Mix III: Reverse Mixing

    Posted in: 5 Minutes To A Better Mix, Audio Example, Mixing, Pro Tools, Tips, Video
      |  by: Graham
    Tags: home studio, kick, master fader, mix buss, Mixing, mixing hack, monitors, quiet volumes, recording, snare, tips, tricks, tutorials, vocal, volume balance

    Part 28 of 31 – As you near the end of your mix, one of the best things you can do is reverse mix it. This simple little move will tell you a lot about your volume balance between kick, snare, and vocals.

    What Do You Hear Down There?

    If you take your monitors and turn them all the way down and then bring them up in volume ever so slowly, what is the first thing you hear? Ideally it should be vocal, snare, and kick drum. What’s that you say? You haven’t tried this little trick?! Today’s your day!

     

    28MAR
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