Category: Mixing

4 Ways to Use Drum Bus Compression

  Traditional Drum Bus Compression: Use a Drum Bus Compressor with a Longer Attack and Short Release to Create a Cohesive Sound Bus and Parallel Compression: Use Drum Bus Compression in Combination with Parallel Compression.  Emphasis and De-emphasis Compression: Place an Additive EQ before Drum Bus Compression, and an equal and opposite Subtractive EQ after. […]

What is Bus Compression?

  Quick Answer Bus Compression is the act of using a compressor on the master output to create a uniform sound for the entirety of a mix or master.  Bus compression is often used in mixes and masters to create a cohesive and overarching timbre for the recording. What is Bus Compression in Detail Bus […]

Top 10 Monitor Controllers

  Shadow Hills Industries Equinox Summing Mixer and Monitor Controller SPL MC16 Mastering Monitor Controller Grace Design m908 Surround Monitor Controller Crane Song Avocet IIA Monitor Controller Coleman Audio M3PHMKIII – Monitor Controller SPL MTC Monitor & Talkback Controller Antelope Audio Satori Analog Monitoring and Summing System Dangerous Music MONITOR ST Burl Audio B26 Orca […]

Top 10 Free Stereo Imaging Plugins

  Doppler Dome – Aegean Music Panagement 2 – Auburn Sounds Width Knob – Boz Digital Labs vs. Wider – Infected Mushroom Ozone Imager 2 – Izotope Vocal Doubler – Izotope MAutopan – MedlaProduction vs. PanCake2 – Cableguys MSED – Voxengo vs. StereoImager V2 – Flux Stereo imaging isn’t thought about too terribly often, but […]

What’s the Difference Between Distortion and Saturation?

  Quick Answer Saturation, when talking about audio, is a combination of compression and distortion which is created from overloading the physical components of an electrical system.  Distortion, when talking about audio, is the altering of the shape of a waveform which creates a different tonality from that of the original waveform. The Difference Between […]

Top 9 Free Saturation Plugins

  PreBOX – Analog Obsession TubeAmp – Voxengo TUBA – Analog Obsession IVGI – Klanghelm TubeDriver – Nick Crow Lab Tomato Preamp – Roxolder Crush – Sleepycat Audio STEQ – Analog Obsession Tape Cassette – Caelum Audio Saturation has become an increasingly popular form of processing – probably due to how clean digital processing sounds.  […]

What is Headroom for Mastering?

  Quick Answer Headroom for Mastering is the amount of space (in dB) a mixing engineer will leave for a mastering engineer to properly process and alter an audio signal.  Typically, leaving 3 – 6dB of headroom will be enough room for a mastering engineer to master a track. What is Headroom for Mastering in […]

Top 9 Free Delay Plugins

  Pitched Delay by Ljkb Valhalla FreqEcho by VahallaDSP Sound Delay by Voxengo Tempo Delay by Voxengo Lagrange by UrsaDSP HY-Delay by HY Plugins Brigade Delay by Full Bucket Music Hysteresis by GltchMachines Speculum Free by Decade Bridge Delay has a rightful place among some of the most popular and important forms of processing during […]

Top 5 Advanced Mixing Techniques

  1. Record an Effect Using a Midi Environment 2. Use Inverse Equalization to Clear Space in a Mix 3. Introduce Plugin Automation to Create Varied Effects 4. Use Kick and Bass Ducking to Separate the Two 5. Use Groups or Auxiliary Sends to Organize Your Session If you’ve been mixing music for a little […]

Top 9 Analog Summing Mixers

  9. PHOENIX AUDIO NICERIZER 16 MK2 SUMMING MIXER 8. HERITAGE AUDIO MCM32 7. TREE AUDIO STEM 6. TUBE-TECH SSA2B 5. NEVE 8816 SUMMING MIXER 4. THERMIONIC CULTURE FAT BUSTARD MKII 3. RUPERT NEVE DESIGNS 5059 SATELLITE SUMMING MIXER 2. CHANDLER LIMITED MINI RACK MIXER 1. INWARD CONNECTIONS MIX690 Analog summing mixers may seem antiquated […]