Today I’m going to take a deep dive; with Null-tests to hear and see how stacking limiters may affect the fidelity of audio signals (02:08) and a blind-test using a pop-mix (06:08), a heavy 808 hip-hop mix (14:42) and a stripped back mix with piano, bass and vocals (20:38) to better learn and assert if this technique creates a discernable difference in the audio
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So, how can you continue to make each mix or master better than your last? How can you have a net positive of great mixes opposed to days where you don’t hit the mark?
Read MoreIn reading Chapter 2 of The Audio Expert by Ethan Winer I learnt more in depth about one of the four factors of Audio quality; distortion; and more so; learnt how intermodulation distortion rears its head depending on how signals are processed.
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In this video I’ll share my favourite mixing and mastering workflow tips which have helped me improve the sound of my work, improve my efficiency and share how I keep my thirst for more knowledge and development as an audio engineer.
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An insight into the process of MIXING; maybe you’re not a mixing engineer, or even a producer; all the steps that go from receiving a demo production, to getting a signed off mix.
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When I hear something that grabs me, gravitates my ears towards the unconventional, how do we approach this in mastering, what are some techniques we can employ?
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Sometimes mastering a project yourself makes sense when the budget won’t permit for a dedicated engineer or the timeline for a project becomes compromised, however mastering a project yourself can make you tear your hair out without well-suited tools that will make the process more fluent and easy to navigate;
As a craftsperson, my journey is EVER evolving; learning new techniques; approaches, and developing my understanding of how to make a great sounding mix; every few years; I find the template which I'm using begins to outdate itself from where and how I've developed my knowledge; which means rebuilding a new template to suit a new workflow;
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As a craftsperson, my journey is EVER evolving; learning new techniques; approaches, and developing my understanding of how to make a great sounding mix; every few years; I find the template which I'm using begins to outdate itself from where and how I've developed my knowledge; which means rebuilding a new template to suit a new workflow;
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Primarily a Mastering Engineer; I never really pushed mixing; I started off working on around a dozen mixing projects a year back in 2014; to now in 2021; my demand being built up to mixing over 70 projects a year on-top of my busy mastering schedule;
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How do you develop your listening sensibilities?
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If I had to start from scratch; today; what would I do?
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Preparation, the most boring part of the mastering process that no one talks about; is the most important when it comes to delivering incredible sounding masters.
Preparation, the most boring part of the mastering process that no one talks about; is the most important when it comes to delivering incredible sounding masters.
Preparation, the most boring part of the mastering process that no one talks about; is the most important when it comes to delivering incredible sounding masters.
What should your receive back from your mastering engineer?
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I posted my chain I was using in 2020, and I loved making records with that set up and those tools; but at the start of 2021 I made a list of the new tools and processors for mastering which I've been progressively trialing; analysing, and going over a fine tooth comb. Some of which I've posted my interactions with the process here on YouTube.
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