Compression is an amazing tool and can take your tracks very far. Today I want to show you how you can use a simple stock compressor on drums to get a clear, energetic, and punchy drum sound in your mix.
Showing posts with label compression. Show all posts
Showing posts with label compression. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Using a Side Chain on Kick and Bass
Getting the bass guitar and kick drum to play nicely together can be one of the most difficult tasks when mixing. Today I want to show you one technique that will help you along in this process. It's called Side Chaining.
Saturday, January 18, 2014
10 Mixing tips in 10 Days: Day Five - Parallel Compression
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
10 Mixing Tips in 10 Days: Day One - The Side Chain
I wanted to do a nice and easy digestible series of posts that will help you get better mixes. So I decided to do 10 Mixing Tips in 10 Days. Every day on the blog we will look at a new tip that will help you either in the recording, mixing, or mastering area of making music.
So, with all that aside, let's get started!
Monday, December 2, 2013
Mixing In Context Part Two: Don't Solo Your Tracks
Today I want to talk about a very important aspect of mixing in context.
Putting a track in solo.
Now, I covered this in a previous post but I think it bears repeating again because people still do this all the time. I used to do this all time. It's a hard habit to break, but when you do you'll be on your way to making better mixes.
The problem with listening to a track in solo is that no one else will. Nobody listening to your song is going to hear those tracks in solo.
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