[Feature Article] Create a Rough Mix - A guide to mixing music - Part 11
In the last installment, I gave you an overview of the mixing method I'll be presenting in the upcoming articles. In that workflow, one of the first things you need to do is create a rough mix, and i…
[Feature Article] A Method to Your Mixing - A guide to mixing music - Part 10
This time, I will give you an overview of the mixing method we will follow in the coming weeks. I don't intend it to be "The Method," since there are lots of other ones that are just as valid. Howeve…
[Feature Article] Candid comments from the renowned pro… - Jack Joseph Puig Speaks His Mind
One of the best known and most successful producer/engineers in the business, Grammy-winner Jack Joseph Puig has worked with heavyweights like U2, Green Day, Stone Temple Pilots, John Mayer, Fergie, …
[Feature Article] Critical Listening - A guide to mixing music - Part 9
Besides guaranteeing "virtual headroom" and an optimal level to process each track with any plug-in or outboard gear, the "gain staging" method described in the last installment also allows you to ma…
[Feature Article] It's Your Gain! - A guide to mixing music - Part 8
In this installment, we will examine the first practical task of your mix, which also happens to be the last purely technical one. Once you've done it, you will finally be able to confront your visio…
[Feature Article] Start Small, Think Big - A guide to mixing music - Part 7
From what we've seen up to now, we could deduce the following: Mixing can be assimilated to assembling pieces of a 4D puzzle according to a given tempo to form a sonic moving picture. But what can we…
[Feature Article] Time Is on Your Side - A guide to mixing music - Part 6
As eloquent as it may be, the puzzle analogy for mixing conceals a major aspect of music ─ in the end, the puzzle represents only a static image, yet music is essentially dynamic. So it's only natura…
[Feature Article] Putting Together the Puzzle - A guide to mixing music - Part 5
Sometimes the best way to make people really grasp an idea is to resort to a fitting metaphor. That's why, today, I'll show you a way to visualize a mix that ought to allow you to understand the whol…
[Feature Article] Go Safely and Back Up - A guide to mixing music - Part 4
Before getting into the heart of the matter, I deem it necessary to deal with a subject that isn't only limited to computer music, namely backups.
[Feature Article] The Prerequisites for a Relaxed Mixin… - A guide to mixing music - Part 3
The simple act of clearing certain technical and practical tasks in the earliest stages of the production of a song can have miraculous effects, not only in terms of efficiency, but also from a creat…