It’s simple actually… You have to start by gaining someone’s trust! If you decide that you want to record your cousin’s rock band, then make sure that you do it as if you were getting paid the “big bucks” for it… even if you are doing it for free. When people see that you are… Continue reading Do You Want To Be A Busy Engineer?
Category: Ninja editing
Understanding Attack – The Attack Principle
If you’ve automated almost anything, you’ve encountered what Kevin calls the “Attack Principle”. Understanding these tiny dynamics can help your mixes become more crisp and clear. Not understanding this can leave you “chasing your tail” for hours.
Somedays being a recording engineer feel like this
Found this video on Facebook and thought some of you would appreciate it. Enjoy 🙂
What do I use to De-ess a vocal?
I know you’ve had this problem. You get the vocal sounding bright enough, then you notice that the “S” sounds and “T” sounds are making your ears bleed. The solution to this problem could be a de-esser. I’ll show you how to use one in an upcoming post. Finding the right de-esser is the trick… Continue reading What do I use to De-ess a vocal?
Where did my F keys go?
Are you wondering why your F1, F2, F3 function keys are not working since you upgraded? I mean F1 used to mean “shuffle mode” in Pro Tools, now it dims my screen. I used to have a fancy shortcut programed for F8, now it starts iTunes. The cure could be as simple as a system… Continue reading Where did my F keys go?
Update on my “Mix Like a Pro” Class
A few weeks ago, I asked the subscribers to my mailing list [you can sign up here] what I could do to really offer something valuable to them. The overwhelming response was things like: Mix evaluations One on one time Get to ask questions about mixes as I did them So I decided to put… Continue reading Update on my “Mix Like a Pro” Class
The “Release Principle” on a Snare drum
This is a video to show you how you can correct a snare that has too much attack for a mix.
Surgical EQ on a vocal track- how to use notch eq to correct proximity effect
Justin from YouTube was having trouble getting a vocal EQ’d. He used a High Pass filter on the vocal, but he said that it thinned out the vocal too much. Justin sent me a sample of the vocal so that I could assess what the problem was. What we discovered was that he recorded the… Continue reading Surgical EQ on a vocal track- how to use notch eq to correct proximity effect
Repairing a sustained note in Pro Tools 8
Learn the difference in a note cycle and a vibrato cycle in this video. I was dealing with the pitch on a fiddle track at the very end of the note. The repair came off beautifully. Let me know how you’d fix a note like this.
Repairing recurring vocal parts or guitar riffs by creative editing
Let’s say you have a guitar riff or a repeating vocal part and one of them is perfect and the others not-so-much. Or, maybe the very first one is weak and you want to fix it by “flying” one of the more perfect ones… Watch this video to see if this is not the EASIEST… Continue reading Repairing recurring vocal parts or guitar riffs by creative editing