While starting a new mix, sometimes you discover your raw tracks are sounding dull and muddy. With these terms, I am basically referring to all that stuff that builds up in the lows and low mids regions when many tracks are playing together, that will cause your mix to sound somehow muffled or masked out. Choose …

Maybe you’ve been told you absolutely need a condenser microphone to make a solid studio recording (did they tell you why, at least?) You know what? I don’t think so. I think you can get really good stuff out of a cheap dynamic microphone as well. That’s what I want to write about today, while answering …

Even if your hard drive has been carefully tested and should work for decades with no issues, there is always the (not-so) remote possibility for a crash. I’ve been working with computers for the last 15 years now, and I can tell you this: machines are not indestructible; sooner or later, it WILL happen! And …

On my previous post, I wrote about some things you need to care about when choosing a new pair of studio monitors. Today I want to tell you more about the other important piece of the puzzle: the room. Unfortunately, there seem to be a lot of people not considering it in their plans, and thinking that a more expensive …

Although it’s true that you can address all of your monitoring needs with nothing but a pair of headphones, a set of studio monitors will give you a reliable point of view on your music and will free you from having those annoying cans blasting your ears and squeezing your head for hours. Choosing new …

Finding the right balance for your kick drum within a mix might be a huge challenge. Sometimes, especially with hard-hitting music styles, no matter what you do, you just can’t hear it. So you raise the level of your track to hear it more, but suddenly that kick is definitely too loud and everything goes …