188: Songwriter Dewi Thompson on Leveling Up His Audio Skills in The Self Recording Syndicate (Case Study)

A special episode this week as Benedikt sits down with Self-Recording Syndicate graduate Dewi Thompson.                           

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187: Are You Using Mix Bus Compression?

Are you mixing into a compressor? I mean mixing with a compressor on your mix bus from the beginning and not just slapping a compressor on at the

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184: My 2023 Mixing Template

Something different this week as Benedikt walks us through his newly updated mixing template. Showing us the tools he uses to nail a mix, we take a peek

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172: Creation vs Craft – What We Learned From Rick Rubin’s Book “The Creative Act” And Why You Should Read It

I just finished Rick Rubin's book "The Creative Act" *. A fascinating and very inspiring read that made me want to talk about it on the podcast, because there

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170: Case Study: Robin & Clint (Roobey Records, Snakes In The Pit) On Starting A Studio, The Importance Of Focus And Becoming Confident In Your Work

I sat down with Clint & Robin, two amazingly talented producers, engineers and musicians from Hamburg, Germany. I've been working with them for about a year now, helping

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169: This is What Separates Pro Quality Productions From Amateur Demos

Listen to this episode if you want to know what's keeping your recordings from sounding professional.Book a free feedback call with Benedikt, the host of the show!Here's what

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167: Top Down Mixing – The Easy Way To Fast And Musical Results?

As a follow-up to last week's episode on bus processing, we want to introduce and explore the idea of top-down mixing today. Top-down mixing can make your mixing workflow

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166: How Bus Processing Can Help Your Mixes Sound More Cohesive & Polished

In the episode on piano recordings and sparse arrangements we briefly talked about using bus processing to glue things together and keep things a little more organic. Today

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165: The Fun Factor: How To Find Joy In The Creative Process And Rekindle Your Passion For Music Production

I got a message from one of our coaching students and it really made me think. This is what he wrote: "I just wanted to say thank you.

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163: I Need A Better Process For Tracking!

Jack, a podcast listener, commented the following on one of our episodes:"A problem i've been having lately isn't so much with getting good sounds or mixing as it

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