80: What We Use In Our Vocal Chains (And Why We Use It)

The vocal sells the song, right? It carries all the energy and emotion. And it's the one thing we really have to get right because we humans are

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79: Audio To MIDI – How It’s Done And When You Should Use It

Almost every DAW lets you create MIDI data from audio files. And if not, there are plenty of plugins that can do it.But why would you want to

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Home Studio Mastering – Viable Option Or No-Go?

Mixing yourself is hard enough, right? So should you even try to learn mastering? Is it worth it? Can home studio mastering lead to great results at all?I

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Joe Barresi On Recording Bass For Tool’s “Fear Inoculum”

Daily Blog - July 23rd 2021I don't have much time these days, as I'm mixing record after record while working on new things to help you make better

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75: The One Engineering And Mixing Skill That Will Give You 80% Of The Results

There's one thing that we immediately pick out as listeners... ...even if we don't have very trained ears and even if we're not very experienced or familiar with

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74: Interview Episode With Grammy Nominated Producer And Mix Engineer Jacob Hansen

Jacob Hansen Is Joining Us For This Episode! Jacob has worked with some of the biggest names in metal and alternative music. He's produced and or mixed records

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Different Parts, Different Mics

Daily Blog - July 8th 2021Who said you should use one microphone for the whole song, let alone the whole record? In fact, there's often a good reason

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Why Reamping Doesn’t Work With Small Interfaces

Daily Blog - July 1st 2021This is one of the most common questions we get. People wonder how to reamp with the gear they have. And many of

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#72: Speed Writing Challenge: Record A Brand-New Demo After Every Session

Today we have a challenge for you that will help you learn and grow faster than ever before:Write a new song each jam. Record what you have at

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One Song At A Time…

Daily Blog - June 29th 2021...is a good release strategy, but does it also make sense to work on one song at a time in the production, mixing

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