Eq

You have a choice when it comes to engaging a filter.

Level isn’t the most important element in your mix.

They say monsters aren’t real, but I’m not so sure.

This is a story about perfection.

Somewhere out there, somebody’s telling you that it’s dangerous to use natural phase EQ because it imparts a phase shift on your recordings.

Your reverb has a job to do.

I don’t give a rat’s ass if you use presets or not.

You can expect to have a hard time understanding what a multiband compressor is if you don’t know what a compressor is, but you should also be familiar with a crossover network.

The EQ in your DAW may have an edge over even some of the most coveted recording discs, but only if you know how to take advantage of it.

It doesn’t matter what your jam is, even if you’re in a math rock, what moves you isn’t numbers, it’s music.

Here I am at the beach.

When dialing in an equalizer, it’s helpful to think of the workflow is happening in two stages a targeting step and an adjustment step.

The practical application of a multiband compressor comes into focus when you consider not just how it differs from a regular compressor, but how it differs from a traditional equalizer.

It doesn’t matter what your jam is, even if you’re in a math rock, what moves you isn’t numbers, it’s music.

The topics in this 10-minute video include the harmonic series and the physical nature of sound.

With or without an audio degree, you wouldn’t be the first musician to come to me, never having been told what key tracking is and what it’s for.

Our community is deeply divided.

One of the hardest things about learning to mix, especially when you’re starting out, is you’ll have no way of knowing when you’re done.

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Complicated doesn’t mean better.

There is a myth that’s pervasive around here, which is that people can teach you how to mix.

Compressors aren’t actually super complicated, but they are a little complicated.

Hey, there’s nothing inherently wrong with presets.