Your mix is done but a “digital bug” lays dormant waiting to be unleashed on the listener. Unless you have taken the steps needed to check for them, odds are against you that you have them and probably don’t even know it. You’re not alone, the vast majority of commercial mixes are laden with them. What is this Bug? It’s called intersample peaks, and they are present on most mixes, yet they are chronically overlooked by many engineers. Let me explain. Read the rest of this entry »

Trying to get that “Most High” Bass Guitar tone hasn’t always been the easiest feat for me over the years, especially since I use a Midi keyboard for my Bass Guitar sounds. Luckily I’ve been graced with IK’s Ampeg line of bass modules, you will be floored at how very good these sound. The New Custom Shop AmpliTube 3 is some serious bang for the buck as they say. In fact, you can’t do better since, as of the time of this review, the MIDI 101, Midi demystified by Peter Schwartz. Read the rest of this entry »

Article I wrote for Mac Pro Video.

A while back I was wrestling with trying to correct phase for my microphone set up. The microphones all had a different distance between one mic to another. This would not have been such a big deal with only two mics, but I have 5 microphones in use. That tends to “complicate” things, just a little bit. The end result is, if you have more then one mic and they are not in exactly the same position, you’re most likely going to experience some phase distortion. The farther apart your microphones, the more time lag and thus more phase distortion.

Read more: http://www.macprovideo.com/hub/logic-pro/phase-correction-logics-sample-delay-plugin

Using the T-Racks Stand Alone Plug-ins without Mastering experience.

Mastering. The post production phase where a completed mixed down track or CD album is treated through a processes performed by a “Mastering Engineer”. The Mastering Engineer readies the mix for wide scale reproduction and or broadcast.

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