Mixing

  • The importance of High Pass and Low Pass filters

    The importance of High Pass and Low Pass filters

    EQ is probably the real emblem of mixing, the base of every mix that you can call “professional”. Using EQ correctly you could find you don’t need anything else to mix, just EQ and compression. In audio engineering world, you always hear “High Pass Filter” and “Low Pass Filter”, but what are they? They’re…

  • Harrison Mixbus: a “real” Ardour based mixing console

    Harrison Mixbus: a “real” Ardour based mixing console

    These days I’m impressed with Mixbus by Harrison Consoles. So much that I’m seriously thinking about a purchasing (edit april 13th, 2013: didn’t resist, yesterday I purchased a license!). It’s a software version of famous Harrison Consoles, based on Ardour, the only powerful Open Source (just notice, I mean Open, not free, I think…

  • Ride your tracks

    Ride your tracks

    While I’m mixing you can’t even imagine how many times my focus is broken by something to fix in the tracks: that kick drum hit that’s not so in time, an incertain bass note, a little vocal part slightly out of tune or other little issues that I can’t stand. Maybe it’s because of…

  • Finalizing bass in the mix

    Finalizing bass in the mix

    As you may already know, I’m a bass player, so I’m really careful when it’s time to mix the bass. Too many times some people have the idea to put the bass a little “behind” everything, but I think it’s quite important to put the bass where it deserves: everywhere. Don’t get me wrong,…

  • The multiple listening proof

    The multiple listening proof

    Sometimes ago I watched a great interview to multiple Grammy award winning mixer Chris Lord Alge. His mixing work is simply great, he has the experience and the skills of a real genius of mixing, he’s the guy to follow, you can learn lots of things simply listening to his words during an interview.…