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Been recording and mixing for many years now. I have often wondered if there are any benefits to removing silent sections of tracks in the mix? I have never heard that there are. I know those sections have no audio content to contribute but still wondered if that level was being summed into...

I uploaded a recording to my website then a little later, uploaded a revised version. When I tested the new upload from the browser, it was still the original version. I tried clearing the browser cache with no luck. Even renamed the song and uploaded it to another folder. Still came back as...

Does anyone have any idea of what brand or type of vocal mics they used to record the sound track of "Sound of Music"? I had occasion to watch the movie for technical reasons and one of the first things I noticed was Julie Andrews' voice in the opening scenes. It reminded me of the dull...

While I am far from being a newbie I thought this question could best be answered here. I have just come up on a mental blank and need some clarification. I understand that 1.23v = +4dBu = -18dBFS = 0dB VU and I don't have a problem with that. However, I have heard that some equipment is...

In the movie "Begin Again", (yeah I know its just a movie but...) at the end, they upload ten songs in like a second flat. It takes me 5-6 minutes to upload just one song with an allegedly good service. Is there some BS going on there or is there a lightning fast upload service that they have...

Here is the first verse

Recording session yesterday with 21yo James Abbot James Abbot - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Mandolin & Bass Alan Lowe - Rhythm Guitar, Recording & Mixing The mics for the guitars and mandolin were (neck) AKG C414 xls and (bridge) Shure SM57 Bass was DI Vocal mic is Neumann TLM107 No...

The U87 will sound fine with your Saffire PRO 40. If you don't have great room treatment, you can get an acoustic shield that will catch a lot of the room reverb

I am currently doing the live engineering for a band. I recorded the entire gig, this is just one song as a sample. The bass and keys were DI, the guitar was recorded with an SM57, the drums with Audix DP7 and the vocals are all SM58s. The desk is an Allen & Heath Qu-24 with AB168 stage box...

I really hate it when you use all the talent you have to produce a great mix and someone judges you by listening on an iPhone. Nothing sounds good on iPhone and I don't know that I want to optimise my recording for iPhones. And yet everyone seems to use one for listening to music.... What can...

I have been using Focusrite for years. When I first changed from an ordinary soundcard to an emu PCI card, I thought the sound was awesome. Then I got my first Firewire audio interface, the Focusrite Saffire PRO 24 DSP. I thought that was so awesome that when I needed more inputs, I went...

I know its an old song but a young friend wanted me to record her singing this one. She is singing both parts. Mic used was a Neumann TLM107 via Universal Audio 6176 California Dreamin

I have heard people say on one or two occasions, "I have mastered the art of mixing..." And I find it amusing. Shouldn't it be, "I have MIXED the art of mixing?" Cos mastering is not mixing :D hee hee ---------- Update ---------- I have mixed feelings about mastering....

After over 15,000 hours of Cakewalk Sonar, I purchased Pro Tools 11 to see what the fuss was about. Following an infuriating session of installing with their silly iLok and downloading the files with a pathetic temporary internet solution until the provider pulls their finger out, I am finally...

Just picked up the TLM 107. The first song I recorded with it blew me away. I like to think my recordings have been good before now but I have to admit that I have never heard anything this good from my previous work. The sound was incredible. Although my other mics may have been improved by...

From the Pro Tools Manual: To create a new session: 1 If Pro Tools is not already running, launch Pro Tools. No, really? We can't create a new session without launching Pro Tools? Damn...

If I offered a mix for assessment that never peaked above -48dbfs, I think everyone would ask why I left it so low. How low is too low? Although many of the answers here are out of the book that says you don't have to compete in the loudness wars, there is still an "acceptable level" to which...

I was listening to Sade's "Stronger Than Pride" album and out of curiosity, imported some of the tracks into the DAW. There is so much headroom on those tracks that it looks like someone forgot to master it. Even a simple normalization wouldn't have hurt. While they may not care to compete...

This is a piece of music that I wrote and recorded for my niece on the birth of her daughter, Amelie Amelie

There is a cliché to mixing which goes something like, "Mix with your ears, not with your eyes" This addressed the concept of trying to get the levels right by monitoring the level meters. I know we do that, we listen, we adjust, we listen again, we adjust again. When it sounds right, its...