Recent content by banjo71

I'm doing a lot of self-taught and trial and error on learning how to master so that everybody will be happy. I understand the mix needs to have an average RMS between -30 dB and -18 dB, with a peak signal below -4 dB or so. So I import that HRA file into WaveLab, do some simple processing...

I recently purchased a GAP COMP-3A Audio Leveler to track vocals here in my home studio. I like the way it can be used to slightly compress vocals especially on the way into the DAW. I have a father/daughter duo coming in to record, and this will be the first time I use it, other than the...

Ok, I went and ordered the Golden Age COMP-3A audio leveler. I was planning on smoothing out vocals with it on the way into the DAW. I record folk/bluegrass music, where a clear smooth signal is desired. I thought this was going to beat all. So I built a small mixer in PT where I would...

I've got a buddy of mine who him and his daughter are super talented, and they do old time/folk/bluegrass music. Acoustic bass, guitar, mandolin and vocals. And they need me to add a banjo part, too, which I'm thrilled to do. I'm sort of a newbie at setting up templates for mixers, I used to...

I learned something from listening to some of my favorite bluegrass acoustic music. Probably everyone knows how to do this except me. Now I do, though. I noticed the higher frequency instruments were compressed differently than the vocals and differently from the bass. I used to compress the...

I like to go through some songs in my storage and just wipe the slate clean and remix the session. This is one of them, Love of the Father. The band I play with recorded it at least 6 years ago, and I wanted to play with a few new plugins I got over the holidays. One is a vocal plugin effect...

I sent my recorded wav files to a professional studio to get mixed, and got that back about a year ago. Tonight and for the last few nights I have been working on mixing the same song myself, and I won't tell you which is which until I get enough replies. I'd ask that you click on each link...

Several years ago I called some guys to record a tune I made up called Mainline Runner.. everybody recorded at their own place and sent files over the internet. I worked on a mix for about a year, and I may have even put a link to the song here once. But I scrapped the idea of mixing on my...

I have a single mono track of a voice and an acoustic guitar. The volume of the vocal is mixed pretty well to the volume of the guitar, unfortunately I wasn't able to get two separate tracks. There are definitely some dynamic spikes from the vocal part of the track. I'm thinking of...

I own just a couple of mics, an Equation F.20 for vocals mainly and an SM81 for instruments. I'm a home studio recorder, and don't own a whole lot of equipment but I'm looking for cheap ideas to help prevent bleed through if this situation pops up again: The lady who wanted to do a CD records...

I think my toughest problems in mixing has been to get rid of the mud on bass and guitar. I finally found an eq that works for bass, and an eq that works for guitar also. This is my original "Mainline Runner". Andy Hatfield - guitars, bass Mark Stoffel - mandolin Ron Stewart - fiddle Doug...

I'm a novice at mixing, and a clueless novice at mastering. But anyway, I have a good song I've mixed pretty well I think. At least I'm happy with it. I wanted to see what happens if I take that song and try mastering it in Pro Tools. I wanted to use the EQ - Multiband Compressor - General...

I just reinstalled Pro Tools on my new Win 10 OS. It took awhile for me to get the interface working with stability (Focusrite Scarlett 2i2). I'm recording in 44.1kHz 24 bit. All stereo tracks except for the electric bass. I'm using a Perception 150 AKG condenser and an Equation F.20 large...

This song is "A Tiny Broken Heart". It's a bluegrass song. I mix mainly acoustic music for fun. I usually throw a comp/eq and some kind of limiter on the master since it's for fun, and I can't see sending my mixes into a real mastering house for farts and giggles. I'm playing all the parts...

What is sidechain compression? What does the signal flow look like? Why do you use it?