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I put this in the mastering question because the mastering houses would answer this better. When you're mixing and planning on giving the mixes to a separate mastering house, what effects can you put on the mix bus and what effects should you avoid? I always thought you try to get the sound as...

This is a demo that I'm working on now. Any feedback is appreciated. Here's the latest mixes after some reverb/spacial fixes, panning and volume changes... All I Need - Banjo Hangout Jukebox

I'm spending a lot of time on the internet, since I'm not schooled in mixing - I'm reading how to mix vocals, plus playing more with a few plugins: the dbx-160 compressor in mid-side mode, and then the plugin by Waves called Vitamin. The stereo image spreader is key to enhance any reverb...

I've been remixing and remixing these sessions and I found a game changer for me. I'm not the most experienced home studio mixer, and so adding delay to acoustic music didn't appeal to me right away. I own the plugin by Waves called the Super Tap - 2 Taps, and it has a preset called Vocal...

This question is specifically for those owners of home studios who did not go to school to learn the trade. How did the first for pay project turn out? What were some of the mistakes you may have made? My first one turned out average. But the methodology of communication and delivery was...

I have just a small space to record music. I have an inside corner perpendicular walls that are wallpapered right now. I am planning on having the guitar player sit in the corner looking out toward me, with a unidirectional condenser facing him (and the corner). I'm looking for some tips on...

Anyone own the TG Abbey Rd Mastering plugin from Waves? It works fine in ProTools AAX version but will bring a serious error in Steinberg Wavelab Elements 9. I called Waves in Knoxville, TN and they couldn't help me. It sounds like a bug in the VST version of the plugin, to me.

I ordered a Neumann TLM-102 from Sweetwater and should be getting it tomorrow, for my home studio.. I hear the mic is great, looking forward to using it for acoustic instruments and vocals. It will be going into a Yamaha/Steinberg UR-44 preamp and converter. Anyone else own one of these? I'd...

One of these mixes is from a professional studio, and one of them I did myself in my home studio. Guess which is which, why you say that, and which one you prefer. Thanks!! Mainline Runner - Banjo Hangout Jukebox Mainline Runner (my mix) - Banjo Hangout Jukebox EDIT: I didn't realize "My...

I'm not sure if I want to sell these or not yet - so I'm not listing them in the gear ad threads as of yet.. They're a bunch of Waves Audio plugins, over $5000 if you were to buy all new. I have all the licenses on a flash drive. I'm not as good as mixing as I thought I would be. Right now...

I've struggled with the mixes recording here at my home studio. The room isn't ideal, and I'm only using mediocre equipment. I almost gave up on getting a good punchy sound. I decided to get Waves' Vitamin Sonic Enhancer and tried running the mix though it. It has eq, compression control and...

What is exactly the difference between a physical CD master and a "mastered for iTunes" master for digital distribution? My guess, and what I've read online, is that iTunes will normalize the loudness to a certain LUFS level, like -15 LUFS. So one element of mastering for digital distribution...

What is your favorite plugin to compress a mix? It could be on the mix bus or in the mastering chain. Preferably I'm looking at mixes without drums, like for folky music, bluegrass, etc.. My thoughts with the mixes I've been working with in bluegrass, not much compression is needed at all. A...

I am a home studio guy, been at it for 10 years or so working in Pro Tools on a Windows 10 computer. By this time, I should hear things or be able to figure out how to manipulate the tracks so it sounds pleasant. This is my first paid project that's going out to be sold physically and online...

I wish I could get that big lush sound, but I'm thinking better pre's and a/d converters would help.. So I had an opportunity to record a father/daughter bluegrassy song. I mixed and mastered this one, all in the box with a Golden Age Project preamp and a Presonus StudioLive Hybrid mixer a/d...

This is a mix of an original of a buddy of mine. He's doing a whole cd project, and this one is pretty typical of the whole project, although there's going to be a mandolin and harmony vocal coming later. I didn't tighten up the fades at the end of the song yet, but besides that I welcome any...

It's true, you can get great deals on plugins from Waves and other places over the Christmas/New Year season into most of January. I usually try to get a few on sale like this. But I went overboard this year, and I'm embarrassed by myself. I have bipolar disorder, and one thing a lot of...

I've got a favorite dynamic chain for processing vocals. It's the Waves CLA-76 into the CLA-2A. I also like the Waves RVox alone. But it's not as transparent as using the other two. How do you guys process vocal dynamics?

My ears tell me I have a good master, and I don't think it's over compressed or over limited for popular bluegrass today. Maybe someone else would hear it completely differently. I can't post the link to the mp3 until I make a few more posts. I'm having problems getting my integrated LUFS...