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yeah, yeah, yeah blame it on the monitors sounds to me like you have an orchestra to record. Mixing multiple instruments, vox, drums, synths, etc will sound muddy if you don't first figure out what is mainly driving the song. The main instrument needs to be out front(loudest) along with the...

So in other words........ His mixes are so close to finished it requires no EQ at all, just raising the output and it's done? Wow, if only I could accomplish that. I'm about ready to drive off a cliff working on my own stuff. I wish he offered training.

I'm a big fan of Andy Wallace's mixes and anything mixed by him seems to be outstanding. I usually buy a CD based on the fact that he mixed it. I notice on some CDs no mastering is mentioned so I imagine he masters also sometimes. Has anyone had any experience with him?

Of course nothing is written in stone These are just the guidelines through trial and error. I would rather go back and raise the level of each instrument than use a normalizer. I compress/limit everything going in(some things just barely) to smooth out the wave a little so I can bring the...

spend as much as possible I would go and get a second mortgage on my house, rob a bank, rob a high end studio. The more you pay the better it will be. Mackie HR824s should be the bare minimum. They sound good at 700 each. BX8s are good for the low price but you need to get into the 2k each...

number 18 18. presets on digital limiters and compressors suck, because there is no exact science for any song. 19. A couple of glasses of wine open up your concentration levels 20. 4 glasses or more quit and look up internet porn, you'll mess something up. 21. Comparing a mix to sucking a big...

my clipping usually only hits with the lower freqs. I limit/compress when I record and this stops it. Bass, drums, and vox always are compressed on the way into the recorder. I generally don't on a distorted guitar, but a little on acoustic or undistorted. I hate hitting red. I ALWAYS...

I've eq'd hiss out of songs before. It's usually in the highest range of the wave.

Number 4 4. If you spent less than 750 bucks on monitors throw them away. 5. When Mastering don't ever have a loaded weapon in the house. 6. Bass will always increase higher when volume of wave is raised. 7. You can't fix a screwed up Mix with mastering. 8. Metal sounds punchier squished flat...

1. Send it to somebody who knows how and pay for it 2. Trial and Error takes at least 2 years of your life you'll never get back 3. Learning from an expert speeds up the process, but still takes 1.5 years 4.

Sound Maximizing What settings do you use for sound maximizing?

Yep It is the dynamics processor. Could you tell me what you use and the exact settings to get get maximum volume on my mixes? Anyone? Thanks for all the help though. Just give me the settings you use, that work for you. Thanks a million!!!!!! Dantell

It's the Effects Dude!!! You just need to get the best quality raw sound you can get and forget about the effects. Adding EFX to each track is going to muddy up the mix. I should know, I just went through destroying all my songs with reverb, delay, chorus, and all the other shit. I now only...

I've been using Sonar's Limiter for the final mix to get the levels maxed up before I burn a song onto a CD. The problem is I'm just getting too much bass and that friggin' droning sound after I run it through the limiter (volume maximizer). I'll give you my settings I'm using Output gain 4.5...

Cost on search engine & Audience My experience is that if they happened to stumble across your site on a search engine through a general search, it's kind of a toss up to whether they like your music or not. It is hard to track. It seems that only about 50% of the people that hit my site...

Thanks Dude It's the first time I tried a poll. But anyway thanks for the imput. It seems whan I shrink my sound files down to an mp3, I lose some quality. I haven't explored any mp3 mastering software and don't know of any, but it seems to be an art within itself. Our songs on CD are...

I think I have the mix pretty close. www.balloonhed.com and click on MUSIC. The imput so far has been pretty good, but some are saying it sounds a little bassy and some say it's too tinny. Let me know Danny Antell

metatagging It seems to have increased my traffic about 8-10 more hits a day average. I guess it takes a while for the search engines to find your site. Ithink I'm going to order that music biz academy book, it sounds good. I'm looking to increase my Album sales on the internet. I haven't...

My band sells CDs and t shirts at our gigs and we do okay. How are all these unknown bands getting all the traffic to their website? Best way to sell CD's on your website? My traffic count is shit. The internet seems almost too crowded. Any advice would do. Thanks Dantell www.balloonhed.com

I think I have it licked I took Cross studio's advice. I went ahead and posted some of the results on my website. Of course they are shrunk down to mp3s and this hurts the quality a little. It seems to bring out a little treble, but it still sounds pretty good. www.balloonhed.com and...