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Hi guys, I recently completed a full mix tutorial on my youtube channel. In the series I mix a country song using only stock plugs within sonar platinum. You get to see me mix the song from start to finish covering all aspects of my workflow and how I approach different things and my decision...

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Hi guys, quick question. I have a Boss Br800 and was wondering if I could use the phones out jack and plug into my quad capture interface. The reason I'm asking is that the boss outputs are RCA also I know it connects via USB but if I go that route I have to go into the settings in my DAW and...

Hi guys I'm working on a track at the moment, I'm pretty pleased with the whole mix except for a few occasions when the bass guitar jumps out well not so much in volume but it gets muddy, I have it compressed pretty well and I'm happy with the compression it's just that when I hit a particular...

Hi guys bit of a noob question here, I'm using sonar x3 and I've always just used stereo busses as thats what you insert in sonar, I was wondering does the interleave button change it to a mono buss and if so when would I use a mono buss. I feel I might be missing out by not using mono busses...

Hi guys, I'm working on a project but I can seem to get my cymbals to sit nicely in the mix, I'm using addictive drums 2 for my drums. The cymbals sound washy and the highs are piercing. I have tried a few approaches with little success, I've tried volume level, eq, compression, multiband...

Hi Guys, Not sure if this is the right section to post this question but I see programming my drum sounds as part of my recording process so here goes, I've been wondering and doing some experimentation on midi velocities for kit pieces in addictive drums. I was wondering what other peoples...

Hi guys, Just looking for feedback on new material I'm working on. Always nice to get a second ear to listen to my mixes, Helps me learn a lot. This song is called 'Memory Lane'

Hi guy's, I've been really concentrating on how I use reverb in my mixes, My go to plugin is 2caudio aether, I absolutely love this reverb. It's a true stereo reverb so what I've been doing recently is panning my sends to where the instrument is panned in the mix, For example, I have 2 mono...

I promise this will be the last of my songs I post today, from now on I'll post as and when each song is finished. This ones a little acoustic song, very basic instrumentation but was looking for an intimate type of vibe. Would love some feedback. Thanks guys. Andrew

Hope you guys don't mind me posting another one of my songs up so quickly, I'd love some feedback. Thanks. Andrew.

Ok here goes, I've 10 songs recorded to mix for an album, here's an attempt at one of the songs, Would love some feedback, Thanks in advance guys. Andrew

Hi guys I was just wondering what's the acceptable way of posting a few songs here at one time, I'm currently mixing 10 songs from an album I'm doing, I have 3 mixes done that I'd like to get critiqued, should I attach all 3 in one post or is it acceptable to start a new thread for each song...

Hi guys, greetings from Ireland. I've been trying to master a few mixes I've done recently but with no success, The problem is that when I use the Limiter it seems to be working extremely hard before I can get levels to an acceptable level, and by acceptable level I mean -9db rms, GR on the...

Here's a mix I've done of a song I wrote, would love to get some feedback on the mix. Thanks in advance guys. Andrew

Hi all, Greetings from Ireland, this is the first time I've posted a song here, I recorded a few acoustic versions of full songs I'm working on for an album just for some material for my website and as a teaser for followers. This song is an original called 'Feel this way' Would love to get...

Hi guys, I'm a bit hung up at the moment about making sure I'm setting my levels right in addictive drums, Firstly when I set up my kit I set all faders and volume meters in Addictive drums to 0db or unity gain, all the kit pieces go to their own track in my daw which is sonar x1, the trouble...

Hi guys, I was just wondering what people think about using compression while tracking, Are their any kind of guidlines such as how much and what kind of instruments benefit from it... Thanks

Hi guys, So I was recording a Tambo track for one of my songs and couldnt get the sound I wanted, I was a couple of feet away from my LDC, with heavy compression on the preamp. Tried a few different positions and settings, then as a last idea I placed an sm57 overhead as in an overhead mic, the...

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