Live Mix Broadcast – Mixing OAR

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On June 16, 2008 I mixed an hour long set for O.A.R. at DeepRockDrive Studios Las Vegas where I was Audio Director and Mix Engineer for the innovative start-up company. This was a live “real-time” mix to HD video simultaneously distributed to viewers over the internet “as it happened”. DeepRockDrive was, and still is, the [...]

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Neve 8078 vintage console for sale

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Neve 8078 for sale. We are asking $350,000 for this HIGHLY customized perfect vintage gem. The console is located at Threshold Sound in Santa Monica CA. Please contact me from my contact page if you would like to make an offer and/or an appointment to view this very rare and gorgeous sounding console. Please do [...]

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The Sonic Reducer

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[Audio clip: view full post to listen] “The Sonic Reducer” is an electronic rock band from Tokyo Japan. I mixed this song called AX for the LOUD series compilation release in-the-box on my Pro Tools HD3 system with Waves and McDSP plugins. I worked with mastering engineer Gil Tamazyan at Threshold Sound where I also [...]

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Sass Jordan

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[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Sass Jordan “Dusk Til’ Dawn” 2010. This is Sass’s seventh record and she’s sold over a million records to date. I mixed this latest 10 song album remote mix style in my Los Angeles studio with record producer Derek Sharp who was in Montreal Canada during the process.Sass [...]

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Working with Michael Jackson

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[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Songworx.com – In 1998 I was fortunate enough to engineer for Michael Jackson after he asked me to record several of his vocal sessions and track a few of his producers. His passing is some pretty sad news and my memories of those studio sessions has compelled  me [...]

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Online Mixing Mastering Providers

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I’ve been firmly planted in the mixing business for some twenty years now, not to mention the online mixing side of it. (definitely the future) I check around occasionally to see how the other businesses handle their marketing presence. I see there are some great engineers out there working within the online mix and mastering [...]

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Mixing Engineers First

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When you’re ready to mix, don’t worry about studios or equipment so much, just concentrate on who will mix. A killer mix is never actually from the studio it was mixed in or on what equipment it was mixed with. Never. Of course gear can have distinct character and personality, but it still needs to [...]

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Mixing DISTURBED Live & Indestructible

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( LIVE MIX )  __  At DeepRockDrive Studios on May 29 2008 I mixed a 70 minute live real-time internet broadcast for over 10,000 Disturbed fans to 66 countries. Here is a clip from that broadcast concert. This is the actual live audio and video with no post processing or mastering. I spent a little [...]

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How to deliver your mix audio files w FTP

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Once you’ve prepared your multi-track files for mixing there are a few ways to deliver them. DVDr, CDr, USB flash drive / thumb drive all delivered by Post / FedX / DHL. We are all familiar.  And/or use FTP. FTP – ( File Transfer Protocol ) FTP is simply a way of transferring files of [...]

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How to prepare your audio tracks for mixing

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I mix with Pro Tools HD in-the-box and through analog consoles, but It doesn’t matter what music program you use for writing and recording your productions. Simply prepare the audio to be universal, useful on its own and not dependent on its session file. Next is how. * All tracks need to be continuous individual [...]

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How to use the online remote mix system

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I communicate with most of my clients through a combination of email, cellphone and texting. Many will exclusively communicate in email or facebook private messaging, but any method is absolutely fine. Below is a basic how-to, to get us rolling. 1. Email an mp3 rough mix of your first song that needs a mix. Sending [...]

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Low-end Bass Power

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Low end bass build up = weak bass Take a kick drum and a bass line for instance. The kick is typically a consistent quick low note stab over and over again, and it is a note btw. But the bass synth/guitar line lows are always moving around because the notes change. E1 is deeper [...]

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Mixing warm with digital or analog

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I have received many questions over the last few months asking how to achieve a warm analog mix in the digital domain and how to reduce high-end harshness. I do have a couple cures for that but let me first reply that I make no distinction between digital and analog formats anymore. As a matter [...]

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Mix in Mono, then Pan

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Here’s a simple trick I use occasionally when I’m having trouble dialing in a tricky mix with lots of tracks. Simply get your mix close enough in mono and “then” spread your pans and continue to tweak. Be aware that you may have cut a little more lows and low mids than needed. Just sneak [...]

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Too much recording compression

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I mix a lot of home recorded material and the number one most difficult problem that I have the most trouble dealing with is over compressed tracks. You must know that recording engineer professionals use no compression or very little compression when they record even for the biggest recording artists. If you’re doing it just [...]

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