Here’s a behind the scenes chat I had with composer Oleta Haffner. She recorded this chat of us going through some of the things I did in the mix of her fantastic epic fantasy video game style track Whispers of Eloria. Listen to the full track below! Whisper of Eloria Read more…
Here’s the fantastic SSL 9000 J plugin getting the What It Does treatment. Putting it through its paces and seeing what it does visually with the Bertom EQ Curve Analyzer. I love to visually see how something is changing the audio I’m working on, especially the first time I buy Read more…
Here’s what I did to tweak the mix for Sam Paul Robinson‘s instrumental track Nothing Grows Like Greed. He sent this through to me as the Logic Pro session to see how I could help and improve the mix. Main focus for the track is electric guitars, drums and bass. Read more…
Here’s the lovely Waves J37 getting the What It Does treatment. Putting it through its paces and seeing what it does visually with the Bertom EQ Curve Analyzer. I love to visually see how something is changing the audio I’m working on, especially the first time I buy something. Hope Read more…
Volume automation can be a great technique for adding some life and dynamic contrast when mastering a track. Here’s an example, using the superb track A New Chapter by video game composer Marcus Hedges, comparing the before and after. Volume Automation When Mastering A big thank you to Marcus for Read more…
The excellent SoundToys DECAPITATOR gets the What It Does treatment. Putting it through its paces and seeing what it does visually with the Bertom EQ Curve Analyzer. Soundtoys Decapitator I love to visually see how something is changing the audio I’m working on, especially the first time I buy something. Read more…
Do you know when your drum/percussion tracks just aren’t cutting through your orchestral mix? Here’s a walkthrough of what I did whilst mixing this track to solve the problem for me. Hope you find it helpful 🙂 Mixing Punchy Orchestral Drums TRACK INFO Reckoning Action by Kyle McCuiston on Filmstro Read more…
Here’s the first of my What It Does videos, putting the excellent Bettermaker EQ232D from Plugin Alliance through Waves Audio Q-Clone. A fantastic plugin that can help show how our digital equipment of plugins is affecting the sound we’re working on whilst using them. I love to visually see how Read more…
Marcus Hedges is an outstanding composer, writing for games such as “Ary and the Secret of Seasons”, “Override 2” and one of his latest projects, “Century: Age of Ashes”, which will be released tomorrow on December 2nd 2021. I’ve worked with Marcus for a few years now and love what Read more…
Here’s a quick blind test for you comparing Seventh Heaven and Cinematic Rooms from Liquidsonics. Which one did you choose? Orange or Blue? Do you already own one or both and what do you like about them? Whichever one, they’re both gorgeous sounding reverbs for our productions 🙂