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Mike Senior's Expert Tracking & Mixing Tips
Mike Senior delves into some of the most common troubleshooting tasks when dealing with acoustic guitar recordings at mixdown, and shares his own favourite processing fixes.
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
01:13 - Unwanted subsonics
04:16 - Undesirable resonances
08:20 - Pick noise
10:34 - Fret noise
12:35 - Overbearing percussive components
14:32 - Conclusion
Credits
This month's episode features audio examples from the following productions:
* Ben Carrigan: 'We'll Talk About It All Tonight'
Download the full raw multitracks from https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#BenCarrigan
* The Wrong'uns: 'Rothko'
Download the full raw multitracks from https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#WrongUns
Read about my mix of this project in Sound On Sound's March 2013 'Mix Rescue' column at https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/mix-rescue-wronguns
* Tom McKenzie: 'Directions'
https://tommckenzie.bandcamp.com/
Download the full raw multitracks from https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#TomMcKenzie
Read about my mix of this project in Sound On Sound's April 2013 'Mix Rescue' column at https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/mix-rescue-tom-mckenzie
* Fergessen: 'Nos Palpitants'
Download the full raw multitracks from https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#Fergessen
* Qupe: 'Ayni Nehirde'
Download the full raw multitracks from https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#Qupe
* The Long Wait: 'Dark Horses'
Download the full raw multitracks from https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#LongWait
* Bolz & Knecht: 'Summertime' & 'Matteo'
Download the full raw multitracks for 'Summertime' from https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#BolzKnecht
Read about the recording sessions for 'Summertime' in Sound On Sound's August 2018 'Session Notes' column at https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/session-notes-recording-acoustic-guitar-duo
Mike Senior Biog
Mike Senior is a professional audio engineer, regular SOS contributor, and author of the best-selling books Mixing Secrets For The Small Studio & Recording Secrets For The Small Studio. He runs the Cambridge-MT educational resources site (including the web's largest free multitrack download library) and hosts two monthly independent podcasts, Project Studio Tea Break and the Cambridge-MT Patrons Podcast.
Catch more shows on our other podcast channels: https://www.soundonsound.com/sos-podcasts
Mike Senior's Expert Tracking & Mixing Tips
Mike Senior explores the subject of Haas delays at mixdown, explaining how they work, how to get the best out of them, and how to avoid the most common traps associated with them.
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
00:41 - Perception of short delays
02:46 - From fused delay to Haas delay
04:19 - Haas delays for stereo width
05:25 - Haas delays for blend and distance
09:26 - Haas delays for connecting panned doubletracks
10:56 - Pitfalls with Haas delays
14:50 - Summary
Credits
This month's episode features recordings from Johnny Lokke's 'Promises & Lies', Tom McKenzie's 'Directions', and Trafficker's 'My Father Never Loved Me'. If you'd like to try mixing these projects for yourself, you can download the full raw multitracks for them here:
https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#JohnnyLokke
https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#TomMcKenzie
https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#Trafficker
These projects were also featured in Sound On Sound's 'Mix Rescue' column, in the January 2011, April 2013, and July 2018 issues respectively, which can be found in the magazine's article archives here:
https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/mix-rescue-mixing-metal
https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/mix-rescue-tom-mckenzie
https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/mix-rescue-trafficker
Mike Senior Biog
Mike Senior is a professional audio engineer, regular SOS contributor, and author of the best-selling books Mixing Secrets For The Small Studio & Recording Secrets For The Small Studio. He runs the Cambridge-MT educational resources site (including the web's largest free multitrack download library) and hosts two monthly independent podcasts, Project Studio Tea Break and the Cambridge-MT Patrons Podcast.
Catch more shows on our other podcast channels: https://www.soundonsound.com/sos-podcasts
Mike Senior's Expert Tracking & Mixing Tips
Cardioid mics are tremendously popular amongst recording musicians, but can also work against you. In this episode, Mike Senior explains some of the reasons why, and illustrates how omni and figure-eight patterns can often give more useful results.
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
01:39 - Proximity-effect bass boost
04:44 - Spotlighting
05:48 - Low-end response at a distance
06:40 - Off-axis tonal coloration
09:06 - Insufficient spill rejection
10:56 - Plosives and handling noise
12:33 - The hand-held LDC trick
14:11 - Summary
If you'd like to listen more critically to the audio examples, you can download a high-resolution 24-bit/44.1kHz WAV of this whole episode from the podcast support page for this show https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/why-not-use-cardioid-mics-mike-senior-podcast
Credits
This month's episode features recordings from David Tyo's 'Long Way Home'. You can check out more of David's great music here:
https://davidtyo.bandcamp.com/
If you'd like to try mixing 'Long Way Home' for yourself, you can download the full raw multitracks here:
https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#DavidTyo
To read more about the low-spill figure-eight guitar-recording method, check out Neil Rogers's January 2014 'Session Notes' column:
https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/session-notes-thomas-rumbold-reds
For more general advice about microphone polar patterns, try this March 2007 article by Paul White:
https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/using-microphone-polar-patterns-effectively
Mike Senior Biog
Mike Senior is a professional audio engineer, regular SOS contributor, and author of the best-selling books Mixing Secrets For The Small Studio & Recording Secrets For The Small Studio. He runs the Cambridge-MT educational resources site (including the web's largest free multitrack download library) and hosts two monthly independent podcasts, Project Studio Tea Break and the Cambridge-MT Patrons Podcast.
Catch more shows on our other podcast channels: https://www.soundonsound.com/sos-podcasts
Mike Senior's Expert Tracking & Mixing Tips
Depending on how it's set up, compression can do radically different things to the sound of a snare drum. In this episode, Mike Senior explores three ways in which a compressor can help bring your snare tracks to life.
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
00:38 - Inconsistent snare hits
05:24 - Sustaining snare hits
08:16 - Enhancing attack
12:30 - Summary
If you'd like to listen more critically to the audio examples, you can download a high-resolution 24-bit/44.1kHz WAV of this whole episode from the podcast support page for this show https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/three-ways-compress-snare-mike-senior-podcast
Credits
This month's episode features recordings from The Purple Hat Mob's 'Access Denied' and Dunning Kruger's 'Japan Song'. If you'd like to try mixing these projects for yourself, you can download the full raw multitracks for them here:
http://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#PurpleHatMob
http://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#DunningKruger
These projects were also featured in Sound On Sound in the February 2020 'Mix Rescue' column, and in the October 2012 and February 2013 'Session Notes' columns, which can be found in the magazine's article archives here:
https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/mix-rescue-overcoming-room
https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/session-notes-0
https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/session-notes-writing-recording-cello-overdubs
For more general advice about compressing all kinds of drums, check out this Sound On Sound cover feature from February 2017 called 'Drum Compression: Fashion The Sound You Want':
https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/compression-fashion-drum-sound-you-want
Mike Senior Biog
Mike Senior is a professional audio engineer, regular SOS contributor, and author of the best-selling books Mixing Secrets For The Small Studio & Recording Secrets For The Small Studio. He runs the Cambridge-MT educational resources site (including the web's largest free multitrack download library) and hosts two monthly independent podcasts, Project Studio Tea Break and the Cambridge-MT Patrons Podcast.
Catch more shows on our other podcast channels: https://www.soundonsound.com/sos-podcasts
Introducing the Sound On Sound Podcasts. Yes, that’s podcasts, because we’re launching three dedicated channels each with their own series of episodes to keep you entertained throughout each month.
You’ll hear interviews, features, discussion, opinion and occasional demos of the gear we’re reviewing from many of the SOS magazine staff and our expert Freelance team.
The Recording & Mixing channel takes the practical approach and will keep you inspired with expert hints and tips.
You’ll hear interviews, features, discussion, opinion and occasional demos of the gear we’re reviewing from many of the SOS magazine staff and our expert Freelance team.
The Recording & Mixing channel takes the practical approach and will keep you inspired with expert hints and tips.
You should also hop over to our other channels and subscribe there for even more shows.
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