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From tips and tutorials on music production and audio engineering, to business masterclasses, interviews with heavy hitting producers, engineers, researchers, journalists, creative entrepreneurs and more, the weekly SonicScoop podcast is unlike any other.
Justin Colletti is supposed to be a pretty good audio engineer. But he's done a LOT of dumb things in the studio. Learn about some of his biggest mistakes—and what you can do to avoid them yourself. ►Get Mixing Breakthroughs here: https://mixingbreakthroughs.com ►Get Mastering Demystified here: https://MasteringDemystified.com
How loud should your master be? It's a common question, but the best answer depends a lot on your genre, production style and goals. Streaming services like Spotify would have you believe that shooting for -14 LUFS in your masters should be good enough, once their automatic volume normalization does its job. But most producers working in popular styles of music find that this target doesn't allow their music to stand up to their favorite releases on playlists. And as they investigate further, they find out that practically none of their favorite records are this quiet. What are some better real world targets for mastering levels? Justin Colletti advises. Get Mixing Breakthroughs here: https://mixingbreakthroughs.com Get Mastering Demystified here: https://MasteringDemystified.com
It's easy to lose perspective when mixing, start chasing your own tail, and spend hours making things sound WORSE. Been there? We all have. Justin Colletti offers 5 surefire keys to make sure you never stray too far down the wrong path in your mixes. Get Mixing Breakthroughs here: https://mixingbreakthroughs.com
Get Mastering Demystified here: https://MasteringDemystified.com
Have you ever tried "Mix Matching" or "Master Mimicking"? Justin Colletti says they are among the best ways to quickly and radically improve your audio chops. But there are good and bad ways to do it. Find out more.
►See free audio tutorial videos with Justin here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3yghKGBjggTkBYyc-1_larMT6K4rGwmr
►Get Mixing Breakthroughs here: https://mixingbreakthroughs.com
►Get Mastering Demystified here: https://MasteringDemystified.com
►Get the free mastering workshop: https://sonicscoop.com/Mastering101
►Get the free mixing workshop: https://sonicscoop.com/MixHabits
►Win free stuff at https://sonicscoop.com/contest
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Frequency analyzers can be a useful tool. But they can also lead you down the wrong path, encouraging you to fix "problems' that aren't really there. What's the best way to use them in your mixes and masters? Justin Colletti offers three key approaches to using them productively so they don't encourage you to turn your music into bland mush. ►See free audio tutorial videos with Justin here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3yghKGBjggTkBYyc-1_larMT6K4rGwmr ►Get Mixing Breakthroughs here: https://mixingbreakthroughs.com ►Get Mastering Demystified here: https://MasteringDemystified.com ►Get the free mastering workshop: https://sonicscoop.com/Mastering101 ►Get the free mixing workshop: https://sonicscoop.com/MixHabits ►Win free stuff at https://sonicscoop.com/contest ►Subscribe to the podcast or leave a rating and review here: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sonicscoop-podcast/id1448330690 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0gEpIPfGsScZPowycksAY5
Producer Hyperbits has a seemingly controversial take on the quality vs. quantity debate. But the more you think about it, the more his advice makes sense. Hyperbits (aka Serik Slobodskoy), is a producer and artist who has had more than 50 million streams of his music, and now teaches others the craft in the Hyperbits Masterclass. He and Justin Colletti talk about how to improve your chops and your results in music production, composition, sound design and more. For Serik's free toolkit for musicians and producers for SonicScoop listeners just click here: https://bit.ly/HyperbitsScoopVIP
Jack Endino has worked with Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, L7, Mudhoney and so many of the biggest bands in the Seattle Grunge scene. This week, he releases his latest solo album "Light Myself on Fire". He talks to Justin Colletti about his approach to recording, mixing and mastering in details. Check out his new full-length album here: http://capacitorrecords.com/jackendino
Hi Res Audio isn't all it's cracked up to be. That's what all the blind listening tests seem to indicate anyway. But when Justin Colletti says this, he gets pushback from some people. What are their arguments and what does he have to say about them? In this episode Justin talks about super high resolution audio, like 24/192k, 24/96, and consumer formats including 320kbps and 256kbps mp3, 16/44.1k WAV files and more, and the most common arguments for and against each. ►Get Mixing Breakthroughs here: https://mixingbreakthroughs.com
►Get Mastering Demystified here: https://MasteringDemystified.com
►Get the free mastering workshop: https://sonicscoop.com/Mastering101
►Get the free mixing workshop: https://sonicscoop.com/MixHabits
Should you compress, EQ or limit your mix bus? And if so, HOW? Here are the Pros and Cons of mix bus processing from Justin Colletti.
►See free audio tutorial videos with Justin here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3yghKGBjggTkBYyc-1_larMT6K4rGwmr
►Get Mixing Breakthroughs here: https://mixingbreakthroughs.com
►Get Mastering Demystified here: https://MasteringDemystified.com
►Get the free mastering workshop: https://sonicscoop.com/Mastering101
►Get the free mixing workshop: https://sonicscoop.com/MixHabits ►Win free stuff at https://sonicscoop.com/contest
►Subscribe to the podcast or leave a rating and review here:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sonicscoop-podcast/id1448330690
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0gEpIPfGsScZPowycksAY5
Want a clear path to making money with your music? Today's guest, Tommy Zee, offers one proven way to earn a real living in music production: Making music for brands.
Major brands spend countless billions each year on marketing and advertising. And music is a big part of that.
Join Justin Colletti and Tommy Zee as they talk about how this side of the music business works.
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