Choose moderate volume when mixing music
When mixing music — in your home studio or a massive “A” room — cranking up the volume makes everything sound sweet. At least, until reality sets in. Read the post.
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Consider this when mixing with headphones
There are baseline truths you can fall back on to improve your mixes, whatever your sound source – whether mixing with headphones or studio monitors. Read More.
Seven music mixing tips to help you maintain perspective
Doesn’t it always seem that just when you reach the point of wrapping things up, that’s when you lose perspective? These seven music mixing tips will help. Read More.
Audio mixing fundamentals with engineer Graham Cochrane
In our August Disc Makers Twitter chat (#DMchat), Graham Cochrane, mixing engineer and founder of The Recording Revolution, gave us an overview of audio mixing fundamentals for musicians of all genres. Read More.
Mixing on headphones in your home studio
Other than cost, which is one obvious reason headphones are a worthwhile option, here are three advantages to mixing on headphones in your home studio. Read More.
Hearing protection and your music career
As a musician, when it comes to hearing protection, your ears don’t care how good the music is, how hot the jam, or how much you let the sound “wash over you.” Noise is noise, and too many decibels for too long will permanently damage your hearing. Your ears are a precious asset, and anything that can be done to maintain hearing acuity is energy well spent. Read more.
Ear fatigue and mixing music – know the signs, avoid mistakes
Ear fatigue is a condition that can occur during mix down that you may not even recognize is happening. You’re in the studio, you think you’ve nailed the mix, you’ve been adjusting things up and down, tweaking everything until it seems to sound just right. Then the next day, you pull up the mix and think, “What the heck were we doing?” Read more.
Can’t you hear me knockin’? Practical strategies to protect your hearing.
Did you know that as little as 15 minutes of exposure to very loud music may permanently damage your hearing? Most hearing loss associated with exposure to loud noises, which is termed noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) by the audiology community, is permanent, painless, and preventable.Read more.