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Hi Friend,
I’m always sharing tips that can help you produce radio-ready recordings from your home studio, and today I have something special for you.
Here's a chance to help you take your recordings from GOOD to INCREDIBLE.
I’m going to show you how to get the depth and clarity you hear in the tracks of your idols.
THIS WEEK we will be giving you the chance to Make Better Music and Produce Killer Recordings in Your Studio with some new tips and tricks I’ll be sending via email, along with a BRAND NEW live webinar.
I’ve teamed up with Dave Kusek from New Artist Model and Gary Gray from the Lucrative Home Studio to put together this new series and I’m super excited about it.
Gary Gray is an award-winning producer who has built a niche for himself servicing HUGE clients like 20th Century Fox and Disney out of his own home studio, and let me tell you, this guy is SMART. His mentors include Phil Collins, Jermaine Jackson and Phil Ramone.
Let’s get started right now with TODAY’S TIP #1:
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| | Here’s an easy way to brighten up muddy mixes.
Every mix has an “invisible” accumulation of low end frequencies that can cause the final mix and master to sound “muddy”- even on high frequency instrument tracks. In other words, let’s say you have a hi-hat track (whether played by a live drummer or with a synth or virtual instrument). Most producers like to mix their hi-hat tracks with a nice strong crispy high end up around 5kHz to 8kHz or even higher depending on preference.
A “high pass filter” allows the high frequencies to pass and cuts the low frequencies, and although you might not think of it this way, it can be an invaluable tool to brighten up your mixes.
You wouldn’t think that you would need to CUT the low end of that track in order to increase the quality of your overall mix. In fact, even when you DO cut the lower frequencies (let’s say from 100Hz down to 20Hz) it’s hard to hear any big difference on that hi-hat track.
Here’s the secret - instead of cutting the low frequencies on just a few tracks, cut those low frequencies across the board - EXCEPT FOR LOW END INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS KICK DRUM, BASS, LOW STRINGS, ETC. DO NOT high pass filter your low end instruments. You can do this in every DAW quickly by choosing all tracks (except for low end instruments) and universally setting the EQ. Check your owners manual for how to adjust identical EQs on more than one track at a time.
With this technique you’ll instantly notice the punch, brilliance, and clarity of your mix improving. It’s pretty amazing and this is something you can do to your mixes IMMEDIATELY! Plus, your mastering engineer will love you for it. Especially if your mastering engineer is YOU!
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| | We have more production secrets coming your way this week, but you’ll MISS OUT on all of it if you don’t open my next few emails when they come.
Don’t pass up this opportunity to learn how to produce better music and create killer tracks that stand up to anything you hear on Spotify or the radio.
So look out for my next email on Sunday!
Bobby
P.S. And make sure you join us in the live WEBINAR on Wednesday, February 6 at 1PM EST for the chance to learn directly from Gary Gary, Dave Kusek and I. We’ll be covering 4 tips to create killer recordings AND we’ll be answering all your questions live.
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