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Oct 04 2022

Ultimate Beginner Mixing Tip

Ultimate Beginner Mixing Tip

Here’s my ultimate beginner mixing tip. It’s a concept I’ve seen shared by some of my favourite mixers and producers including Dave Pensado, Steve Duda and Mat Zo.

Written by Johnny Copland · Categorized: Balancing, Mixing

Sep 29 2022

How to EQ Pad Sounds

How to EQ Pad Sounds

Here’s a quick look at how to make acoustic guitar sound better in your mixes. I personally find acoustic guitar one of the hardest instruments to mix and produce well. For me live acoustic guitars are up there with vocals in terms of challenge in achieving a pro sound.

Written by Johnny Copland · Categorized: EQ, Mixing, Sound Design

Sep 26 2022

How I Made This Future Disco Beat

How I made this future disco beat

Here’s a quick look at how I made this Future Disco beat. I was going for a kind of fusion of Good Faith era Madeon with some Nile Rogers and Daft Punk Random Access Memories influences.

Written by Johnny Copland · Categorized: Beat Breakdowns

Sep 25 2022

How to Make Acoustic Guitar Sound Better In Your Mixes

how to make acoustic guitar sound better - Johnny Copland

Here’s a quick look at how to make acoustic guitar sound better in your mixes. I personally find acoustic guitar one of the hardest instruments to mix and produce well. For me live acoustic guitars are up there with vocals in terms of challenge in achieving a pro sound.

Written by Johnny Copland · Categorized: EQ, Mixing

Sep 14 2022

How I Made This Beat #2

how I made this funk beat

Here’s a quick look at how I made this funk beat. I wanted to try an idea somewhere between Bruno Mars, Pharrell Williams Neptunes work and Calvin Harris Funk Wav tracks.

Written by Johnny Copland · Categorized: Beat Breakdowns

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