Get super wide funk guitars using the Haas effect In this post we are going to look at how to make guitars sound wide in a funk track. Wide guitars can be a great tool to make a mix sound bigger. This is often achieved by doubling the guitar part and panning the copies extreme […]
Ableton Live Tips
How to get a tight Kick drum sound with LFO Tool
Tight Kick drum sounds A tight kick drum sound can really help the low end of your mix. One way to achieve this is using LFO tool by Xfer Records. Steve Duda of Xfer in this Masterclass tells the story of hearing an early Deadmau5 track with an overly long kick in a large club. […]
Multiband tip for mixing guitars
Guitars in Electronic Music Here is a really quick Multiband Compression tip for mixing guitars that can help your recorded guitars sit better in a mix. When a track is made up of more VST synths and less organic instruments it can be challenging to make a raw guitar part sit well in the sonic […]
Get that big 80s Snare Drum Sound
The big 80s snare drum With 80s and 90s influences appearing more and more in music, here’s a quick tip to help you get that big 80s snare drum sound in your productions. In this lesson we are going to look at a more modern version of the big 80s snare. In a future lesson […]
Make your mixes more dynamic
Dynamics Here is a quick mixing tip to help you add interest and make your mixes more dynamic using simple automation. Music is a temporal experience to quote Steve Duda and once of the most exciting things for the listener is elements changing over time. When mixing we can fall into a trap of setting […]