Mike Senior's Expert Tracking & Mixing TipsMany project-studio users seem to go to enormous lengths to reduce spill, but this frequently proves counterproductive, undermining the final mix. In this episode, Mike Senior demonstrates several ways spill can actually improve the sound of your productions, as well as making the mixdown stage quicker and easier.Chapters00:00 - Introduction01:22 - Tonal Enhancement05:58 - Blend Enhancement08:29 - Salvaging Mix Problems Using Spill10:37 - Top Tips For Mixing With SpillCreditsThis month's episode features audio examples from the following productions:* Marcus Boeltz, Christian Bolz & Tobias Knecht (band-tracking session)You can read about this one-room recording session in the following Sound On Sound 'Session Notes' columns:https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/session-notes-multi-purpose-recordingshttps://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/session-notes-editing-full-band-recordings* Spektakulatius: 'Forever Young' & 'Is You Is Or Is You Ain't'Download the full raw multitracks for 'Is You Is Or Is You Ain't' from https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#SpektakulatiusRead about the recording, mixing, and mastering of all these songs in the following Sound On Sound 'Session Notes' & 'Mix Rescue' columns:https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/session-notes-spektakulatiushttps://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/mix-rescue-spektakulatiushttps://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/mix-rescue-spektakulatius-0* Jesper Buhl Trio: 'What Is This Thing Called Love'Download the full raw multitracks from https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#JesperBuhlTrioRead about my mix of this project in the following Sound On Sound 'Mix Rescue' column:https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/mix-rescue-jazz-trio* Trafficker: 'My Father Never Loved Me'Download the full raw multitracks from https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#TraffickerRead about my mix of this project in the following Sound On Sound 'Mix Rescue' column:https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/mix-rescue-trafficker* Brushes Held Like Hammers (band-tracking session)You can read about this one-room recording session in the following Sound On Sound 'Session Notes' column:https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/session-notes-reducing-spill* How To Kill A Conversation: 'Mute'Download the full raw multitracks from https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#HowToKillAConversationMike Senior BiogMike Senior is a professional audio engineer, regular SOS contributor, and author of the best-selling books Mixing Secrets For The Small Studio & Recording Secrets For The Small Studio. He runs the Cambridge-MT educational resources site (including the web's largest free multitrack download library) and hosts two monthly independent podcasts, Project Studio Tea Break and the Cambridge-MT Patrons Podcast.Catch more shows on our other podcast channels: https://www.soundonsound.com/sos-podcasts Get a print or digital subscription to Sound On Sound magazine.

Mike Senior's Expert Tracking & Mixing TipsDistortion can be a surprisingly useful mix effect, if you know what you're doing. Mike Senior reveals several common applications, and explains how to get the best results in practice.Chapters00:00 - Introduction00:49 - Distortion for tonal change01:27 - Bringing sounds up front03:30 - Combatting upper-spectrum masking06:07 - Distorting rock lead vocals09:56 - Distorting bass13:16 - Practical implementation tipsCreditsThis month's episode features audio examples from the following productions:* Alex Giddens: 'Get Blown'Read about my mix of this project in Sound On Sound's October 2009 'Mix Rescue' column at https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/mix-rescue-alex-giddens* Flags: '54'Download the full raw multitracks from https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#FlagsRead about my mix of this project in Sound On Sound's March 2011 'Mix Rescue' column at https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/mix-rescue-flags* Zeno: 'Signs'Download the full raw multitracks from https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#ZenoRead about my mix of this project in Sound On Sound's March 2010 'Mix Rescue' column at https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/mix-rescue-zeno* Actions: 'Devil's Words'Download the full raw multitracks from https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#ActionsFor lots more mixing tips and audio examples relating to this project, listen to the February 2018 Cambridge-MT Patrons Podcast for free at https://www.patreon.com/posts/17201141Mike Senior BiogMike Senior is a professional audio engineer, regular SOS contributor, and author of the best-selling books Mixing Secrets For The Small Studio & Recording Secrets For The Small Studio. He runs the Cambridge-MT educational resources site (including the web's largest free multitrack download library) and hosts two monthly independent podcasts, Project Studio Tea Break and the Cambridge-MT Patrons Podcast.Catch more shows on our other podcast channels: https://www.soundonsound.com/sos-podcasts Get a print or digital subscription to Sound On Sound magazine.

Mike Senior's Expert Tracking & Mixing TipsMike Senior delves into some of the most common troubleshooting tasks when dealing with acoustic guitar recordings at mixdown, and shares his own favourite processing fixes.Chapters00:00 - Introduction01:13 - Unwanted subsonics04:16 - Undesirable resonances08:20 - Pick noise10:34 - Fret noise12:35 - Overbearing percussive components14:32 - ConclusionCreditsThis month's episode features audio examples from the following productions:* Ben Carrigan: 'We'll Talk About It All Tonight'http://www.bencarrigan.com/Download the full raw multitracks from https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#BenCarrigan* The Wrong'uns: 'Rothko'https://myspace.com/wrongunsDownload the full raw multitracks from https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#WrongUnsRead about my mix of this project in Sound On Sound's March 2013 'Mix Rescue' column at https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/mix-rescue-wronguns* Tom McKenzie: 'Directions'https://tommckenzie.bandcamp.com/Download the full raw multitracks from https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#TomMcKenzieRead about my mix of this project in Sound On Sound's April 2013 'Mix Rescue' column at https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/mix-rescue-tom-mckenzie* Fergessen: 'Nos Palpitants'http://www.fergessen.fr/Download the full raw multitracks from https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#Fergessen* Qupe: 'Ayni Nehirde'Download the full raw multitracks from https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#Qupe* The Long Wait: 'Dark Horses'http://thelongwait.com/Download the full raw multitracks from https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#LongWait* Bolz & Knecht: 'Summertime' & 'Matteo'http://www.bolzundknecht.de/Download the full raw multitracks for 'Summertime' from https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#BolzKnechtRead about the recording sessions for 'Summertime' in Sound On Sound's August 2018 'Session Notes' column at https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/session-notes-recording-acoustic-guitar-duoMike Senior BiogMike Senior is a professional audio engineer, regular SOS contributor, and author of the best-selling books Mixing Secrets For The Small Studio & Recording Secrets For The Small Studio. He runs the Cambridge-MT educational resources site (including the web's largest free multitrack download library) and hosts two monthly independent podcasts, Project Studio Tea Break and the Cambridge-MT Patrons Podcast.Catch more shows on our other podcast channels: https://www.soundonsound.com/sos-podcasts Get a print or digital subscription to Sound On Sound magazine.

Mike Senior's Expert Tracking & Mixing TipsMike Senior explores the subject of Haas delays at mixdown, explaining how they work, how to get the best out of them, and how to avoid the most common traps associated with them.Chapters00:00 - Introduction00:41 - Perception of short delays02:46 - From fused delay to Haas delay04:19 - Haas delays for stereo width05:25 - Haas delays for blend and distance09:26 - Haas delays for connecting panned doubletracks10:56 - Pitfalls with Haas delays14:50 - SummaryCreditsThis month's episode features recordings from Johnny Lokke's 'Promises & Lies', Tom McKenzie's 'Directions', and Trafficker's 'My Father Never Loved Me'. If you'd like to try mixing these projects for yourself, you can download the full raw multitracks for them here:https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#JohnnyLokkehttps://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#TomMcKenziehttps://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#TraffickerThese projects were also featured in Sound On Sound's 'Mix Rescue' column, in the January 2011, April 2013, and July 2018 issues respectively, which can be found in the magazine's article archives here:https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/mix-rescue-mixing-metalhttps://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/mix-rescue-tom-mckenziehttps://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/mix-rescue-traffickerMike Senior BiogMike Senior is a professional audio engineer, regular SOS contributor, and author of the best-selling books Mixing Secrets For The Small Studio & Recording Secrets For The Small Studio. He runs the Cambridge-MT educational resources site (including the web's largest free multitrack download library) and hosts two monthly independent podcasts, Project Studio Tea Break and the Cambridge-MT Patrons Podcast.Catch more shows on our other podcast channels: https://www.soundonsound.com/sos-podcasts Get a print or digital subscription to Sound On Sound magazine.