Digtal Street Studio and Media Productions - Audio Recording Update 9.26.12

Hours of mixing comes at a price. Yes, there's always money associated with mixing but the price I'm referring too is hearing. Make sure your audio levels stay low. This will allow you to mix longer and maintain accuracy. If you find that your mix levels are starting to increase, give yourself a break for a few hours. Hope the infro helps.

Chris and Kevin
Digital Street Studio
and Media Productions
Serving Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Digital Street Studio and Media Productions - Audio Recording Update 9.21.12

The more time I spend talking to other musicians, not to mention individuals just starting to engineer their own music, I'm finding frustration concerning drum mixes. Their mixes are either muddy or undefined. Also, they lack pop or punch. There's multiple factors that can cause this. First, let's start with the basics. Are you recording with dedicated drum mic's? Are your drums set up for studio recording? (Quality heads, tuning and tightness are crucial) Is the room acoustically treated? These are the basics and need to be addressed first. Second, proper eq, compression and reverb have to be properly adjusted. Without proper eq'ing and compression, your mixes will sound lifeless. So, now that we have that covered, adjust your other instrument levels so the drums are in context. Now, this is considered the missing step and in all likelyhood the reason for your frustration........Bounce or bus the drums to a L & R stereo mix. This opens up the audio field to allow the other tracks to breath and will tighten the drums giving them more definiton. This will give you the ability to fine tune the eq, compression and overall reverb if needed. Hope the info helps.

Chris and Kevin
Digital Street Stduio
& Media Productions
Dover, Delaware

Serving Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.

Digital Street Studio and Media Productions, Audio Recording Update 9.13.12

Creating the "perfect" mix very rarely happens on the first try. It doesn't matter if you've been engineering and producing for many years. It's very possible, the next day you listen to that same mix you will find elements to make it better. Elements you didn't hear the day before. Basically, give yourself time to turn mixes around. Your mixes will only benefit and so will your reputation.

Chris and Kevin
Digtal Street Studio
and Media Productions
Dover, Delaware

Serving Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey and Pennsylvania

Digital Street Studio and Media Productions Delaware Recording Update 9.4.12

Technology is a good thing right? I would have to say most of the time, depending on the application. For example, Protools is a great recording platform....most of the time. With the purchase of an expensive mixing console interface, you can do real time edits and mixes quicker. Downside, that expense has to be incorporated into your overhead. Ultimately, increasing your hourly rate for your clients. So, what's the gain? Well, as I said before you can edit and mix faster. OK, that's great! However, if you're maintaining audio quality at a reasonable cost, why incorporate thousands of dollars into your overhead?? Yes, businesses have to grow and expand with the times. Usually, that growth also comes with a price tag. The hard part is determining when to pull the trigger on such purchases. Keep in mind, demand and region have to be considered when it comes to your business. Hope to see you soon in the studio.

Chris and Kevin
Digital Street Studio
and Media Productions
Dover, Delaware

Serving Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania