Last session of the day, 4 track club techno EP. Mixes were pretty heavily compressed and had lost a touch of fizz and life. So, opened out the mids with the Vitaliser and added some sparkle. A little mid push from the pultec on the low mids, combined with some excitation of the low mids via the HE2. This gave some fizz and life back to the squeezed mids. A touch more sparkle from the HE2 in the tops, and some very subtle saturation in the lows. A little more mojo from the RS124, some more punch to the kick from the Multicore, and then everything pulled together with the Vastaso 2. This left the mix loud and punchy, with plenty of life and fizz to make the overall sound a bit more lively.
Mastering for vinyl today. Some experimental music with lots of things vinyl doesn't like. A whole bunch of wide high frequency transients, so plenty of accel limiting, dynamic EQ/de-essing, and multiband comp to get the sides under control. 8 track double vinyl of this, hard work.
Working on vinyl masters for some experimental music containing lots of things vinyl doesn't like. High frequency, super wide transients. So, a lot of work to soften and reduce that. Accel limiting, multiband compression, dynamic EQ/de-essing, and we get into a good space for a loud cut at 33rpm. 8 track double vinyl of this stuff, real hard work.
Hard at work after so much time off due to shingles. Catching up the bookings and grinding hard. Here I'm working on some cinematic bass music, mix was very tilted to the lows, so I'm bringing out all the detail in the highs and high mids. Combination of EW, saturation and multi and compression, and vitalising.
Today, doing the vinyl pre's for the mighty Zhark Recordings.
Mastering some techno today. Nice solid production so I'm just embellishing the sound, getting more oomph into the percussion and low end, a touch more width some sparkle on the tops, and stages of saturation to liven up the sound and help get up to the final level before limiting.
Another long and late day. Back to some finishing touches on a mix and master project. The mighty Hyenaz close out the day in the studio.
Late sessions all week this week. Going to south Africa in a week, and the work don't get done when the engineer ain't around.
Late sessions all week this week. Going to south Africa in a week, and the work don't get done when the engineer ain't around.
Some lovely pensive, jazzy electronic beats in the studio today. Main issue, pulling in a highly resonant and loud shaker so it sits back inside the mix. A combination of dynamic EQ and some targeted saturation got it sitting back in the saddle. Drove the sides a little in the Carnaby, to thicken them up a touch as there's a lovely synth pad in there that was getting dominated by the mods. This gave the mix more width and weight without clumping things up. Tickles of compression here and there elsewhere just to get everything balanced nicely. Quite a bit of saturation overall as I felt this tune benwfitted from a really rich analogue sound. Nice way to the end the day.
Mastering for the wonderful, transgressive, experimental, industrial group Hyenaz today for their forthcoming album and single. Challenging experimental music to mix and master, but challenging and unique music is my happy place here at BMStudio. Long live the fighters. ✊
Last session of the day, 4 track club techno EP. Mixes were pretty heavily compressed and had lost a touch of fizz and life. So, opened out the mids with the Vitaliser and added some sparkle. A little mid push from the pultec on the low mids, comb
Mastering for vinyl today. Some experimental music with lots of things vinyl doesn't like. A whole bunch of wide high frequency transients, so plenty of accel limiting, dynamic EQ/de-essing, and multiband comp to get the sides under control. 8 track
Working on vinyl masters for some experimental music containing lots of things vinyl doesn't like. High frequency, super wide transients. So, a lot of work to soften and reduce that. Accel limiting, multiband compression, dynamic EQ/de-essing, and
Hard at work after so much time off due to shingles. Catching up the bookings and grinding hard. Here I'm working on some cinematic bass music, mix was very tilted to the lows, so I'm bringing out all the detail in the highs and high mids. Combinatio
Today, doing the vinyl pre's for the mighty Zhark Recordings.
Mastering some techno today. Nice solid production so I'm just embellishing the sound, getting more oomph into the percussion and low end, a touch more width some sparkle on the tops, and stages of saturation to liven up the sound and help get up to
Another long and late day. Back to some finishing touches on a mix and master project. The mighty Hyenaz close out the day in the studio.
Late sessions all week this week. Going to south Africa in a week, and the work don't get done when the engineer ain't around.
Some lovely pensive, jazzy electronic beats in the studio today. Main issue, pulling in a highly resonant and loud shaker so it sits back inside the mix. A combination of dynamic EQ and some targeted saturation got it sitting back in the saddle. D
Mastering for the wonderful, transgressive, experimental, industrial group Hyenaz today for their forthcoming album and single. Challenging experimental music to mix and master, but challenging and unique music is my happy place here at BMStudio. Lo