catandbeats

Jose Feedback

30 minutes of information here so have fun and take notes :)

Anatol's Feedback

In all honesty this track sounds pretty damn good as is. Just a few tweaks and start releasing and using this song as a reference for your new material as well. 

Which headphones to upgrade to?

Having a set of closed and open headphones would be my go to. Keep the m50 to produce in and mix/master on open back headphones like the hd650. The HD650's are very neutral so it is as close to a "...

Jan's quest for a specific Kick sound

It sounds like the masterbus is also clipped so it might be that he used a "warmer" there too throwing us off a bit. 

Anatol's track

great vibe, just turn down that bleepy thing and the rest of the list ;)

Vocal processing and working with a vocalist or acapella

For the 1st question it's all about de tuning and recording right. So, get close the mic, use a pop filter and say what ever in a deeper voice. Detune, eq, de ess, compress (compress hard), vocoder...

show me the numbers how loud?

No, check this yourself haha. You need to go as loud as your reference. Keep in mind that the way you measure has an effect on the "balance". So, make sure you reference with a good song and not an...

How to get loud masters

Lookahead times, release times and over sampling are where you can go to adjust your loudness.. Also, multiple stages of limiters will help a lot. 

Talking synth sounds and non boring hi hats

Formant filters are used for talking synths and for non boring hi hats play hi hats :D. you can mimic that in a couple of ways which are shown in the video.

Quick mix fixes on a commercial

Relay is a brilliant little pluggin when you need the vocals to pop forward. It's a smart sidechain. If it's too much you can also just side chain very subtly and if that is too obvious sidechain t...

Prolonging your sample with sampler

1. Find the root note
2. Set your sustain with a crossfade
3. Set your release if needed
4. Go to the filter section and adjust ADSR to your needs
5. Adjust the amount of voices
6. P...

Ableton has 20% off if you upgrade early

Just a heads up, you can save a bit if cash if you upgrade early ;)

CLA Epic and reverb talk

CLA Epic is a easy and nice way for reverbs/delays but.... In this video I show you how and when to use reverbs. So, buy it if you like and make sure you know why you are using reverbs. In short re...

Speaker placement

REW is free and most likely you have a measurement mic laying around. If not give that a google and buy the one that works with REW. For the rest it's just tinkering and implementing mini dsp or so...

Free type a plugin

Well, I am not really a fan of slate because of the marketing hype but it's a free dolby a trick plugin to tie into the video on exiters vs eq

The problems with tuning a kick drum

Please move with caution when tuning a kick drum. I highly suggest working with quality sample packs instead and just popping in an eq. 

Black Friday recommendations

For the people without cash the free plugins are the absolute shit and a half. 

Power conditioners worth to get?

Kinda, if you have rack gear it is nice to take your cable management to the next level. It does not help with ground loops though so watch the video for that. 

Kii mixing vs in ear

Bit of top end needed for the kii's and then you are good to go. The fun part for me is that you ran the kii's for a couple of days vs years of in ears. Imaging when you get used to your kii's. Ove...

Madeon OK Lead remake

Nice and difficult. I think a synth with a redux was used plus an ability to do FM. I have no clue which synth would be able to do that. But have  a little google. This version can also work i...

Exiter vs EQ

Exciters are multiband compressors :)

Gliding Squares Those were the Days BEFORE

Hey Everyone,

New project file for you to mix along to. Once the release is out the final project will be here too. 

Have fun! 

What helped me progress faster

However hard this sound it is what helped me the most. Failing as hard as I could via giving myself an unreasonable goal and not letting it go. I am talking about reverse engineering. I suggest you...

Mixing for translation on Phones and Laptops

De-ess the top end so it smooths out a bit and focus on mid bass. also, always test if your mix works in the mids and for triple points in mono. 

David's feedback

Honestly, it's already good. A few things would be a little mid range work, maybe an added clap. And de click the vocals plus width on the background vocals

Replacing kick drums the right way

The music in the mids is spot on. The only problem is most likely the overthinking about the kick drum .I would suggest simply replacing the kick. Replace the kick with a few kicks and eq t...