Jamie's list

Busy times

I’ve been quieter than I thought I would be over this last month!

Feb 12 • 

Jamie Hill

January 2025

Techniques for using iZotope RX to keep your vocals clean

Hi, Jamie’s list-ers — I’m back!

Jan 19 • 

Jamie Hill

December 2024

There are two ways to make something louder in the mix

The first way is obvious: turn the thing up.

Dec 11, 2024 • 

Jamie Hill

Reverb on the bass

Try it!

Dec 9, 2024 • 

Jamie Hill

Making little moves

I’ve realized that what I like to do in mixes is to force the listener to constantly be reevaluating the relationships between sounds, and therefore…

Dec 7, 2024 • 

Jamie Hill

MIDI velocity expressiveness approaches

Sometimes I want my sequenced keyboard parts to be very synthesizer-y — i.e., all notes basically the same.

Dec 5, 2024 • 

Jamie Hill

Is it too open?

If you find yourself enjoying your mix more the louder you listen to it, it’s possible that it doesn’t have enough reverb.

Dec 3, 2024 • 

Jamie Hill

Blackbird's useful attributes for a recording engineer

Our dear friend Ben has embarked on a studio engineering program at the legendary Blackbird Studios, and he sent me this pic of a slide in one of his…

Dec 1, 2024 • 

Jamie Hill

November 2024

Listen to your work really loud sometimes

Why?

Nov 30, 2024 • 

Jamie Hill

What does it mean to push harder into the master bus?

I had a mentee ask me this today:

Nov 29, 2024 • 

Jamie Hill

Three strategies for evening out an uneven bass guitar

What to do if there are uneven notes in the bass?

Nov 27, 2024 • 

Jamie Hill

On not taking no for an answer

I think that sometimes there can be a little too much of a macho-feeling approach to engineering.

Nov 26, 2024 • 

Jamie Hill