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EQing delays: two different approaches
Delay plugins frequently have low and high EQ built into them. But, also, you could put EQ after the delay with a separate plugin. So, what are the…
How to help a muddy guitar sound — part IV
In response to part III of this unexpected little miniseries, our dear friend Chris Palmer sent this: Another thing to look at is pickup height…
How to help a muddy guitar sound — part III
Our friend Nicola sent me this excellent message apropos of muddy guitar tones; I’m reproducing it here for your edification! Just read your Jamie’s…
How to help a muddy guitar sound — part II
Yesterday, I shared some ideas for how to fix a muddy guitar sound in the mix. However! If you have the option to help the guitar sound better on the…
How to help a muddy guitar sound — part I
A mentee asks: A person I’m working with really wants to have her electric tenor guitar on as many tracks as possible. I'm having an issue where the…
A way to help the cause: invite your friends to read Jamie's list 🖤
Hi! The below is a prefab Substack thing — but it seems like a decent idea, so I’ve turned it on, changed like ten words to get a little of the…
Combine drum machines with live drums
Do you work with drum machines? Here are a couple of fun things to try. If the base of your drum sound is drum machines, then swap out one instrument…
Lo-fidelity as a virtue
I was having a text conversation the other day with one of the people in a rad punk band I’m working with, talking about production and mixing. And he…
Make presets of your idiosyncratic sounds
Yesterday’s post talked about the idea that you might have ways of working that are idiosyncratic; that are unique to you. Perhaps they’re beginner…
Embrace your idiosyncrasies
If your experience in the world is anything like mine, you compare your work to other people’s. It’s hard not to do, if you’re wired like me. And…
You can do this
I got the absolute loveliest message from someone today on Mastodon. (Someone from Denmark! The internet will never stop feeling magical.) They said: I…
Send an MP3 — but bounce a WAV
All DAWs these days can bounce (export) a bunch of different file formats. So what kind of files should you export and send to the people you’re working…
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