Sitemap - 2023 - Jamie's list
Take some down time now and then
Don't worry so much about your gear
Mono compatibility — a brief conversation
Dual shelves instead of a bell
Tips for using Sonarworks Sound ID
Ron Miller's Practice Guide for Music
Jamie's list celebrates 4 months! 🥳
The more you listen, the more you hear
A word about peak output levels
How I set my master bus limiter, annotated
A reader question re compression and limiting on the master bus
If it makes you uncomfortable, do it ten times
It's not done until the artist is 100% happy
Clipping / limiting / tape at the channel level
Instead of a clipper, try tape
Doing limiting in multiple processes
Clearing the way for your next work
Vulnerability isn't always comfortable
We're all just making this up as we go
Keep an eye on your stereo phase correlation
Break your reverb up into component parts
Don't be precious about things — a reader response
Let the listener do some of the work
A two-step process for removing plugins
Don't be precious about things
You should have a vocal master
Reader strategies for humanizing drum programming
You can *add* noise to your recordings
Don't automatically edit audio tracks
You need an offline loudness-measuring utility
How to make VST drums sound more realistic
Rendering out virtual instruments
Nico's day-job transition story
Problems first, creative work second
Day jobs: the argument against
How to help a muddy guitar sound — part V
Am I polishing my work to the standards I wish to hold my work to?
Why am I doing this? A response.
Jamie's list, month 2: the state of the union is strong
A couple of acoustic guitar preamp questions
So, what led to the muddy guitar tone? An enquiry, part III
So, what led to the muddy guitar tone? An enquiry, part II
So, what led to the muddy guitar tone? An enquiry, part I
EQing delays: two different approaches
How to help a muddy guitar sound — part IV
How to help a muddy guitar sound — part III
How to help a muddy guitar sound — part II
How to help a muddy guitar sound — part I
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Combine drum machines with live drums
Make presets of your idiosyncratic sounds
Send an MP3 — but bounce a WAV
A good workflow for mixing someone else's song
Listen on good speakers too, if you can
How to make a natural-sounding fade-out
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Standardize your monitoring level, part III: switch it up
Standardize your monitoring level, part II: mastered loudness vs. mix loudness
Standardize your monitoring level
Jamie's list is one month old!
Air, part II: the finishing touches
Using nudge to create energy and groove
The thing that's first is the thing you hear
Some more of my favorite indie plugin developers
Pair a boost and a cut, part II: low frequencies
Pair a boost and a cut, part I: high frequencies
Set up your master bus before you hit play
Indie plugin developers that I love (pt 1)
you can (and should!) use multiple compressors on the same thing
Sometimes the best EQ is a compressor
24-bit exports vs 32-bit floating point exports: the case for 32-bit
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How to use a limiter on your master bus
Only change things that need it
Exporting a mix: 24-bit vs 32-bit float