Short'n Snappy #1 - Compression

It's been a busy few weeks again. I finished one new mix (listen here) but mostly did some quick edits and tinkered (with a relatively low success) with some mastering gizmos on some recordings. In addition, our project band has got some new spark on recording our next song. Not to mention the home-front with all the undone stuff piling up. Therefore I decided to start a series of Short'n Snappy tutorialish snippets on all things mixing. These shouldn't take too much time and I'm sure that I will learn a lot, as I try squeeze my limited knowledge on a Short'n Snappy format. And who knows, maybe someone else can get something out if it too.

Short'n Snappy Compression

So onwards to the Short'n Snappy road to understanding Compression. Read why you would want to compress things, what compression does, what are the basic controls concerning compression and check out a bonus example of CLA-3A compressor on action. Welcome!

New Stuff - Recording Secrets for the Small Studio

Nothing much happening this week. Superbusy and supertired does not much accomplish. I did however get my hands on a brand new copy of a new book by Mike Senior. Recording Secrets for the Small Studio should get me to the fast track towards recording professional audio. I loved Mikes previous book (check my review here) and I have very high expectations for this one too. I have skimmed a few pages so I'll drop a quick preview for some easy bloggins. 

Mike Senior - Recording Secrets for the Small Studio

Mix Breakdown - August DM Mix Competition

August was a busy month. Among other things, I entered a mixing competition organized at the Dueling Mixes forum. It was great to see how all of the submitted mixes were so different. I was quite happy with my mix, even though it didn't rank at the top 5. So I decided to open up my mix and shed some light to some of the more interesting parts of my mix. Welcome to my first Mix Breakdown.

Home Studio Improvement - New Sheriff in Town

Finally, after a few more heat strokes from my old work horse, I got a new laptop for my studio. No more sweaty palms and panic accompanied by the sweet scent of electric burn. No need for the usual questions. When was my last backup run? Did I remember to save? Will it start again? Where's Matlock?

Now there's a new Sheriff in town. ASUS N750J taking control and asking no questions. A huge improvement, not only in reliability, but in performance also. But it wasn't all that easy. When it came to moving my studio software and audio interface, what started as a simple task, transformed into a vortex of licensing procedures sucking the life out of me.