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Get PUNCHY Drums In Your Orchestral Track
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Get PUNCHY DRUMS In Your ORCHESTRAL MIX

Do you know when your drum/percussion tracks just aren’t cutting through your orchestral mix? Here’s a walkthrough of what I did whilst mixing this track to solve the problem for me. Hope you find it helpful 🙂 Mixing Punchy Orchestral Drums TRACK INFO Reckoning Action by Kyle McCuiston on Filmstro Read more…

By John Elleson-Hartley, 1 month7th April 2022 ago
Blueland Tales by Frank Pfeiffer ft. Zefora Alderman
Mastered

Blueland Tales by Frank Pfeiffer ft. Zefora Alderman

“Blueland Tales” is a wonderful track by Frank Pfeiffer and “A musical adventure through a world of tales and fantasy”. This atmospheric track features the ethereal and dreamy voice of the awesome Zefora Alderman. I really enjoyed mixing and mastering this track for Frank. Have a listen below and see Read more…

By John Elleson-Hartley, 6 years ago
Getting Some Sparkle With The Waves Aphex Exciter!
Mixing

Getting Some Sparkle With The Waves Aphex Exciter!

I was doing some mixing over the weekend and, due to seeing one of Waves’s often sales, I thought I’d give the Waves Aphex Vintage Aural Exciter a shot at it’s bargain price. (I may have also bought a couple of more toys in the sale!). Here’s the Waves blurb Read more…

By John Elleson-Hartley, 7 years6th July 2015 ago
Acoustics

Musical Experience – Anthony Tustin’s Sunlight

I’ve had an excellent week with having Ant in the studio for his work experience. We’ve been able to do a variety of jobs to give him an idea of what music studio work can involve. Ant has had a full introduction to the studio environment, the room treatment, and Read more…

By John Elleson-Hartley, 11 years15th July 2011 ago
Acoustics

The Room Is Key

The rooms we perform, record, mix, and master in, should be the best they can be for the required role to help us achieve a great sound and performance. I was accompanying Trinity Guildhall exams today at St.George’s Church in Worcester and it reminded me of how important our surroundings Read more…

By John Elleson-Hartley, 11 years17th March 2011 ago
Dynamic Range

Dynamic Range Day Is Coming Soon!

There is a dream that many people share for an end to the mental loudness war that still continues after many years. One man who champions the idea of putting dynamic range back into music is mastering engineer Ian Shepherd (@ianshepherd) and he has come up with an excellent idea Read more…

By John Elleson-Hartley, 12 years19th March 2010 ago
Mixing

Mix The Kutiman Way

Just been introduced to the talent of Kutiman via Paul Rostill with his post on the SOS Music Recording Technology Forum. Here’s his perfect description of what Kutiman does: “What he has done is use Youtube as a stonking great big sample library, of sorts. And he’s not using just Read more…

By John Elleson-Hartley, 12 years20th January 2010 ago

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  • A Emotive New Chapter From Marcus Hedges
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