Mastering In The Home Studio: Robots Vs Humans
Quick story today about how I beat up a robot. Well, not a real robot, but a music robot. OK, this is sounding weird. Literally as I type this I’m picturing the Michael Jackson music video for Beat It where those two guys kind of dance fight with knives, only...Mixing Electronic Music (2 Crucial Steps)
When it comes to mixing electronic music, to me there are two steps that standout as powerful tools to making your tracks come to life. These steps don’t require any special plugins or any particular DAW. They can be done in your current software with your...How To Make Your Mixes Standout From The Crowd
The following is a guest post from my friend Stephen Kelly, a London-based musician, mixer and educator. His mission is to help you take giant steps forward on your audio journey. You can check out all of his free techniques and systems to help you understand...Harmonic Exciters Are The Key To Mixing Electronic Music
When it comes to mixing EDM or any kind of electronic music, there is one plugin that is more helpful than all the rest: a harmonic exciter. The subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) distortion, saturation, and harmonic content they add to your synths, keys, and drums...The 8 “Laws” Of Music Making In The Home Studio
Today is The Recording Revolution’s 8th birthday! Exactly 8 years ago on this day I published my first ever post on how to build your home studio for only $500. That article has helped hundreds of thousands of people save money and get more music made than ever...3 Shortcuts To Get Good At Mixing Fast
Today I want to share the 3 Shortcuts for becoming a pro at mixing as fast as possible. Because, let’s be honest: becoming good at mixing is great, but becoming good at mixing faster is better! These are the things that I wish someone had told me when I was...It’s Better To Sound New Than To Sound Good
When I got into recording, all I wanted was my songs to sound good. Scratch that – I wanted them to sound friggin’ amazing! Maybe you can relate. That is still my goal to this day – to create amazing sounding recordings and mixes for me and my...The Best Mixing Secret Weapon (That Few Use)
With so many mixing tips and tricks floating out there these days it’s easy to gloss over one of the most powerful secret weapons you have at your disposal that largely goes unused. This nifty tool comes built into your DAW (recording and mixing software) and...Why The Pros Use Compression (And How Simple It Can Be)
Take a journey with me back almost 20 years ago when I was starting to record and mix my band in high school and let’s listen in to the mind of High School Graham circa 1999: “Wow, this whole recording and mixing thing is harder than I thought it would be....About Graham Cochrane
My name is Graham Cochrane and I'm the founder of The Recording Revolution, one of the world's most loved audio recording and mixing blogs with over 200,000 readers each month. Read more...
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