Comments on: My Top Mixing Tip – No effort required !

By: mickenzy

mickenzy — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:16:13 +0000

tnx ian. Av bn a victim cuz i spend most of my tym listnin 2 my mixes on d monitor and always disapointd @ it outside.

By: Shane

Shane — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 02:39:05 +0000

Great tip! Also, not a bad idea to A/B against a fave CD while mixing/mastering (along those same lines).

By: Ian Shepherd

Ian Shepherd — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:25:32 +0000

Hi Tally,

Cool video – and good luck with the single !

Ian

By: Tally Koren

Tally Koren — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:01:22 +0000

I am a singer-songwriter Tally Koren writing to you today about the launch of new single 72 Names (Hallelujah) which will last for 72 days. Over the campaign I’m exploring the significance of the number 72 in lots of different situations and I would like you to be part of it!

My blog today is about mixing, something that I’ve really learnt the importance of through my years of recording songs. If I take the parable of baking a cake – you can have the best ingredients to make a chocolate cake but if you put too much of one ingredient in, over the others it will destroy it, if you over cook it or under cook it that will make a big difference, and it is the same with mixing – watch my video from the mixing room of making of my new single 72 Names (Hallelujah).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIk0-H9vFjg

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:21:23 +0000

Great tip. Also, don’t listen to web radio, or anything else that is heavily limited at the source.

By: Ian Shepherd

Ian Shepherd — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:06:09 +0000

Trust me, it happens to all of us Glad you liked the post !

By: guitar speed

guitar speed — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:23:43 +0000

You know that’s true. I feel like a big spotlight was thrown on me, because I’m totally that guy who gets so proud over a piece and then goes to play it on different systems and gets bombarded with issues.

I guess pros have an advantage because they are observing music through their monitors all the time and are accustomed to it. This really is a nice tip – thank you.

By: Ian Shepherd

Ian Shepherd — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:16:09 +0000

Thanks chaps !

Yeah, it’s something that full-time engineers take for granted – an intimate knowledge of the monitors and the room is a big part of getting a great mix – because no matter what anyone tells you, NO room is perfect.

But unless you work somewhere 24/7, getting that knowledge can be a long and painful process. This is something of a short-cut

By: Marko

Marko — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:05:43 +0000

Ian, that’s one of those tips that makes you go, “Duh, why didn’t I think of that?!?”

Makes total sense to me – subconscious analysis and assimilation of great sounding music on one’s own set-up.

Thanks for the brilliant tip. Gotta go and hook up my music system to my home studio monitors now.

By: Joe Gilder

Joe Gilder — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:31:14 +0000

Great article, Ian! You’re completely right, I don’t listen to my studio monitors NEARLY as much as I do earbuds or a car stereo. Now if only I could find a way to install my monitors in my car…