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There are so many great plugins that are crucial to achieving a great mix.
BUT when it comes to mixing a live worship recording, ONE STANDS OUT.
You have to use a plugin like this to control all...
I had the honor and pleasure of mixing a 14 song Christmas worship service with not a lot of time to do it. Look here.
I had a week to do it.
Actually less than a week because I already had fami...
Worship these days can be and should be recorded anywhere and everywhere.
I had the honor of recording and mixing a few songs for Ben Ottolini in the Crown Brew Coffee co. shop in Marion, Illinois. ...
Background vocals can be so tricky to work with.
How do you make them sound good together?
How do you make sure the lead vocal is out front and not covered up by the BGVs?
What if you have some ba...
The DRUM SAUCE.
This is the finishing move to make your worship drums sound BIG and PUNCHY. The reverb, saturation, and little additives that make all the difference when mixing worship ...
Let's talk drum compression.
1.Bus Compression. You can hit your drum bus HARD for worship drums. This will glue them all together and add THAT worship drum sound to your mix.-5to -10db of gain redu...
HERE WE GO!
So many people have been asking how I mix worship drums. I decided to do it in a 3 part series!
Part 1: OUT NOW is all about EQ and Gating.
Drums is a big undertaking so I really want...
Honestly though, can a DI acoustic sound good?
Yes, it can. But it will take a lot of precision work and recreating the sound.
I will say, if you can overdub the acoustic in a studio with micropho...
Vocals are always going to be the most important part of any live worship recording. If the vocal is off in anyway, then it doesn't really matter how great the rest of the mix is.
BUT the main issue...
Electric guitars are pivotal in a modern worship mix. They bring SO MUCH energy to the mix.
The tone of the guitar always starts with the guitar player. He/She has to be a solid player and understan...
The chorus of any song is always the most important part of the song.
Your chorus has to pop out and be the pinnacle of the song.
How do we accomplish this when mixing?
We use things like percus...
The bass guitar is so insanely important in worship music. It holds it all together.
Bass now a days is not as smooth sounding as it once was. Its aggressive, compressed, and gritty. Most bass playe...
