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It's been a while since I posted, but I'll pick up where I left off with little things I do which help me with my mixes. Tip #33 was listening to a mix with the door closed and Tip...
Recording Tip 33: I’ll often listen to a mix playback outside of the control room...mostly with the door closed.This is a tip is another of those happy accidents. I was working on a mix one day when a client...
A few months ago, I wrote a blog about Steve Jobs upon his decision to step down from his position at Apple. Not long after that, he passed away. Recently, I read the fantastic biography on his life by...
This was another happy accident found when working. I was printing a mix, listening on my small speakers with the volume low. As it played, I turned to take a look at the muted TV, which I keep behind...
As some of you may know, I post a series of recording tips from my twitter account, @davidschober. I am in the process of expounding on these tweets in my blog; this is #31 in that series and got...
The word has positive and negative interpretations. But what I want to discuss is the negative one. Let’s cut to the chase. The fact is this: Once one has sufficient skills, what’s most likely to get them to be...
A few weeks ago, the news came from Apple which most of us knew we’d hear sooner rather than later: Steve Jobs resigned his position at the company he started. By now, there are no doubt numerous...
As far as I know, this phrase was first coined years ago when I was assisting my mentor, Bill Schnee in the course of struggling with a snare that was so over-EQ'd, there was hardly any quality of the...
If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that there’s no such thing as a small gig. Every job you ever take has its repercussions, positive or negative. Rarely are they neutral. And the fact is, in my experience, I’ve...
Of all the tweets I’ve posted, I get the most questions on this one. People ask, “What do you mean by 'truly stereo?'” I think the question comes from a lack of understanding of what stereo is. So what...
This is #8 in my series of tips I post on Twitter and my blogsite: Just because something is analog doesn’t mean it's better. Bad analog products have been around for decades. I grew up in the analog age....
It’s a well-worn phrase, but not always true, especially in music. And in creating pop music, there are few places where it’s more proven than in mixing. Just ask yourself; How many albums have you heard which sound really...
Greetings to all who tune in to the ProSoundNetwork! My name is David Schober. What you’ll find here will be various tips and observations I've been fortunate to learn from some of the best engineers, producers and players in...