Quick Bettermaker Mastering Compressor review
Posted by bobmaccsblog in General on April 7, 2021
Typed this on Gear….. space, thought I might as well bung it here. Lots happening here peeps, sorry for silence. More stuff soon, honest. ********* Ok, I wanted to write more about this comp but here we go. I’ve had it for about 6 months I think. It’s growing on me. The sound: In BM […]
GOLY Dynamic shelving equaliser review
Posted by bobmaccsblog in General on February 24, 2021
Hey hey everybody 🙂 This review will start with the now-standard apology to the manufacturer, for the lengthy delay in writing this review. I’ll follow that with the same reason I’ve given before: I’ve been too busy using the thing to write about it. So, I’m sorry Gustav, but it’s your own fault. I’ll follow […]
Bob Olhsson quote
Posted by bobmaccsblog in General on December 4, 2020
Just saw this courtesy of the Gearslutz mastering forum. He puts it much better than I ever have. And you can’t argue with Bob O, I don’t care who you are. ‘Mastering is creatively frustrating. We can work our “miracles” but they’ll never sound as good as getting the basic integrity of the mix right […]
Mix headroom for the 86 billionth time
Posted by bobmaccsblog in General on November 11, 2020
Response on a friend’s Facebook page, essentially asking “how much headroom is good for dance music?”. Short answer – it doesn’t matter. Just stay under 0dBFS and don’t worry about it. Export at 24-bit, or at 32-bit floating point. I can explain the difference if you need but it doesn’t really matter if you’re under […]
Limiting / clipping things in the mix
Posted by bobmaccsblog in General on November 2, 2020
“… Do you think it’s degrading my sound quality to be limiting my groups in the mix down process? To be honest, I never use compressors, only limiters if I’m trying to control sharp peaks or potentially smash a snare or clean sound. I just feel like there’s something I’m doing wrong, or some technique […]
51dB Audio PEQEX review
Posted by bobmaccsblog in General on October 20, 2020
I want to start this review with an apology. I’d like to apologise to Peter for it taking so very long to get this thing written. I could blame Coronavirus, lockdown and all that stuff. But the fact is I’ve been so busy using this thing that time has got away from me. So Peter, […]
Technical frustrations be damned
Posted by bobmaccsblog in General on September 28, 2020
[An email reply from a few years back – it’s been in draft on this blog for years now but there’s no reason not to post it…. Background: 2 years of work on an album and it’s quite possibly all going in the bin because of frustration about technical matters, sample rates being one of […]
I’m alive
Posted by bobmaccsblog in General on September 22, 2020
Hey hey everyone 🙂 I know not many people read this blog, but those who do say it’s useful. So I thought I’d pop in and say that I and the blog are both alive. Coronavirus / old age haven’t got me, I’m working like a madman as always, and I’m going to get a […]
Mix Buss Compression / Limiting – check your mix, don’t wreck your mix
Posted by bobmaccsblog in Email excerpts, General, Mixing on April 17, 2018
Sorry for the terrible title everyone. I wrote this in reply to a client wondering about all this sort of thing. Standard disclaimer: it’s not perfect but it can help a lot. “I know everyone mixes into compression these days but I’m not much of a fan. Main reason being, everyone always overdoes it (100% […]
Guess what? Sidechaining!
Posted by bobmaccsblog in General on March 15, 2018
Been a while eh? Here’s another one anyway. Client: “How was the kick drum level in the mix?” Kick drum wise, it’s actually a little hard to say. I mean, it’s absolutely fine level-wise from a certain point of view. With what seemed to be very heavy sidechaining holding absolutely everything rigidly in place though, […]
