Curious as to your guys' take on the best mixed albums in the last 25 years. I am not an audio engineer, but I admire the art, and am curious as to your take. I have really enjoyed reading your opinions on 'White Pony' by Deftones. What other albums do you think are very well mixed?

The title sums it up. Musically it's great and all, but man those first three tracks are incredibly loud. Loaded "Disease" into Ableton and took a look with Youlean Loudness Meter, came out on a whopping -2 LUFS Integrated. I'm pretty new to the game, so I can't say this is untread ground or anything, but for comparison "Luther" by Kendrick Lamar sits around -7 LUFS Integrated. That's a big difference. Hats off to Serbhan Ghenea and Randy Merrill, they did a great job IMO.

I plan on using a close mic to record flute in a video and was wondering if I should reach for a pop filter/windscreen to prevent any air blasts from hitting the capsule? I'm thinking about using a Rode NT5 I just picked up on every instrument source, but it's a SDC, so it's really easy to pop. I'm hesitant because the pop filter doesn't look great on camera. I like the sound a few inches from the mouthpiece.

Thoughts?

I was wondering if anyone has any experience sending 4 individual tracks (Garageband project) from the Behringer UMC404 into the Tascam 414?

I've recorded a whole bunch of songs and now that I'm at the mixing stage I want to send each track 1. Drums 2. Bass 3. Guitar 4. Vocals - from Garageband into the Tascam as an individual track. Is this possible?

Good results playing 50+yo 1/4in tape on a studio machine direct to a Zoom F3.

So I’m wondering, as I’ve seen people talk about this, how would I go about getting an IR from let’s say capitol chambers to run through M4L convolution reverb?

I don’t exactly know how the insulation works, but if a panel is moved around a lot (or mounted to a door that moves a lot), does the insulation go into the air or is it safe to do this? Kind of a dumb question but trying to retrofit a bedroom to be a better mixing space and wanted to ask. Thanks.

I’ve always heard that Lars had the bass turned way down on the Justice album for one reason or another. Are there any other examples of this?

First I just want to mention that I do audio-post for work, and I am not a novice - I can make dialogue sound nice but I admit that I struggle to get that intimate and warm sound.

I usually end up with pleasantly clean and balanced dialogue, but I really love dialogue on the darker/fuller side of the spectrum - but when I try, it usually just ends up too boomy/undefined in stead.

This is a great example of what I mean by warm and detailed at the same time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yptShJNa730

Granted, this is from 1997 - ignoring the audio artifacts of the time period; I hear the same sort of fundamental tonality in newer productions too with cleaner audio.

It's a sort of intimate and mellow tone, but also clear and detailed.

Other than great mics, a quiet set, phase coherence, basic eq and compression, what are some tips and tricks one can do in post to achieve this sound?

Any advice is very much appreciated!

PS: I tried to post this in "audiopost" first but it didn't work.

Is it a subtle difference, or obviously distinguishable to the trained ear?

Is it worth exporting my music at the higher quality despite the big file sizes?

In videography, the standard for playback is 24 or 30 frames per second. So, if shooting for a slow-motion effect, it's common to record at 60fps, because you can slow it down to 40% speed before it becomes visibly "choppy".

I'm trying to find similar songs / or what genre to search that has this specific style of sound/guitar. For the longest time, I thought it was some sort of steel guitar, but after asking my audio engineer friend, he said it's probably a lead guitar with various effects (reverb, chorus, delay).

Backseat Lovers - Visciously Lonely (3:50)
https://youtu.be/9ectTj1cpwU?si=xSFTX9HdK74fIntI&t=226

Hippo Campus - way it goes (1:58)
https://youtu.be/n3TQKEUne5Q?si=YvMbGIiPHYaNEj72&t=118

Other example:
d4vd - One More Dance (0:06)
https://youtu.be/DPBuJWUNQEM?si=Yc6T85k_5vUVW3MS&t=6

Can anyone pinpoint what genre this is? What effects they're using to achieve this style of sound?

Thanks.

My ear is not good enough to figure out this sound; I feel it's a few different parallel notes converging and diverging, with slow filter cutoff change, but would really appreciate help in dissecting/decomposing how it's done :)

I've heard "similar" type of sound in:

1. Mass Effect video game, Galaxy Map: https://youtu.be/0Wqo4RrT7F0?si=ZPDmP4VdYYelzSkN&t=607
2. An even cooler, somewhat more complex sound in Comsonaut's dream song by Code Electro, first couple of bars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cze5YPaJsiY <--- this is the one I'd really love to better understand 🤞

Super grateful for any insight! Many thanks :)

I "left" the entertainment industry about ten years ago. I was mostly touring as FOH, A2, and/or stage manager, and I also worked some studio projects with close friends as a producer/engineer. I went to school for production and had aspirations of becoming a sound designer. However, the allure of a stable career with benefits led me away from audio production. Now, having been firmly out of the loop for the better part of a decade, I'm looking to dust off my chops and try to get some scratch money on the side.

I know it's a bit of a broad topic, but I'm curious to know what avenues for opportunity are particularly common right now. How many podcasters and streamers need expert help producing or editing their content? Is mastering still outsourced by musicians?

I've read the FAQs and I'm firmly aware of the competitive nature of finding work in this field and the time it takes to get involved on a project and see it through. I'm looking to put my knowledge and passion to good use, and to put a number on it, maybe earn an extra $100-200 a month at some point later this year.

What's the pessimist's point of view, and what's the optimist's point of view on working audio production as a side gig in 2025?

Getting conflicting opinions when you dig through very old forums about the purpose of this unit, some say it’s a rudimentary old line splitter and other people (maybe effected by its badge) say it’s a golden pre with ‘secret powers’, I’m inclined to believe the former but as it’s a piece there’s no discussion about on here I’d love to hear some experience.. (if there is any)

(An odd studio near me has one and I’m debating recording there..)

How are we feeling so far? I’ve been tracking prices for the last few months and things are finally starting to go up. I’ve been tracking basic items, like KRK Rokit 5s are now $399 for a pair up from $319. BAE raised prices on all their products by about $100 each no matter what it is. Anyone else notice anything else go up substantially? Think the used gear market will catch up while it still lags behind?

Hey guys, i have an online test that is part of my dissertation at uni testing the perceived quality when detuning harmonics in a saw wave. if anyone has a few spare minutes to complete would be very much appreciated although you do need a laptop unfortunately. http://s1046244098.websitehome.co.uk/

Has anyone compared the sound of Sonarworks built in eq VS using the DSP based EQ withing RME Totalmix Room Eq.

I've read reveiws saying that UAD's Implementation of Sonarworks uses UAD eq's that improve the quality of the sound VS sonarworks built in eq's.

Would love some insight on the quality of the RME eq's VS the sonarworks eq's

Also, If you have the UAD Fairchild 660 is that actually equivalent to having a Fairchild 660?

Does anyone know of any (fairly reputable) companies/studios/hire houses that do degree apprenticeships in sound engineering? My main goal is to do theatre, technical theatre, and in specific, lighting, but I'm going to keep my formal education broader to keep my future options open!

UK based, but possibly willing to study abroad.

Does anyone know why my microphone occasionally does this? Anyone know WHAT it's actually doing, or how i can toggle for some trolling?

https://medal.tv/games/league-of-legends/clips/jmGL2PogyBMitlNnO?invite=cr-MSxJN1gsMTc4NTY3NTY

I started making a plugin a year ago with the goal of making it easy to do a real-time slowdown & speedup effect, and easy to know the new tempo and key after time stretching. I did it, and I get emails saying how it's fantastic and how I should make more plug-ins, but they have no idea how far gone I am. I have spent close to 800 hours, nearly every weekend and evening this past winter finishing the plugin. I have lost relationships with once close friends and now I am bleeding money.

Google Search Ads are bleeding my savings with no conversions, and hardly anyone has purchased the plugin. I reached out to Plugin Boutique and Splice a while back but I am still waiting to hear back from them. I paid an influencer on instagram to make a video, and it did not result in a single sale.

What drives me crazy is I KNOW the plugin is great because the one's who have bought it are in love with it, but not WHY nobody else wants to buy it.

Has anyone been able to develop a plugin and successfully start a company selling it? Steve Duda and Serum is the anyone-can-make-it story of making plugins, but I'm scared to admit I may have thrown away a year of my life.

The plugin is called SpeedShift Speedup by Sottovoce DSP

I just realized people that hate on digital audio most likely reference this sound but they are stuck in the past. I was born in 2002 so can someone explain why so many songs sounded digital/tinny in that era?

Its a very unique sound that doesnt get heard much anymore. (Justin Bieber, Shakira, Brittney Spears, Rihanna, Lady Gaga. I want to learn and replicate this sound. I havent found any resources or yt videos tho

Hi Guys I am new to this and need your advise. I recently purchase above microphones and testing my voice. My voice comes off very boomy and muddy on MKH50 and Oktava, Diety is a better. I have some what decent room with carpets, curtains and wall acoustic panels and some on the ceiling where I am recording. Today I played my recording on my TV with home theater speakers it was so boomy almost hard to understand the words. I see some Audio Youtubers and their voice is so clean and crisp and I don't know how to get that. Below is my EQ, please go easy I am just learning this stuff.my most recent youtube video on Oktava MK-12

EQ : Low Pass filter Frequency 95 -- 24 cut
Frequency 124 -2.5db
Fr 245 -8.0 QFactor 10.3 mouth to left >
Fr 3.4k +3.3 Q Factor 4.0
Fr 8k +8.0db mouth to right <
Fr 11k +20db mouth to right <