Anti Loudness Loudness Club

Let's try mixing a song in 1 hour... it's easier than you think.

What I’d do if I had to mix a song in record time. 1 Hour. and DONE
By exploring this thought exercise, we’ll objectively examine how to improve efficiency and effectiveness in mixing.
Unfortunately, most people tackle mixing as a bunch of fragmented tasks, which all end up chewing up efficiencies to get to a great-sounding mix because they’re stop-starting the progress of the mix as they jump from one to the next.
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Welcome to the anti loudness loudness club; where each morning while I get things set-up at the studio, I share commentary on mixing, mastering and running a studio that services around 1,000 projects per year!
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Building a network vs burning a network

I'm going to talk about building a network vs burning a network in the context building relationships that help grow your career
If you can understand the subtle difference between the two, you'll build a good reputation amongst your peers, open up doors to new opportunities and get more work in the door at the studio
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Welcome to the anti loudness loudness club; where each morning while I get things set-up at the studio, I share commentary on mixing, mastering and running a studio that services around 1,000 projects per year!
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Training your ears to recognise compression

If you can understand the subtle differences of dynamic compression, you'll make better mastering decisions, prevent yourself chasing your tail in mastering and ultimately have better sounding masters
 
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Welcome to the anti loudness loudness club; where each morning while I get things set-up at the studio, I share commentary on mixing, mastering and running a studio that services around 1,000 projects per year!
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Mastering best practices for streaming and socials

One of our prime responsibilities in mastering is to produce masters that streams faithfully and doesn’t sound wildly different when it leaves your studio.
Unfortunately, most people miss the “small” details and nuance when it comes to this topic.
So I’m going to one-by-one discuss in context from what I believe are the most important aspects to focus on when producing masters for streaming and socials.
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Welcome to the anti loudness loudness club; where each morning while I get things set-up at the studio, I share commentary on mixing, mastering and running a studio that services around 1,000 projects per year!
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3 Critical mastering techniques no one talks about.

By following these techniques on every master, you achieve objective improvements which is how you get the best sounding masters
Unfortunately, most people skip these steps, and spend countless hours chasing their tail doing things the hard way.
Level matching and the different types of level matching
Gain staging processors and the different types of gain staging processors
Monitoring the delta and what to listen for.
Let’s dive in!
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All successful studios master these 3 things.

In a world of “quick business hacks” I'm going to walk through 3 tasks that have been slow, consistent and a necessity to the growth of my studio. And this approach will be solely focused on long-term success not quick fast hacks.
If you master these 3 tasks, you'll ensure you’re covering the based for a health studio business.
Unfortunately, most people skip consistent focus on these arenas in lieu of the “quick cash grab”
 
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Mastering ear exercise. Listen, Cover, Write, Check.

Today I’m going to share with you a listening exercise i’ve been doing at the start of each mastering session to prime and calibrate my ears.
By recognising particular noise curves and variations of them, you’ll strengthen your ability to identify and recognise anomalies in passages of audio.
Unfortunately I’ve never done exercises like this before and aural training is something we often neglect.
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Listening session checklist for mixes

By knowing what to listen for, you can objectively assess mixes before mastering, which is how you ensure you get the best sounding records
Unfortunately, most people listen blindly without a checklist and often go back having missed things that otherwise might have been picked up if they had a consistent formula.
This list is broken up into the following
Audible distortion / artefacts
Low end translation
Energy balance
Mid range balance
Tonal Shape
Dynamic composition
Stereo field
Sibilance
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Step-by-step perfect 808s in a mix

Unfortunately, 808’s are hard because it’s sub frequencies are long waveforms both addative and subtractive in the synthesis of the 808 and the way it interacts with other elements.
But by following this my 808s always sound massive by;
setting consistent levels
managing tone
controlling it’s interaction with the mix
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Unlimited mix revisions... yes or no?

Today on my calendar, I have 3 mixes with notes to update. This is squeezed in alongside a fully booked schedule and I’d be lying if I didn’t say this can be overwhelming.
But there are a few things I’ve learnt which helps me meet revision requests, keep things organised, as well as satisfy my clients needs.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t always this easy, because a busy schedule, with ego, and the stresses of visiting a project you otherwise thought should be finished isn’t always a recipe for a clear mindset.
So I’m going to address what I think are the biggest challenges when it comes to mix revisions.
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