🎥 Do you use samples?
Sometimes they can make or break the drum sound.
“Familiar” - Bridget Mariie
Full production breakdown is up now on YouTube
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🎥 Capturing overheads for rock drums.
Showing how I recorded the drum kit and mixed the overheads for a hard hitting drum kit sound.
Full breakdown is on my YouTube channel.
#drummixing #cymbals #mixingtips #mixingdrums #blckheartstudios #mixingtutorial #independentartists
🎥 How I master my own mixes, fine tuning how the mix breathes and feels.
💬 Ready to elevate your next release? Let’s talk.
#promixing #mixingtutorial #studioworkflow #audioengineer #radioready #mixbus #lowendtheory #producertips #mixingandmastering #blckheartstudios #mastering #protools
🎥 Is your song just not hitting right?
🎶 Track: “What You’re Looking For”
🎤 Artist: Marcus Davies
Full mix breakdown is up on YouTube
#drummixing #beatmakingtips #producertips #mixingtips #blckheartstudios #studiomagic #mixingtutorial #indieartistsupport #beforeandafter #studiomagic #promixer
🎥 Producers: Understanding roles of the instrumentation.
🎶 Track: “What You’re Looking For”
🎤 Artist: Marcus Davies
#guitarmixing #beatmakingtips #producertips #mixingtips #mixingguitar #guitarsound #blckheartstudios #studiomagic #mixingtutorial #indieartistsupport #beforeandafter
🎥 Work smarter not harder.
Paralleling the whole mix to automate volume rides. 👀
🔥 If you’re sitting on music that needs to slap like this, let’s work.
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🎥 Get weird with it.
▶️ Full video is live on YouTube check it out.
💬 Ready to elevate your next release? Let’s talk.
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🎥 Making drums KNOCK.
🎶 Track: “What You’re Looking For”
🎤 Artist: Marcus Davies
👊 Need your mix to bounce like this? Hit me up.
#drummixing #beatmakingtips #producertips #mixingtips #mixingdrums #snaresound #blckheartstudios #mixingtutorial #studiomagic #indieartistsupport #beforeandafter
She didn't hold back.
▶️ Full mix breakdown video is live on YouTube check it out.
💬 Ready to elevate your next release? Let’s talk.
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🎥 Tempo changes.
🎶 Track: “What You’re Looking For”
🎤 Artist: Marcus Davies
👊 Need your mix to breathe like this? Hit me up.
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TED Talk: What it means to be a mixer.
Running sounds through the template is not mixing. Every song is different and requires a unique approach.
#promixing #studioworkflow #audioengineer #mixingtutorial #radioready #lowendtheory #producertips #mixingandmastering #blckheartstudios #musicmixing
🎥 Movement in the mix 🙌
Waves IDX for the win to add some dynamics!
👊 Need your mix to breathe like this? Hit me up.
#mixingdrums #mixbuss #mixingandmastering #engineertalk #artistdevelopment #blckheartstudios #newmusic #independentartist #mixingtutorial #prosound #musicmixing
🎥 Vocals vanish when the instrumentation comes in?
👀 Here’s how I fixed that using parallel compression and a touch of automation.
#vocalmixing #provocals #producertips #mixingtips #mixingvocals #vocalproduction #blckheartstudios #studiomagic #mixingtutorial #indieartistsupport #beforeandafter
🎥 Why do your drums vanish when everything else comes in?
Here’s how I fixed that in this mix using parallel saturation for the kick and snare. 👀
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🎥 ABC Busses. Mixing into compression.
Full breakdown is on my YouTube channel link in bio.
👊 Need your mix to breathe like this? Hit me up.
#engineertalk #artistdevelopment #blckheartstudios #newmusic #independentartist #prosound #musicmixing #musicproduction #studiomagic #mixingtutorial
🎥 Vocals are like onions: they have layers.
Walkthrough of how I created my BGV stacks.
👊 Need your mix to breathe like this? Hit me up.
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🎥 The devil is in the details.
Breaking down how I got the vocals to fit emotionally dialing in the vocal compressor release times.
#mixingvocals #radioready #singersongwriter #engineertalk #artistdevelopment #blckheartstudios #newmusic #independentartist #prosound #vocalmixing
🎥 Here’s how I completed my song by adding guitar layers to make it feel complete. 👀
🎶 Track: “What You’re Looking For”
🎤 Artist: Marcus Davies
#guitarmixing #beatmakingtips #producertips #mixingtips #mixingguitar #guitarsound #blckheartstudios #studiomagic #indieartistsupport #beforeandafter
Here’s a breakdown of how I pushed this mix to really move emotionally by making the smallest tweaks.
💬 Ready to elevate your next release? Let’s talk.
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Don’t be afraid to change your arrangements.
In this clip I’m showing how my song changed over time by realizing I was using the wrong vocals!
#vocalmixing #provocals #producertips #mixingtips #mixingvocals #vocalproduction #blckheartstudios #studiomagic #indieartistsupport #beforeandafter
How I use the new Curves AQ from @wavesaudio
Track: “What You’re Looking For” by Marcus Davies
Full mix breakdown is up now on YouTube.
If you’re sitting on music that needs to slap like this, let’s work.
#MixingTips #MusicProducer #StudioLife #MixBreakdown #BlckHeartStudios #IndieArtistSupport
🎥 This one’s for the artists who want radio ready vocals.
Here’s technique I use to open the vocals up add the high end polish we all know and love.
▶️ Full video is live on YouTube check it out.
#MixEngineer #VocalMixing #RadioReady #ProducerTips #BlckHeartStudios #SingerSongwriter
Notorious frequencies.
The importance of mixing with these tools on my mix buss from the start.
If you’re sitting on music that needs to slap like this, let’s work.
#BlckHeartStudios #EngineerTalk #AudioEngineer #BeforeAndAfterMix #MusicMixing #BeatMakingTips #MusicProduction #MixingVocals
Sounds good on its own but bad in the mix?
Here's a clip of me massaging a big keyboard sound to fit with the other instruments in the mix.
Ready to elevate your next release? Let’s talk.
#IndieMusic #ProducerCommunity #StudioMagic #InTheStudio #SoundDesign #ProSound #MixingTips #BlckHeartStudios
🎥 Wiley bass recording?
Here’s a breakdown of how separate lows and highs on a bass track to maximize control.
“What You’re Looking For” by Marcus Davies
💬 Ready to elevate your next release? Let’s talk.
#MusicProduction #HipHopMixing #AudioEngineer #MusicMixing #BlckHeartStudios #SoundDesign
🎥 TEN-HUT. Mix buss compression to lock things in.
🎶 Song: "What You're Looking For"
🎤 Artist: Marcus Davies
💬 Ready to elevate your next release? Let’s talk.
#MixEngineer #NewMusic #ProVocals #ProducerTips #MusicCreator #BlckHeartStudios #IndieMusic #BeforeAndAfterMix
🎥 This one’s for the artists who care about how their records feel.
Enhancing the arrangement by leaning into whats already there.
#MixingTips #MusicProducer #BlckHeartStudios #IndieArtistSupport #MusicMixing #MixingEngineerLife #ProSound #VocalMixing #VocalProduction #ProducerCommunity
🎥 Producers: Look out for special moments
Finding some pockets in the arrangement for a little something something.
🔥 If you’re sitting on music that needs to slap like this, let’s work.
#NewMusic #IndieMusic #BlckheartStudios #PluginTalk #ProducerCommunity #MusicProduction #StudioMagic #MixingTips
🎥 Producers: Don’t sleep on movement in your mixes.
Turning a static instrument into a the pulse of the song!
Full breakdown is on my YouTube.
👊 Need your mix to breathe like this? Hit me up.
#MixEngineer #MixEngineer #StudioMagic #ProducerTips #BedroomProducer #BlckHeartStudios #AlternativeArtist
VOCALS THROUGH GUITAR PEDALS
"All Out of Time" by Elden Rodell
Full breakdown is on my YouTube channel, link in bio.
#ProSound #IndieArtistSupport #ProducerTips #MusicProduction #BlckHeartStudios #VocalMixing #MusicMixing #MixEngineer #MixingTips #StudioWorkflow #BeforeAndAfterMix
