Nov 3

This post is about the mastering process for my latest EP.  The session was booked at Minneapolis’ Rare Form Mastering.  Greg Reierson took the helm and did a really solid job overall.

First of all, I’m not the sort of producer who does mastering the same way for each album.  For my own material, I prefer a light touch and lower overall volume.  This is the sort of thing mastering engineers tend to prefer, so it works out well.  Obviously, a metal album would be a different story altogether (and my next self-produced release will be more along those lines.)

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Mar 8

This post focuses on an experiment with my new Focusrite Liquid Mix, with which I mixed and mastered a song of mine that was in need of polishing.

First of all, I will be out of town until the 19th… meaning that I won’t be making any posts here at TSB until then.  But, I thought I’d offer you something to make up for it: free music!
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