Listening examples

Here are the audio examples that correspond to the book. Use a high quality pair of headphones or monitor speakers.

#1 Low cut filter

#2 Finding EQ settings

#3 Compression (light, then heavy)

#4 Reverb (dry, wet)

#5 Editing count-offs

#6 Rough mix with no panning, levels, EQ, or processing

#7 Mix with panning, levels, and EQ

#8 Mix with panning, levels, EQ, and effects

#9 Guitar too low

#10 Guitar a bit better

#11 Guitar just right

#12 Harmonica too low

#13 Harmonica a bit better

#14 Harmonica just right

#15 Vocal too low

#16 Vocal a bit better

#17 Vocal just right

#18 What’s missing?

#19 Acoustic guitar EQ with low-mid cut & upper-mid boost (out/in)

#20 Bass guitar with low-mids attenuated (out/in)

#21 Keyboard with low-mids attenuated (in/out)

#22 Spoken word track cleaned up (out/in)

#23 Muddy/clean mix

#24 Snare before/after gating

#25 Using a gate to eliminate amp noise

#26 Low-cut filter eliminates room noise (out/in)

#27 Guitar compression (out/in)

#28 Snare compression (out/in)

#29 Bass compression (out/in)

#30 Acoustic guitar EQ (out/in)

#31 Setting the acoustic guitar EQ

#32 Brightening the cymbals with hi-freq boost (out/in)

#33 Snare drum EQ adding snap and punch (out/in)

#34 Drumset EQ on individual tracks (out/in)

#35 Too much hi-EQ boost on cymbals

#36 No reverb

#37 Large hall reverb

#38 Small hall reverb

#39 Medium room reverb

#40 Reverb with distinct echoes

#41 Setting the aux send post-fader

#42 Setting the aux send pre-fader

#43 Dry track

#44 Chorus

#45 Flange

#46 Flange

#47 Chorus

#48 Phaser

#49 Mono organ

#50 Stereo organ with chorus

#51 No delay

#52 Delay

#53 Vocal without, then with delay plus reverb

#54 Mix with delay and FX on vocal

#55 Too much reverb

#56 Too much reverb

#57 Too much reverb

#58 Distorted input on delay unit

#59 Out-of-phase mix

#60 Kick and bass with bussed parallel compression (out/in)

#61 Drumset parallel compression (out/in)

#62 Adding tone to kick

#63 Adding tone to kick with drumset

#64 Warming a track by running through a tube processor (out/in)

#65 Moving mic back from source to reduce boominess

#66 Reducing boominess with low-cut filter

#67 EQing an acoustic guitar to clean up muddiness and improve clarity

#68 Processed voice recording (before/after)

#69 Using automation to reduce mic leakage (before/after)

#70 Comparing mics using a pair of Shure KSM32 vs AKG 414

#71 Comparing Shure SM57, Sennheiser e906, & Rode NT1000

#72 Comparing dynamic vs condenser mics

#73 Close vs distant miking

#74 Guitar mics phasing

#75 Adding individual drum mics on the set to hear how each part changes

#76 Voice phasing

#77 Drums phasing

#78 Sibilance

#79 Removing a vocal pop with a low-cut filter

#80 Kick drum mic close to the beater, then farther back

#81 Mono vs stereo miking an acoustic guitar

#82 Flat EQ

#83 9dB boost at 1kHz

#84 9dB attenuation at 1kHz

#85 9dB boost at 4kHz

#86 9dB attenuation at 4kHz

#87 9dB boost at 8kHz

#88 9dB attenuation at 8kHz

#89 9dB boost @ 125Hz

#90 9dB atten @ 125Hz

#91 Low-mid attenuation—flat, wide Q, narrow Q

#92 Hi-freq peaking, hi-freq shelving

#93 EQing an acoustic guitar

#94 Entire drum set before/after EQ

#95 Dipping “mud” from vocal (flat, EQ, then with compression)

#96 Same thing for a female vocal (flat, EQ)

#97 Bass guitar (flat, EQ, EQ/compression)

#98 Acoustic guitar (flat, EQ, EQ/compression)

#99 Electric guitar (flat, EQ, EQ/compression)

#100 Adding varying amounts of aural exciter to a track

#101 Tape saturation for warmth (out/in)

#102 Compression on saxophone (none, heavy, then medium)

#103 Compression on acoustic guitar (light, then heavy)

#104 Drumset with compressor on kick and snare (off, then on)

#105 Snare (out in)

#106 Vocal (out in)

#107 Guitar (out in)

#108 Guitar amplifier hiss with gate off, then on

#109 Snare with kick leakage—gate off, then on

#110 Small room reverb

#111 Small hall reverb

#112 Plate reverb

#113 Reverb with long RT (2.6s)

#114 Reverb with short RT (1.0s)

#115 Reverb with long pre-delay

#116 Reverb with gradually increasing pre-delay

#117 Adding delay to acoustic guitar (out, in)

#118 Adding delay to acoustic guitar in the mix (out, in)

#119 Adding delay to double an acoustic track

#120 Adding delay in mix context

#121 No delay

#122 Delay in right channel at 30ms

#123 Delay in right channel at 60ms

#124 Delay in right channel at 120ms

#125 Dry vocal

#126 Vocal with delay and reverb

#127 Chorus effect

#128 Chorus effect

#129 Flanging effect

#130 Flanging effect

#131 Flanging effect

#132 Reverb with phaser