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Thought I would start a discussion on how YOU go about attracting work to your studio. I am new to owning my own studio, so new in fact it is still being made. I realise the economic climate isn't the best time to start this business, the recording industry is in pretty poor shape also. Something I ...

niccolo gallio wrote:We have to go way up in the SPL scale for our hearing to be "flat", even higher than the OP's mixing levels.

You talking flat on a graph or perceived as flat to us psychoacoustically?

I mix at like 20-30dBSPL over ambient noise quite a lot, then shove it up to 85dBSPL or so to check the low end, make adjustments and then put it back down to like maybe 40dBSPL. You get a much better balance that way. Its not just film, mix engineers may check their mixes there, also mastering uses...

For strings, I would always try to capture it in stereo. ORTF, M/S, Decca Tree etc. If it is a solo violin or something then mono and a few takes maybe, it depends on what you are after. but I would try to capture them as perfectly as possible so you end up leaving them totally dry in the mix, the e...

Brett Siler: I cant agree with that with what I have seen so far, GS members have only been appreciate of my input and not one person has said anything slightly offensive towards me, nor any other member from posts I have read. This is not saying it doesn't happen, I am just yet to see it having onl...

Since arriving at GS in 2009, I have seen a few pros leave for political reasons. I have never seen someone being delete/banned for doing something perfectly within their rights. In no way is Micheal jeopardising his membership at GS with the conversation he has shown here. I left that page baffled ...

I am 100% number 2. I hear things finished even when its a practise session for a band, or a demo, or a riff. Whatever! I hear something and I finish it off in my head. My musical imagination is pretty good, even if i say so myself. Ask me to write a track and I can't. But ask me to help make the be...

All the stuff you mentioned doing sounds pretty "standard" to me. Do the EXACT opposite and see what you get. That would be pretty non-standard and you'll learn lots of stuff in the process. Chris Garges Charlotte, NC Face all cardioid pattern mics at the ceiling of the tracking space, NOT at the i...

Thought I would chime in with a few of my essentials. These albums are ones of which I grew up with in some manner. I came to realise as I learn more and more about audio that they are impeccable for their respective genres in terms of production, regardless of whether you like the music or not. In ...

I do of course mean the very talented guitarist. I will have to check out your work though, I am now intrigued. PRE dread days, look here. You may not be able to see the resemblance. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/00/Hedges.jpg/220px-Hedges.jpg http://www.chrisgarges.com/images/mew...

Very well explained, you have given me my first audio revelation of the new year. I never thought of depth coming from phase, I always saw it as coming from frequency response, transients and volume. I guess with those AND phase we can get a much better sonic image. Just been to your website, you lo...

like.......a phaser:) A little delay coupled with some modulation mixed with a dry signal and you will start to get 3 demensional.....and you're not even into the sexy world of reverbs yet! this stuff helps give you some depth(pushing away),while some nice compression touches will help bring some t...

cgarges wrote:

Wlouch wrote:Of course there are many many ways to achieving perceived depth and width, I thought we were just talking phase here in regards to chuckfuroks' question.

There are MANY, MANY, MANY ways to manipulate phase.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

Do go on

Of course there are many many ways to achieving perceived depth and width, I thought we were just talking phase here in regards to chuckfuroks' question.

I'm a stereo nut and I LOVE using pan positions and phase manipulation to get front-to-back depth in a mix, so I get pretty detail-oriented with the pan knobs at mix time. Chris Garges Charlotte, NC Can you expound in phase manipulation? How do you alter the phase? Other than the obvious 180 flip? ...