RSR253 - Mike Senior - Best Free Plugins For A Pro Mix In Your Studio
Recording Studio Rockstars
Lij Shaw
4.8 • 543 Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2020
⏱️ 100 minutes
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Summary
My guest today is Mike Senior, a professional recording, mixing engineer, teacher and writer for years at Sound On Sound magazine. He is also the author of the popular books 'Mixing Secrets For The Small Studio', and its sequel 'Recording Secrets For The Small Studio'.
Mike was on the podcast back on episode RSR124 when we got the story of his start in audio and also talked about the importance of making mistakes in the studio. He shared lots of tips for recording drums, bass, guitars, and vocals, and even talked about various methods for setting up mics for stereo recording.
Today we are going to focus on mixing. Mike has some great suggestions for software that you can use to get a pro mix in your studio, and not the expensive kind either. In fact, Mike has recently put together a list of his favourite freeware that you can find and download from anywhere right now. So if you are on a budget for your studio but still want to make your mixes sound great then you're going to want to listen to this episode.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Recording Studio Rock Stars is brought to you by OWC, JZ Microphones, Prisoneus, Spectra-1964 and API Audio. |
| 0:11.4 | So get ready to rock. |
| 0:14.8 | There are loads of great statement reverbs. |
| 0:18.0 | I mean, it's so easy to find freeware spring emulations and strange |
| 0:22.1 | little old fashioned style plate reverby kind of things. That stuff's pretty easy to find and |
| 0:27.3 | you're less concerned if it sounds unnatural and how it sounds unnatural because you'll EQ it a lot |
| 0:32.3 | anyway and it'll be an effect in its own right. It's where it has to sound natural that it's really |
| 0:36.7 | difficult. |
| 0:50.1 | Welcome to Recording Studio Rockstars. |
| 0:51.5 | I'm Lid Shaw, |
| 0:53.7 | and this is the podcast created to help you become a rock star of the recording studio. |
| 1:02.5 | If you feel like the fast pace of computer tech has made your studio Mac obsolete, then think again. |
| 1:09.2 | OWC is your personal studio tech for memory and speed upgrades, |
| 1:13.6 | DIY installs, and use Macs perfect for recording and mixing. |
| 1:17.6 | Why ditch your existing computer when you can take your studio far into the future |
| 1:21.6 | with the Mac you've already got? |
| 1:23.6 | Learn how to supercharge your studio and find out how awesome your Mac can be at OWC.com so that you can focus on making great music. |
| 1:32.7 | If you want a digital audio workstation that will give life to your music from sketching a new idea to composing, editing, mixing, and mastering a finished record, |
| 1:41.8 | then you want Studio One from Prisona's. |
| 1:45.0 | Studio One is easy to use with intuitive drag-and-drop simplicity, making it great for beginners |
| 1:50.0 | yet flexible and powerful for experienced producers. Whether creating beats, recording a band, |
| 1:56.0 | or composing a blockbuster film soundtrack, you will find everything you need to create your masterpiece. |
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