RSR463 - Harold Larue - Mixing & Mastering Tips for Home Studios

Recording Studio Rockstars

Lij Shaw

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4.8 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2024

⏱️ 129 minutes

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Don't sweat the noise too much! Harold talked about derressering masters, iZotope RX ninja tips, phase aligning mixes, how to use mid side eq, mastering Moogs, bass wins in big vs small control rooms, LUFS targets, and why linear eq + hip hop = bad.

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My guest today is Harold LaRue, a GRAMMY-winning mastering engineer in Houston, Texas. Harold's recent clients include contemporary jazz masters: The Wayne Shorter Quartet, Terri Lynn Carrington, and Joey Alexander — synth sorceress: Lisa Bella Donna, and R&B legend: Jeffrey Osborne.

Harold has worked as a software developer, pro-audio service manager, theatrical sound engineer, and restaurateur and was the monitor engineer for the Houston Symphony Orchestra before leaving to focus on his growing mastering business.

As an audio educator, Harold has developed and taught studio production and mastering courses at universities and recording schools across the country. He continues to present public workshops and teach privately. He is a Voting Member of the Recording Academy's Producers & Engineers Wing, Audio Engineering Society, and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. Check out our previous interview on episode RSR225 to learn more about Harold's backstory.

I want to dedicate this episode to the late great audio designer and engineer Glenn Coleman whom Harold introduced me to at NAMM 2020.

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0:00.0	This episode of Recording Studio Rockstars is brought to you by Adam Audio, isotope, native instruments, and grace design.
0:10.7	You're hearing my voice right now through the Grace Design M201 Mark 2 mic preamp into the Empirical
0:17.4	Labs' EL8X Distressor mixed through isotope RX, ozone, neutron, and nectar,
0:25.3	all on atom audio monitors.
0:28.1	Please check out our awesome sponsors using the links in the show notes.
0:32.1	It's a great way to help support this show, and we really appreciate it.
0:35.6	Now, get ready to rock.
0:38.2	Other tools that I use are my iPhone. That's the new NS10. Just the iPhone speaker, make sure
0:43.9	that I can hear all the elements, and especially low, you know, and listening low is a great
0:48.4	way to check something out. It really helps you hear whether the vocal is present as it should be and whether
0:56.6	anything else is competing with it. It becomes really evident when you listen to something
1:00.0	low where those vocals are sitting.
1:14.5	Welcome to Recording Studio Rockstars.
1:22.2	I'm Lid Shaw, and this is the podcast created to help you become a rock star of the recording studio.
1:33.7	No matter what style of music you create, native instruments provides you all the instruments you need, from drums, loops, and beats to vintage and modern synthesizers, realistic strings,
1:41.1	guitar amps, and futuristic synth pads.
1:49.9	I really enjoy recording real bands in my studio, but then adding amazing overdubs from Contact, Massive X, Super 8, battery, guitar rig, or hybrid keys.
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2:01.0	with a bundle of 2,000 sounds and 6 gigs of samples
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2:11.5	Are you struggling to make your mixes sound professional?
2:15.3	If your tracks feel weak, distant,
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