New Pro Tools HD Hardware

Anybody had the pleasure of using any of these interfaces?

Cee-Lo Green Does It Again!

This man always finds a way to make something as comical (and profane) as a "fuck you" song sound timeless. This song is a classic. Am I the only one who could hear Sam Cooke singing this?

-ZS

Monitoring Levels

I am blessed to meet a lot of talented producers. Usually the first thing they do when they find out that I am an engineer is ask me what they can do to make their mixes better. Obviously, there is no magic pill to give you mixing skills overnight. There are however, a few things you can do that will make dramatic improvements. Since I love you guys so much, i will share these.

The first one that comes to mind is the elusive obvious: vary your monitoring levels.

Producers, as a general rule, like their music LOUD. They turn it up, make sure the 808 is slammin', and mix the whole thing with the volume banging on 11. The problem with this is that you are fooling yourselves by taking advantage of the Fletcher Munson curve.



Explanation: The louder the volume, the flatter the frequency response. Meaning, if you turn it all the way up, there is less difference between your lows and highs. This will give you the illusion of having a more balanced mix. But then when you turn it back down, it will not be as balanced.

You want to vary your mix levels. Its okay to turn it up and make sure that kick is knocking, but mixing at that volume is bad for your mix AND your ears.

Hope this helps. Leave Comments/Question!!!
-ZS

Trey Songz - Passion, Pain & Pleasure: Coming Soon

This is one of the projects I have been working on for the past couple months. The album is going to be amazing... great music. It drops Sept. 14th 2010.

Make sure you check out the first two singles:

Bottoms Up ft. Nicki Minaj

Can't Be Friends

Videos for both songs are on the way!