Morph Productions

More and more artists are recording themselves at home, and a lot of them hit the same wall when they get to the mixing stage:  “I just can’t get it to sound right.” There can be a lot of reasons for that, but sometimes the best move is to bring in a professional mixer to finish the project properly. I regularly mix for other producers, artists who were unhappy with a previous studio mix, and people recording at home who want that final polish. If you know you may be sending your song out for mixing, a little planning during the recording stage can make a huge difference. Here are a few simple ways to give your mix engineer more flexibility and help them get the best possible result. 1. Record clean drum samples while you’re tracking If you are recording live drums, it is a great idea to capture a few clean single hits of each drum, especially the  kick, snare, and toms . Why does this help? Because during the mix, there may be moments where a tom hit is buried under cymbal bl...

I've been using the Great River preamps for a few weeks now and I'm loving them. Aside from their sweet microphone amplifying characteristics they're also great for running mix stems through. I've been experimenting with running the stereo mix of my drums, bass, guitars, keys through the Great Rivers and I have to say I love the final result. The mixes I've been doing have been more musical and sound, for lack of a better explanation, more expensive. I'll put some sound clips up soon of before and afters but here's a picture of my digital mix stem of the drums and then what it looks like after it runs through the Great Rivers. Compressed much? :)