Chris Bell — Pittsburgh Recording Connection

Mixing is part art and part science (part two, time based effects) - Posted by Chris Bell on 2012-03-10

Assuming you have your mix balanced eq an faderwise and are happy with it, it's time to think three dimensionally. Meaning the panning is your obvious left and right, dynamics are your height, and finally anything time based (reverb, delay... Read More >>

Mixing is part art and science (part 1 mixing prep) - Posted by Chris Bell on 2012-02-18

The purpose of this is to illustrate that mixing is not just eq, compression and reverbs. It's to show that it is in my opinion, the most important part of the recording process... Read More >>

Listening critically - Posted by Chris Bell on 2012-02-09

The purpose of this is to illustrate how important it is to critically listen to your mixes. This will help you know when to make adjustments and also you'll be more aware of any eq, effects, automation and levels that need tweaking... Read More >>

Using your ears - Posted by Chris Bell on 2012-02-05

One of the things that I've encountered in this tecnological era is that people are using their eyes as much, if not more than their ears to utiize effects, eq... Read More >>

Snare drum miking - Posted by Chris Bell on 2012-01-23

Obviously the drumkit is the hardest of elements to track, purely based on the fact that you would be miking several or more elements balanced into one instrument... Read More >>

Getting it right - Posted by Chris Bell on 2012-01-12

This blog is purposed to stress the importance of "getting it right", or rather making sure it sounds as good as it can from the door... Read More >>

Preparing to record a drum kit - Posted by Chris Bell on 2012-01-03

The purpose of this blog is to stress the importance of the preparation involved in miking a drum kit.Even someone well adversed in recording drums goes through a series of "pre recording" steps to insure a quality recording one of the most difficult of all the instruments to record... Read More >>