Dan Murtagh

Producer. Mix engineer. Sound designer. Audio educator at Collarts. Free tool:

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https://t.co/WfNQ90vuuR

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Free tool coming soon. Any compression problems you’re having that you want me to add?

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Slowly but surely automating away my professional practice 😂😭

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Ok who wants a go?

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@edthesoundman Oh thank god finally

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@LiggyLee Epic shot

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Cast and crew screening of our short film Love, EROS last night. First time everyone's been in the same room since we shot it almost a year ago.

I was the cinematographer and supervising sound editor. Huge shout out to director Luke Robson for pulling this whole thing together, and to my student Lapo who made the sound work look easy.

Now we're submitting to festivals around the country - hoping to land spots at MIFF, St Kilda, and others. Wish us luck.

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MixChops.

Coming soon.

🎛️🎧

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I am addicted to dotted 8th delays

[Nathaniel W. @natemixing]

🎚️ Rhythmic delays.

Delay can go far beyond the typical echo effect. By carefully syncing the delay to your track’s tempo and using rhythmic subdivisions, you can create a groove that complements or even replaces traditional percussion. This is what I did many times. Delay can execute a percussive function.

@natemixing

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The Compressor Calculator and The Compression Visualiser. Both free.

https://t.co/auVzvNj0CR

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What if you had a mix engineer in your pocket that you could ask anything, any time?

I built one. It's called Ask Dan.

It's trained on the knowledge and experience I've built up over 15 years of producing records and nearly a decade of teaching audio production at university.

I've been teaching long enough to know the same questions come up over and over again. What ratio should I use on vocals? How do I know if I'm over-compressing? What compressor should I use on drums? When should I use a FET vs an opto?

These are the questions I've answered hundreds of times in classrooms and studios. Now there's a way to access that knowledge whenever you need it. Not generic AI answers, but responses based on how I actually think about mixing and production.

This is still a prototype and it's not public yet. I'm testing it with a small group first to make sure it actually delivers. But I wanted to share what I'm building because honestly, this is one of the most exciting projects I've worked on in a long time.

More to come.

In the meantime, if you want to check out some of my other free tools, The Compressor Calculator and The Compression Visualiser are both available on my website. Link in comments 👇

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What did she mean by this?

[ninajirachi @ninajirachi]

i wanna meow my compmeowter

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Usually I’ll give them a few takes to self correct and then if they need guidance I’ll step in with some warm critique

Often they’re self aware and know they can do better so giving feedback too early on can be counter productive

Having some rapport with the artist makes a huge difference

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@edthesoundman Make it sound phat as fuck

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This can’t be real

[Weaver Beats @weaverbeats]

Worst studo monitor placement of all time

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17 years ago I worked on Double Dragon’s Devastator, my first full-length album. Still at uni in Adelaide, assistant engineering while Ian “E-Dog” Miller produced. Had no idea what I was doing - ended up being some of the most brutal metal to come out of Adelaide from that era.

Few years later they got me to mix and master “Sons of Asena” at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne.

Now DD’s have reformed. Playing Froth and Fury Jan 31. E-Dog’s mixing them live. Northy’s running the festival. I played heaps of gigs with all these guys back in the day. It’s basically a giant family reunion - 20 years of mates and metal.

Coming from Melbourne to experience the brutality all over again. Hope to see you there!

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I’m producing some educational videos on audio production and was playing around with some new lights today.

Still in preproduction but I am super excited to show you what I’ve been cooking!

What do you think of my backdrop?

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@edthesoundman 🎛️💥

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Mix singularity occurs when your master hits 0 LUFS

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Skill > Gear

[Nathaniel W. @natemixing]

Bad mixes happen because people:

• Don’t have critical listening skills.
• Don’t know what to listen for.
• Do something because "tutorial said so".
• Don’t purposefully gain stage before mixing.
• Don’t know their monitors/headphones.

I’ve heard great mixes done on $80 headphones, free plugins, $500 laptop. And some terrible mixes from big studios.

Bad mixes happen not because someone doesn’t have some UAD Apollo or Neve console.

Gear helps. But skill defines.

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@0xAkucrypto GM

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In addition to producing records, making films and teaching audio production, I also enjoy photography.

Here is a picture I took of the Milky Way.

Taken with my Sony a7 IV, 16-35mm f2.8 GM.

Enjoy 👍