Andrew Barr

[Andrew Barr @ProducingITB]

I use 3 types of plugins in EVERY vocal mix. I call them the 3-sisters. This is what they are, and how they work 👇

[Andrew Barr @ProducingITB]

Turning my 6 string 🎸 into a 7 string with THIS plugin

[Andrew Barr @ProducingITB]

@natemixing Cutting the sides with mid/side eq eliminates any potential phasing that collapsing the stereo field could cause. ALTHOUGH I quit putting my bass in mono all the time and my mixes sounded better. Not all the time, but most of the time.

Sound design > mixing tricks IMO

[Andrew Barr @ProducingITB]

@knowlijmusic A verse 10000%

[Andrew Barr @ProducingITB]

@natemixing I agree. But they look cool 😂😂😂😂😂

[Andrew Barr @ProducingITB]

I use a hard limiter on the master bus a lot.

Sometimes I don’t.

A lot of my favorite engineers use it as well.

Sometimes they don’t.

Stop making imaginary, arbitrary rules.

True skill is found in the nuance.

[Andrew Barr @ProducingITB]

@edthesoundman Once. Then never again

[Eduard @edthesoundman]

Pro tip: Flatness of frequency response is a terribly low bar to set for “quality” monitoring.

[Andrew Barr @ProducingITB]

An artist saying “I don’t want to make content” is like getting the opportunity to go back to 2010 to buy Bitcoin at $0.05 a coin and saying “no. I don’t want to. Sounds like a hassle.”

You’re sitting on a goldmine.

Don’t regret not taking action 10 years from now.

[Andrew Barr @ProducingITB]

Pros know that:

Phasing is good when it’s good and bad when it’s bad.

Here’s the problem…

Only pros know what “good” and “bad” sounds like.

Get more experience, mix more songs, write more music.

Do more and you’ll develop this skill.

Learn skills. Not “rules”

[Andrew Barr @ProducingITB]

@justinsomuch If you ever hear me say this about serum, I’m telling the 10000% truth. 😂😂😂😂😂

[Andrew Barr @ProducingITB]

@edthesoundman I agree. The only problem is, a beginner, someone who respects their time usually won’t work with someone who will spend a lot of it figuring things out hahaha. Personal experience. 😂

[Andrew Barr @ProducingITB]

@HHillierSmith Let me know how this goes! As a musician, I think you’re right. Hahaha

[Andrew Barr @ProducingITB]

@Ed_FilmBooth Video

[Andrew Barr @ProducingITB]

@jayclouse CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!

[Andrew Barr @ProducingITB]

@edthesoundman You can ruin every other aspect of the music making process but if you nail the performance, people will wonder how you made a mind blowing album that sounds so raw and experimental.

Music > literally anything else

Now combine great songs with great techniques… 🤯

[Andrew Barr @ProducingITB]

@_HiddenLayers I live near one of the darkest places in the US. it’s unreal seeing the universe in HD with the naked eye.

[Andrew Barr @ProducingITB]

@natemixing There are great artists on each side of the story. It’s not the life they had, it’s the story they tell themselves.

[Andrew Barr @ProducingITB]

If you could see your hero’s mix sessions you’d be shocked at how many “rules” they break.

Stop getting so legalistic about art.

The result is the only thing that matters. Not how you got there.

[Andrew Barr @ProducingITB]

@edthesoundman Miracle

[Andrew Barr @ProducingITB]

Tip: Do not fix in the master what can be fixed in the mix.

Pro Tip: Do not fix in the mix what can be fixed when recording

Super Pro Tip: Do not fix in the recording what can be fixed in the song

Start right, end right.