Robert McClellan

This is a condensed version of the previous Live Mixing Session we recently did complete with time stamps in the comment section.

Mark George, the October song contest winner, submitted his song “Ghost Dance” and it came out victorious.

Each month we have a new song contest! We all listen to the submissions together and I give constructive feedback on how to improve the production quality. If you’d like to get in on the fun, be sure to subscribe to the channel and hit the 🔔 so that when I make these announcements you’ll be notified.

What was your key take away from today? What tip will you be applying to your next mix? Comment below and let me know.
 

6 hours ago, Kurre said:

With this setup i can use any of the keyboards with any of the pc's without switching cables around. Pretty low cost too.👍

That’s pretty amazing!!! I’d love to see that unpacked! Do you have a video on the setup and how it works?

On 10/4/2020 at 8:23 PM, Kurre said:

I checked out your recommended midi keyboard. I'm pondering about a new one.

There are a ton of options for sure. Best of luck!

Here’s a follow up video to this one as well:

I made this video not to long ago to help answer a question for a subscriber. I thought I’d drop it in her as well. Hope it helps!

Hey sorry about that! Not sure why it was set to private??? Anywho, if you need more one on one I go live every week and take questions from the audience.

Lately we’ve been doing a lot of online collaboration on the channel. For those interested in doing so as well I created this video/podcast episode for help you get a best foot forward.

This was done live, so you may have to skip past the intro screen.

X.O. Bringing the knowledge bombs!!!

Hey all! I know it’s short notice, but I thought I’d share this with you as I know most of you either have a song you’re working on, or have one in the chamber. 
 

Submit your song to be heard live on the show and have a chance to win some cool prizes!

Each song will be reviewed by a panel of fellow mix engineers and voted upon based off of several factors. (Musicality, quality of the mix, arrangement, instrumentation, etc.)

The submission can either be an instrumental or a full blown band, all stipulations listed below.

If you’re interested in getting in on the fun, upload your song here: https://bit.ly/July-Song-Submissions
 

Or email your submission to me!

Technicalities:

•MP3's are acceptable for the submission, for listening purposes.

•No cursing is to be contained in the songs as this is a clean channel.

•No copyrighted material can be submitted.

Deadline: July 15th, 2020 Questions? Email me at: homestudiosimplified@gmail.com

I am starting a series where I am Breaking down some of my early productions to showcase various arrangement choices and to discuss mixing options.

The premise behind these videos is not a showcase my personal talent but rather to walk through my creative process, in the hopes that it might help someone else along their journey.

Cakewalk has some great features to speed up editing when it comes to dialogue! So, whether it's a podcast, an audio book, or voice over... Cakewalk by BandLab has you covered!

You’re fine man. Don’t sweat it. 

3 hours ago, fitzj said:

I'm not I didn't know what was happening

1 minute ago, scook said:

Yes but I believe the new versions lack the PC format.

 

Yes sir. I believe you are correct. But they are available none the less.

Both of those are actually free plugins now!

https://www.bozdigitallabs.com/plugins/
 

Scroll down to the freebies section!

This gives people time to hop on and settle in for the long haul. It also lets them know that I am actually prepared.

If you ever watch my online tutorials or any other video of mine, you’d know that I give away more than I ever get back. 
 

The last few months, I’ve given away 15 or more of my paid courses, 3 or more one on one Skype calls, and HOURS of FREE online teaching. I give WAY more than I ever receive man. 
 

(Not mad-Just clarifying)

Hey!

I have a subscriber that follows my Cakewalk tutorials who Is blind. He is having a problem with Cakewalk crashing when using his screen reading software. (Software is NVDA)

Any tips I can give him? 
 

BTW kuddos to Cakewalk! This is the only DAW that the program recognizes!

I’ve included his dump files as well.

Strugle to Grind_06182020_200433.dmp

Grab a cup of coffee and take part in a Live Q&A with the beloved Warren Huart of Produce Like A Pro!

This will be an open interview style with Warren taking questions from the audience as well!

Set your reminder here:

On 6/16/2020 at 10:19 PM, Gswitz said:

This is it now...

Nice work! I refurbish guitars and give them to people who can’t afford and instrument. I know how much work goes into getting that good of a result. Well worth the time!

Took my son fishing and he caught a whopper of a Bass! He’s 12 so it made his year! 
 

Dad on the other hand was holding back the tears... I had just moved from that spot! Ugh! 😂 

11 hours ago, scook said:

I don't use Waves plug-ins. Never have. Don't follow threads about Waves install issues because I have no way to test and no interest in the products.

Hahaha my sentiments exactly! I had and I did say HAD used them for quite some time until they got all dodgy and using extortion tactics comparable to the Yakuza.

I just recently ran into this same issue with a new PC build and after everything else went smoothly... waves again! 
 

The easy solution for me... delete any and all traces of waves and go on without looking back.

On 10/25/2019 at 3:32 PM, fitzj said:

To keep everyone happy on here by all means  do these videos but use the stock plugins that come with Bandlab. Recording, mixing and mastering is around $47-77 Dollars for other Daws tutorials.   

Sounds like someone is just trying to make money??????

And time is money. Keep them coming man! Channels like yours are supplementing the original Cake TV stuff.

Maybe I’m way out in left field here but, if the Stereo Interleave is selected and the track is a stereo WAV file, then the one knob should do the same as two would do in the aforementioned DAWs. 
 

At least to my ears, I hear the percentages being played out.

Center position would be %50 Left and %50 right  and if panned say right by 20 then it would be %80 right and %20 left? 
 

It just seems like less clutter to have only the one knob to me.

It’s free...

@Jim Fogle I think I’ve found a happy medium for the cadence. Let me know what you think!

@User 905133 does this seem more/less helpful?

Cakewalk by BandLab has some awesome keyboard shortcuts built under the hood to save you time. Thought I’d showcase some of my favorites.