Mixing Prep

Grammy Award winner Ian Kagey joins us to talk about his work with the latest Into the Woods cast album. We discuss the challenges that arose during the recording and mixing process, and Ian walks us through some of the solutions he and others came up with.If you would like to support us become a member at patreon.com/MixToTapePodcast.Have audio questions you would like us to consider? Contact us via Facebook or Instagram, or email us at [email protected]

Our friend (and Luke's colleague at Ithaca College) joins us to talk about recording electric guitar. He walks us through his pedal board, how he likes to track guitar, and his preferred touring rig. If you would like to support us become a member at patreon.com/MixToTapePodcast.Have audio questions you would like us to consider? Contact us via Facebook or Instagram, or email us at [email protected]

Hayden from Studio G, Brooklyn, stopped by to talk to us about what it's like managing a studio, how he built up his freelance client base, and more.If you would like to support us become a member at patreon.com/MixToTapePodcast.Have audio questions you would like us to consider? Contact us via Facebook or Instagram, or email us at [email protected]

Tyler and Luke are joined today by Alex Conroy, a jazz engineer from The Bunker Studios and a friend from their Avatar days. Alex has been recording and mixing jazz records for 7 years now, and he answers all of Luke and Tyler's questions about what it's like. If you would like to support us become a member at patreon.com/MixToTapePodcast.Have audio questions you would like us to consider? Contact us via Facebook or Instagram, or email us at [email protected]

Luke and Tyler talk about their favorite tech they use every day to make their job just that little bit easier. What are some of your favorite things you can't record/edit/mix without?If you would like to support us become a member at patreon.com/MixToTapePodcast.Have audio questions you would like us to consider? Contact us via Facebook or Instagram, or email us at [email protected]

Luke and Tyler dig in to their favorite things to listen to - speakers or headphones...or both! When is it best to use headphones vs speakers? What are effective ways to use either? We definitely stay on topic the entire time and only talk about speakers and headphones.If you would like to support us become a member at patreon.com/MixToTapePodcast.Have audio questions you would like us to consider? Contact us via Facebook or Instagram, or email us at [email protected]

Luke and Tyler take a trip down memory lane. They cover a lot of the Broadway recording sessions they worked on, things to consider when it comes to headphones and layouts and Pro Tools templates. While some of you may only work with small, single-digit multitrack sessions, we think that the lessons that apply to Broadway will apply to you too.If you would like to support us become a member at patreon.com/MixToTapePodcast.Have audio questions you would like us to consider? Contact us via Facebook or Instagram, or email us at [email protected]

You're out of school, you're no longer interning, you have a steady gig working in audio - what can you do to keep learning and stay sharp? Luke and Tyler talk about some of the strategies they've used to keep their mixing game sharp.If you would like to support us become a member at patreon.com/MixToTapePodcast.Have audio questions you would like us to consider? Contact us via Facebook or Instagram, or email us at [email protected]

Tyler is out this week, so we called on our good friend Alex Perialas to help us out. Alex is a audio engineer from Ithaca, former director of the Sound and Recording program at Ithaca College, and a recording and mixing engineer with many years of experience working from his studio Pyramid Sound. He and Luke talk about what they like to do to prep their mixes before they get working!If you would like to support us become a member at patreon.com/MixToTapePodcast.Have audio questions you would like us to consider? Contact us via Facebook or Instagram, or email us at [email protected]

What is loudness, why do we care, and why are we talking about VU meters? We deep dive into why loudness matters and how to get your mixes to the correct loudness. Plus, another dip into the news with "In Case You Missed It"!If you would like to support us become a member at patreon.com/MixToTapePodcast.Have audio questions you would like us to consider? Contact us via Facebook or Instagram, or email us at [email protected]