# Latest **URL:** https://community.mwtm.com/latest.md?page=8 [Latest](https://community.mwtm.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mwtm.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mwtm.com/tags.md) **Page:** 9 --- ## [J Buses sweet spot](https://community.mwtm.com/t/j-buses-sweet-spot/12197)
**Author:** [@espuma\_de\_los\_dias](https://community.mwtm.com/u/espuma_de_los_dias)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 9:53am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/j-buses-sweet-spot/12197 "2024-12-30T09:53:22Z")
Hi Jaycen, been an fan since I was studying music production and been using the System in a while, the question I have is what is your sweet spot on “All music” bus or on the other buses as “Synth All” or “GTR All” on th… --- ## [Deal with Bad Vocal Recording](https://community.mwtm.com/t/deal-with-bad-vocal-recording/12163)
**Author:** [@Marcio\_Silva](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Marcio_Silva)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 9:02am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/deal-with-bad-vocal-recording/12163 "2024-12-30T09:02:33Z")
How do Deal with Harsh Vocal, without ruin the Hi end of the vocal ? --- ## [Orion sound over squashed](https://community.mwtm.com/t/orion-sound-over-squashed/12160)
**Author:** [@Siarhei\_Maksimau](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Siarhei_Maksimau)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/orion-sound-over-squashed/12160 "2024-12-30T08:57:11Z")
Hello , Jaycen Thank you for your lessons! When I send kick to Orion , if I want to hit green box to achieve gain structure it seems over compressed and squashed. Please advice. --- ## [Conversion conversation](https://community.mwtm.com/t/conversion-conversation/12147)
**Author:** [@Marko\_Glogolja](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Marko_Glogolja)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 8:56am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/conversion-conversation/12147 "2024-12-30T08:56:25Z")
Hi there, do you have any preferences with regard to DA converters going into analog equipment, mixing board, or summing mixer? --- ## [How do you record vocals?](https://community.mwtm.com/t/how-do-you-record-vocals/12248)
**Author:** [@Vladiscratus\_Trinity](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Vladiscratus_Trinity)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 8:39am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/how-do-you-record-vocals/12248 "2024-12-30T08:39:47Z")
Hi, Jaycen! How do you record vocals? Which advices can you give about it? What mic position? How do you choose “right” mic for vocal? Bright vocal - dark mic? Dull vocal - coloring mic? I usually choose mic with opposi… --- ## [I Lose Synths, Strings & Keys in MONO :(](https://community.mwtm.com/t/i-lose-synths-strings-keys-in-mono/12359)
**Author:** [@Carmen\_Guadalupe\_Tir](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Carmen_Guadalupe_Tir)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 8:25am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/i-lose-synths-strings-keys-in-mono/12359 "2024-12-30T08:25:55Z")
Hi J! I heard that the songs we listened in your masterclass don´t lose too much in MONO. I mean non of the instruments totally desapear! In my case I frequently lose pads, some keys, strings and stuff like that in MONO.… --- ## [Levels for your Mixtemplate](https://community.mwtm.com/t/levels-for-your-mixtemplate/12371)
**Author:** [@lukas\_zimmermann](https://community.mwtm.com/u/lukas_zimmermann)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 8:21am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/levels-for-your-mixtemplate/12371 "2024-12-30T08:21:22Z")
Hi Jaycen Thank you so much for sharing your mixtemplate with us. I was experimenting a bit with it and the most challenging thing obviously is, to hit your busses with the right level. Could you tell us anything bout t… --- ## [FYI - Diagram of Pro Tools & Jaycen's Serial Processing and "Grouping" Feed/Chain](https://community.mwtm.com/t/fyi-diagram-of-pro-tools-jaycens-serial-processing-and-grouping-feed-chain/4572)
**Author:** [@Dayz\_Kovach](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Dayz_Kovach)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/fyi-diagram-of-pro-tools-jaycens-serial-processing-and-grouping-feed-chain/4572 "2024-12-27T21:44:44Z")
All over so many forums and boards and sub-reddits related to other DAWs and folks trying to use DAWs without the semi-automagic benefits of Pro Tools Master Fader to setup to do @Jaycen\_Joshua processing - so, I ended u… --- ## [Are you guys hiring any interns?](https://community.mwtm.com/t/are-you-guys-hiring-any-interns/5399)
**Author:** [@Frank\_Buitrago](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Frank_Buitrago)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 8:37am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/are-you-guys-hiring-any-interns/5399 "2024-03-26T08:37:57Z")
Candace, So as a manager at EAst West, I have a couple questions; as a recent graduate from the Recording Connection and doing my externship over at Hyde Street Studios in San Francisco. I was just wondering if you guys … --- ## [Mixing vocals question for jacyen Joshua. Thank you!](https://community.mwtm.com/t/mixing-vocals-question-for-jacyen-joshua-thank-you/12150)
**Author:** [@john\_martin](https://community.mwtm.com/u/john_martin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2024, 1:59am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/mixing-vocals-question-for-jacyen-joshua-thank-you/12150 "2024-12-21T01:59:55Z")
I make my own music at home and I always struggle with EQing my vocal. I’ve got great mics and pre amps but I know I struggle with eq. My low mids are always way too much and muddies up my mixes. How do I remove without … --- ## [Mistakes become gold](https://community.mwtm.com/t/mistakes-become-gold/12181)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Perez-Rosile](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Richard_Perez-Rosile)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 5:20am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/mistakes-become-gold/12181 "2024-12-20T05:20:35Z")
Can you walk us through any mistakes you made during a mix that wound up staying on the record or wound up leading you down a different path of decision making. --- ## [New Video Release - Jaycen Joshua - Critical Listening Workshop](https://community.mwtm.com/t/new-video-release-jaycen-joshua-critical-listening-workshop/12137)
**Author:** [@MWTM\_Admin](https://community.mwtm.com/u/MWTM_Admin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/new-video-release-jaycen-joshua-critical-listening-workshop/12137 "2024-12-19T15:00:00Z")
Step into the mixing ring with Jaycen Joshua and train your ears in the art of critical listening. In this series, the Grammy Award-winning engineer embarks on a mission to find the new gold standard for mix referencing.… --- ## [Ian Fitchuk – Production & Songwriting](https://community.mwtm.com/t/ian-fitchuk-production-songwriting/12027)
**Author:** [@Timo\_Rieger](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Timo_Rieger)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/ian-fitchuk-production-songwriting/12027 "2024-12-17T16:37:50Z")
Hi Ian, What is your general approach when starting to write and produce a song? And how does it differ when working with Kacey? Golden Hour and Deeper Well have so much depth: How did you achieve this while recording … --- ## [Question for Ian Fitchuk](https://community.mwtm.com/t/question-for-ian-fitchuk/11953)
**Author:** [@Arvid\_Persson](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Arvid_Persson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/question-for-ian-fitchuk/11953 "2024-12-17T16:34:09Z")
Ian. What is/was your go to VST:s and sounds you are using when producing Kacey Musgraves? Also, do you have any advice regarding writing lyrics that really connects with people? Deeper well is already a timeless class… --- ## [Generalize vs Specialize](https://community.mwtm.com/t/generalize-vs-specialize/12013)
**Author:** [@Landon\_Alley](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Landon_Alley)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/generalize-vs-specialize/12013 "2024-12-17T16:33:39Z")
Hey Ian, thanks for your great videos! I really enjoyed seeing your process with Kacey, and have admired your work for a long time. When I was in college working on an audio engineering degree, the messaging was that it… --- ## [Guitars and voices](https://community.mwtm.com/t/guitars-and-voices/11952)
**Author:** [@FERNANDO\_PEREZ](https://community.mwtm.com/u/FERNANDO_PEREZ)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/guitars-and-voices/11952 "2024-12-17T16:32:09Z")
How many guitar and voice layers do you put usually in your songs and what techniques do you use for them not to clash between one and other. --- ## [Mix feels wrong](https://community.mwtm.com/t/mix-feels-wrong/3017)
**Author:** [@Ivan\_Buccarella](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Ivan_Buccarella)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 5:15am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/mix-feels-wrong/3017 "2024-12-17T05:15:59Z")
Hi Chris, I’ve mixed a rock song for a musician, and I think it sounds really powerful. People who listen to the song feel the same way. Now, the guitarist wants the guitar to be thicker and louder. He recorded an addit… --- ## [Questions for CLA](https://community.mwtm.com/t/questions-for-cla/11791)
**Author:** [@Vladiscratus\_Trinity](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Vladiscratus_Trinity)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 1:40am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/questions-for-cla/11791 "2024-12-17T01:40:11Z")
Hi, Chris! I have a few questions for you. What’s the right way to use Auratones monitors? On what step while mixing? Do you use any AI while working? What do you think about new AI developments in music production? Ho… --- ## [Vocal Mixing, the depth and the mix](https://community.mwtm.com/t/vocal-mixing-the-depth-and-the-mix/12051)
**Author:** [@Boi\_BOI](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Boi_BOI)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 11:25am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/vocal-mixing-the-depth-and-the-mix/12051 "2024-12-16T11:25:52Z")
How did you or another do the vocal mixing? it has such depth, vibe, and it just really another level from what ive heard from another mix? --- ## [Teezio recording Chris Brown](https://community.mwtm.com/t/teezio-recording-chris-brown/12042)
**Author:** [@Dane\_Dandridge](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Dane_Dandridge)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 4:11am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/teezio-recording-chris-brown/12042 "2024-12-16T04:11:01Z")
Hey teezio! When recording chris(or any artist) when and why would you be changing your attack and release for the CL1b and/or Rcomp. And on the rcomp, around how much gain reduction are you aiming for during the recordi… --- ## [SSL Shelf vs. Peak](https://community.mwtm.com/t/ssl-shelf-vs-peak/11890)
**Author:** [@Matt\_Smith](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Matt_Smith)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 3:41am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/ssl-shelf-vs-peak/11890 "2024-12-10T03:41:35Z")
Hi Chris– Thanks for the videos. Quick question: what do you look for out of the SSL’s peak boost as opposed to the shelf? Obviously I understand the technical differences between the two, and I know it’s always as simp… --- ## [Samples processing](https://community.mwtm.com/t/samples-processing/11800)
**Author:** [@JV\_Olivier](https://community.mwtm.com/u/JV_Olivier)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2024, 4:06am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/samples-processing/11800 "2024-12-07T04:06:09Z")
Im curious to know if the samples from Hitboy and Mike Dead were imported straight into the Logic Session or had any kind of reamping or processing beforehand --- ## [Curiosity about beginnings](https://community.mwtm.com/t/curiosity-about-beginnings/11774)
**Author:** [@Hitorie](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Hitorie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 2:54am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/curiosity-about-beginnings/11774 "2024-12-06T02:54:40Z")
I’m currently a 21 years old Vietnamese producer and i would really want to enter the music industry scene. Looking at your prestigious achievement, i was wondering: What did you do when you were young to gain the requir… --- ## [Parallel EQ / Parallel Compression](https://community.mwtm.com/t/parallel-eq-parallel-compression/11772)
**Author:** [@Lewis\_White](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Lewis_White)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 1:56am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/parallel-eq-parallel-compression/11772 "2024-12-06T01:56:27Z")
Hi Chris! Big fan of your ability to create energy & excitement in a mix! I have two questions: First: In a few videos you’ve mentioned parallel instrument EQ that you’ll ride during a chorus to put something upfront… --- ## [180Hz - how and when…](https://community.mwtm.com/t/180hz-how-and-when/11770)
**Author:** [@Gokay\_Evrenos](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Gokay_Evrenos)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 12:36am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/180hz-how-and-when/11770 "2024-12-06T00:36:54Z")
Hi Chris, Which is the most critical low frequency that you cut drastically in FT or Bass and when you, digitally or analogously, pre/post compression or in the desk or in the master bus? I personally find a lot of pro… --- ## [New Video Release - Chris Lord-Alge Mixing "The Reason" by Hoobastank](https://community.mwtm.com/t/new-video-release-chris-lord-alge-mixing-the-reason-by-hoobastank/11746)
**Author:** [@MWTM\_Admin](https://community.mwtm.com/u/MWTM_Admin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 10:49am UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/new-video-release-chris-lord-alge-mixing-the-reason-by-hoobastank/11746 "2024-12-05T10:49:05Z")
Get behind the console with Chris Lord-Alge and watch him re-mix Hoobastank’s multi-platinum pop-rock anthem “The Reason”. The legendary mix engineer delves deep into his hybrid workflow in this series, showcasing how to… --- ## [Mixing vocals into a 2-track](https://community.mwtm.com/t/mixing-vocals-into-a-2-track/11082)
**Author:** [@Joachim\_Lind\_Hadberg](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Joachim_Lind_Hadberg)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/mixing-vocals-into-a-2-track/11082 "2024-12-02T21:25:39Z")
I receive more and more projects where the artist wants to have their vocals mixed into a 2-track, which is not mixed very well. Every time I explain to the artist that I can mix things much better by having all audio t… --- ## [Voodoo and things](https://community.mwtm.com/t/voodoo-and-things/9497)
**Author:** [@Julien\_Asencio](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Julien_Asencio)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/voodoo-and-things/9497 "2024-09-15T13:58:52Z")
Hi Russell and congrats for all your work, truly inspiring! I wanted to ask you which microphones you used for the guitars on Voodoo? I think this one was never asked. When/why would you use a tube preamp instead of a … --- ## [Shop Now: Official MWTM Merch 🎁](https://community.mwtm.com/t/shop-now-official-mwtm-merch/11507)
**Author:** [@MWTM\_Admin](https://community.mwtm.com/u/MWTM_Admin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/shop-now-official-mwtm-merch/11507 "2024-11-27T12:08:30Z")
Discover our brand-new range of official merchandise featuring a carefully curated collection of premium goods and apparel. Designed for ultimate comfort and practicality, these responsibly sourced items provide everythi… --- ## [PSP Vintage Warmer / Decimort 2](https://community.mwtm.com/t/psp-vintage-warmer-decimort-2/10961)
**Author:** [@Marthin\_Gundersen](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Marthin_Gundersen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/psp-vintage-warmer-decimort-2/10961 "2024-11-20T20:05:46Z")
Hey Anthony, Great video, love the simplicity approach - standard tools used right! I have two questions if you would not mind: You mentioned that you stopped using the PSP Vintage Warmer in 2014 (approx.). What do … [Previous page](https://community.mwtm.com/latest.md?page=7) [Next page](https://community.mwtm.com/latest.md?page=9)