Mike Ramnarine

Category: Music Production

  • Two channels, two mics and a rock band. What do I do?

    You’ve got some new songs you want to share with the world. Maybe it’s just some friends for some feedback or to send around to get some gigs. You look around your rehearsal space. Drums, check. Guitar, bass, check. Recording equipment? All you’ve got is basic 2-in/2-out soundcard and a mic or two, maybe a…

  • What Does it Mean to “Trust your Ears”?

    We’re all just trying to get the best mix we can, but sometimes it can be hard to tell whether we’re making things better or worse. Or even more disheartening; making a change one day and then playing at a friend’s or client’s and it sounding nothing like you expected. There are as many ways…

  • Shrinking Plug-in Headers in Logic Pro X

    I’ve been doing some producing on my laptop recently and here’s a useful tip I’ve found for saving space on those smaller screens. When you open a plug-in window in Logic Pro it wraps the GUI itself in a black window with some extra options on. You could always enlarge a plug-in window (although I’m…

  • Bouncing Aux tracks in Logic Pro

    Say you’ve got a few tracks grouped and bussed and you want to take a bounce to create a stem. The bounce in place feature is useful, but works track by track, and if freezing isn’t what you’re after. What if we want to bounce the whole drum group? How can we take the processed…