After a few false starts of trying to be clever, I
gave up.
It's Valentine's Day today but I don't have a good idea that ties love with audio.
Other than the obvious.
You're here because you love audio.
You love how you can use a piece of technology to enhance the emotion of a song.
You love the way it makes your music come alive.
It can bring out the anger of a driving rock song, amplify the excitement of a catchy pop song, or pull at your heart strings in a somber ballad.
But sometimes you fall out of love with audio and you're just not clicking.
No
matter what you do, it's not enough for the song to give you what you want.
You're married to the sound you have in your head, but what comes out of the speakers isn't what you signed up for at the start.
You've got "audio issues" and you're hoping I could fix them for you.
So, in a way, I'm like your counselor
helping you patch things up.
And like any good counselor, I'd ask you questions about where things are going wrong before I would give you advice.
So if you told me that you didn't know the first thing about being in a relationship mixing, I'd tell you to read Step By Step Mixing
and it would give you a game plan to mixing bliss.
If you told me that you knew the basics of mixing but EQ was like dating somebody who spoke a completely different language, I'd recommend EQ Strategies - Your Ultimate Guide to EQ.
And if you were worried that you
weren't spending enough quality time together or that the time you had was poorly spent and nothing got done, I'd recommend my Easy Mix Approach to get better mixes in less time.
But...and this is a tricky one to suggest because you might not be ready...BUT if you were both tired of each other and wanted to "consciously decouple"
and "meet other people" then I'd recommend the Audience Amplifier to make you more attractive to a new group of people.
No matter where you are with your audio relationship, I hope any of these suggestions will help.
Take care and happy Valentine's Day.
Björgvin