XaiJu
catandbeats

catandbeats

patreon


catandbeats posts

Narrow reverb for wide mix?

1. choose a room sound that matches your song (pop in just a small amount of reverb)

2. take one element to reverb narrow/or process oddly to match emotional intent

3. ??

4. Profit

Seriously though, these instagram accounts tend to be a bit over dramatic so always question them and how they would potentially benefit your mix. 

View Post

Song Feedback Durres

The beat is definitely good, the vocal will need the most work. With songs like this it's very hard to get that right as it's extremely limited regarding the amount of tracks. 

View Post

Importance of stereo information


View Post

Input processing for reverb or eqing after?

Rule of thumb is the emotional intent of the song, second clean it up after with an eq accordingly. Make sure to experiment with convolution reverb to really focus on the intent of the song. 

View Post

How to set the right amount of decay time on your Reverb

Use the send knob to set the amount of reverb you like. As a suggestion I would only push the reverb till you can just hear it for the drum room. Don't make it too wet out of the box, can get a little messy, and please do not put in the kick drum. 


View Post

Legowelts Tamborine (sampled it from YouTube)

When you need real instruments sample it from YouTube :). A go to to add real flavour to any of your songs. Just make sure to warp correctly and watch out with Beat mode as it is a bit iffy if you warp too much

View Post

No Mix on youtube this week

Hey guys,

My internet is completely loopy in the studio and I need to go out to sort this. So, this week I will not be releasing anything on YouTube or Patreon as I can't upload anything.. argh. 

View Post

Track Critique

The Vulf Compressor is a beast in the Lo-Fi genre. pick it up next time there is a sale

View Post

Track critique number 2 (Satinka)

Lots of little tips overall. Make sure to check out Satinka here: https://soundcloud.com/satinka_official

View Post

Critique number 1 of today (Miss Antidote)

Bit of a warning here. The digitakt was recorded off the grid, so all the instruments do not line up. 

View Post

Bassroom plugin review

If you have 49 pounds laying around I recommend it :)

View Post

Track Critique


View Post

Even this guy grew old waiting for 10.1 (it's finally here though)!

Good news, I am going to start mixing a new track from Steve and we will discover 10.1 from a mixers perspective. 


Can't waiT!

View Post

How to export for online release

Is that all clear or was that a bit too fast? 


View Post

Miss Antidote's 'critique'

Enjoy the session! 

View Post

Freebie to download again, and a quick room and song analysis

Hey guys,

The limiter with adjusted gain is really nice for anything transient heavy. Just put it on and shave off the transient. 

View Post

Smooth tops and punchy lows. Multiband time


View Post

analysing Porter Robinson from a mixing engineers pov

Sorry for that RX7 did not playback audio. 

On that loudness part, the references I get in for pretty heavy Techno music is now also about -9 lufs and I think that says quit a lot about this song

View Post

How to set the right amount of bass

How you perceive sound is also something you need to take into consideration. I highly suggest headphones if you are in a sub par room and sonarworks. 

View Post

Techy arp sound

Throw in a chord device and an arpeggiator and go even more crazy. Good luck! 

View Post

Track critique number 4

Enjoy, and good job! 

View Post

Konari's Womp Lead

Mess with the wav form and the filter types to fit it to your song :). Also throw on a slap delay

View Post

Raymond's Lead sound

The upper register has the mid side set to more middle and the other one to more side. 

View Post

Track critique number 3

Main take away, put the song in mono and mix. Once it's balanced in mono go back to stereo

View Post

Track critique number 2

Here is another track critique. Thanks for sending it in! 

View Post

the first track 'critique' video

Hey guys,

This is something I have no experience with as I find it difficult to understand how you can critique something without fixing it. So, I fixed what was critiqued without any filter (no offence intended). Last thing to add to the list, 

put the music in the front and the drums in the back a bit :) (only this one time though haha)

Is this something interesting for the wall? 


View Post

For the boots and cats volume shaper

Hey guys,

I just noticed the volume shape was just not sitting right. I suggest you update the bootsandcats volume shaper to this shape or download the attachment and delete the previous version :)

View Post

Mid Side Frequency Split Sidechaining?

Bit of a head scratcher but got it to work. Good question Geoffrey! 


View Post

Bass sound of Zimmz Sinematic

Here you go guys.. By the way do any of you know when Ableton 10.1 is releasing officially? This is getting a bit silly now...  

View Post

Quick tip on the boots and cats device

Do this to taste and have fun

View Post