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Mike Hillier
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At Metropolis we use PMC monitoring for all the mastering rooms, and I can tell you they're superb. But then they would be at about £40k of speakers per room (BB5s & XB3s). I've heard the DB1S+ model too and they're very accurate. I've not heard any…
What do you want to know about them? I don't know about Pyramix or Sequoia, but SADiE has a totally different focus to regular DAWs. Look out for a workshop in the next Mastering Focus concentrating on esoteric mastering details like PQ points, and…
I haven't made the Snow Leopard leap on my Pro Tools machine yet, although I have been considering it recently. There hasn't been much blog discussion of bugs. Have you been in touch with Digidesign about your issue?
Hello all,
I'm the News Monkey for Music Tech Magazine, I also write a few reviews each month and the regular Pro Tools Workshops.
When not writing for the mag (and often while), I can be found working at Metropolis Studios in London.
I'm the News Monkey for Music Tech Magazine, I also write a few reviews each month and the regular Pro Tools Workshops.
When not writing for the mag (and often while), I can be found working at Metropolis Studios in London.
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- How would you categorise your musical output?
- I make your band sound good, and on occasion I make weird noises and call them "pieces".
- What are your favourite pieces of studio hardware?
- Digi 003
SE RNR1
Shure 520D "Green Bullet"
Vox AC30
Homemade FX pedals
Customised Strat
- Which Digital Audio Workstation application do you use?
- Pro Tools 8
Cubase 4
Max/MSP/Jitter
- What's your favourite digital instrument?
- NI B4II - I just love those Hammondy vibes, plus the Leslie emulation is a great plaything.
It's quickly becoming Max/MSP, which is letting me do just about anything, so long as I can work it out!
- Who are your musical/production influences or heroes?
- Damon Albarn, Steve Albini, Jeff Buckley, Graham Coxon, Delia Derbyshire, Nick Drake, Philip Glass, Nigel Godrich, Jonny Greenwood, Woody Guthrie, Martin Hannett, Kieran Hebden, Joy Division, Mixerman, John Peel, Jason Pierce, Miller S. Puckette, Sonic Youth, Steve Reich, Sufjan Stevens, Steven Street, Patti Smith, Sigur Ros, Sonic Youth, the Velvet Underground, Andy Wallace
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- Yes
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Debut Drunken Balordi single, available now
The debut single by South London gypsy punks "Drunken Balordi" is available now on iTunes.
I recorded the single at Metropolis Studio A, and mixed it at home. More details here.
Mike
I recorded the single at Metropolis Studio A, and mixed it at home. More details here.
Mike
Posted on November 3, 2009 at 11:22am —
And away I go...
Alright, so after a little work and some fiddling around with iWeb, I've managed to build something. The finished results are available for you all to see at www.mikehillier.me I've got a few future ideas that I'll be working on, including possibly putting up some finished Max/MSP creations in application form for you to download and play with. But first I'm going to have to finish some... on which note, I've been working on my kick drum synthesis engine, and while the plan obviously is to creat… Continue
Posted on October 2, 2009 at 10:06pm — 3 Comments
Website contruction
I've decided to build a website to use as a means of promoting myself as an engineer - basically I want it to act as a sort of online CV. At the moment it's very much in an "alpha" state. I'm building it with iWeb, which is so easy i think my mother could use it. I've opted to put pages up linking to all of my MTM features, tutorials and reviews, and I've put up a list of credits for artists I've worked with, which I hope to expand with links to the bands themselves.
This is my first experience… Continue
This is my first experience… Continue
Posted on September 25, 2009 at 12:24pm — 2 Comments
Studio goings on.
I missed last week's Max for Live event at City Lit because I was called in to Metropolis to work on a session over the weekend. So I'll have to keep waiting with the rest of you guys to try out Max for Live when it's officially released. As it turns out the session was a very big one, with all four rooms at Metropolis in use by the same client all week. I'd love to tell you who it was, but I'd get in trouble, so I won't.
What I will tell you is that on Friday night the night receptionist was (a… Continue
What I will tell you is that on Friday night the night receptionist was (a… Continue
Posted on July 26, 2009 at 4:01pm —
Max/MSP, Ableton Live & The City Lit Open Day
Karina over at City Lit e-mailed me yesterday to let me know of an event they are putting on over at City Lit to coincide with the launch of Max for Live. As anyone who's been keeping score with me knows, I fell in love with Max at the start of the year thanks to a 10 week course at City Lit. So I will definitely be attending the event, in fact they've asked me to perform, but unless I can wrestle some performance into one of my patches I'm not really there yet. They're mostly studio tools, with… Continue
Posted on July 10, 2009 at 3:48pm —
Comment Wall (33 comments)
- At 4:22pm on December 27, 2009,
Kashif Ejaz said…
- The last two tracks on my player comes under world music/lounge category. They have a bit more low end, I guess you might be talking about them.
- At 4:13pm on December 27, 2009,
Kashif Ejaz said…
- Hi Mike,
Its good to hear from you. I like your idea. I have paid close attention to the relationship of low mid and high with each other and I remember non of my tracks have RMS value of more than 9, in fact I keep them in between 12 - 10. Regarding low-end, nowadays RnB tracks have much bigger low end with lots of sub and intelligent use to side-chain compression over kick and bass. Generally speaking during mastering I think getting the low end right is the real challenge, you can easily mess with it because you can't hear all the low frequencies, some of them you feel, some of them you hear. Also there is a risk of losing perspective as you listen to the track over and over. Doing A/B a track really works here. The room and your time spend in that room whether listening music or working really matters as well.
I have tested the tracks over different systems and also compared them with similar sounding reference tracks.
So you're working with bands these days? Hows Mark doing?
- At 7:09pm on December 25, 2009,
Kashif Ejaz said…
- Also, Hadiqa Kiani's album that I co-produced, mix and master is now available on iTunes here http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/aasmaan/id346396578
- At 7:00pm on December 25, 2009,
Kashif Ejaz said…
- Dude, especially come to ask for your feedback about the tracks on my page. I have co-produced and mix most of them and mastered all of them. Have a listen and let me know what do you think. Cheers !
P. S. say hello to Mark Cousins :)
- At 12:22pm on November 13, 2009,
The Ghost said… - Thanks for the feedback Mike.
SAE is a bit steep for my pocket though they have some wonderful facilities across the globe. Visited the Byron Bay campus but found it too expensive. Will look into Alchemea.
Though I'm not really looking for a beginners 101 to mixing. Artistes that I produced and mixed for won MTV awards 2 years in a row for the Africa MTV awards. I'm looking for something that will make my mixes more competitive with the Pensado's as well as the Orton's of this world since I'm trying to break into the European and American market.
Plus, I find myself getting more and more work to mix on big SSL and Neve desks. That's gear that I cannot afford at the moment, but my clients are booking studios that have these great pieces of gear that I have no clue how to use :-(
Though as soon as I do my mix in the box, the clients come back and have a listen and are usually 80% satisfied.
Full sail is also a bit pricey and they don't have any intermediate courses that I could find online.
The search continues though!
Cheers!
- At 1:18pm on November 12, 2009,
The Ghost said…
- Hi Mike?
Like your sound. I'm looking for an audio engineering school for someone with intermediate skills. I do my own mixing and production and would like to move my mixes to the next level.Any suggestions on good audio engineering schools that are affordable?
- At 3:20pm on October 27, 2009,
Dee1962z said… - Thank you Mike for some very sweet comments about my tracks that gave me a cheery smile:)
However, anytime if you think that is... I need to do more work on my tracks or whatever, please, please feel free to let me know. After all I am listening to an expert and I really do adore your great musical soundscapes. Very inspirational indeed. A great feast for my ears.
Thanks again.
Take care and keep up the good work.
Dee.
- At 9:41pm on October 26, 2009,
James Bond IV said… - Cool I'll try iTunes instead.
- At 7:16pm on October 26, 2009,
James Bond IV said…
- Yeah am having trouble with protools mp3 coder.I think i just need to reload the software.it gave me an error code but I forgot to write it down.
- At 8:38am on October 18, 2009,
DAN JUNK said… - Nice Hat thats it?
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