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Graham Waks

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Graham Waks, recording engineer, mixer, producer, and owner of Left Plus Right Studio in Nashville, TN. He also runs Music City Acoustics, designing and building acoustic panels for home studios.   He recorded and mixed projects in a wide range of genres with artists signed to major labels as well as indie artists paving their own way. Some of Graham’s music credits include: Lindi Ortega, Parade of Lights, Hadley Kennary, Kevin Presbrey, and Lauren Strange to name a few.    IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: How to learn about acoustics  Finding your ideal listening position How to learn your room so that you can mix accurately How to optimize your listening environment for free Monitoring levels: What is the ideal level to listen at How to measure room modes What type of acoustic treatment should you use? How to build your own treatment Why using Sonarworks isn’t the ideal way to tune your room    To learn more about Graham Waks, visit: https://www.musiccityacoustics.com/   For more information on Sonarworks, visit: http://links.masteryourmix.com/sonarworks   To learn more tips on how to improve your mixes, visit https://masteryourmix.com/   Download your FREE copy of the Ultimate Mixing Blueprint: https://masteryourmix.com/blueprint/   Get your copy of the #1 Amazon bestselling book, The Mixing Mindset – The Step-By-Step Formula For Creating Professional Rock Mixes From Your Home Studio: https://masteryourmix.com/mixingmindsetbook/   Join the FREE MasterYourMix Facebook community: https://links.masteryourmix.com/community   To make sure that you don’t miss an episode, make sure to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or on Android.   Have your questions answered on the show. Send them to questions@masteryourmix.com   Thanks for listening! Please leave a rating and review on iTunes!

Graham Waks, recording engineer, mixer, producer, and owner of Left Plus Right Studio in Nashville, TN. He also runs Music City Acoustics, designing and building acoustic panels for home studios. He recorded and mixed projects in a wide range of genres with artists signed to major labels as well as indie artists paving their own way. Some of Graham’s music credits include: Lindi Ortega, Parade of Lights, Hadley Kennary, Kevin Presbrey, and Lauren Strange to name a few.  IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: <ul><li>How to learn about acoustics </li> <li>Finding your ideal listening position</li> <li>How to learn your room so that you can mix accurately</li> <li>How to optimize your listening environment for free</li> <li>Monitoring levels: What is the ideal level to listen at</li> <li>How to measure room modes</li> <li>What type of acoustic treatment should you use?</li> <li>How to build your own treatment</li> <li>Why using Sonarworks isn’t the ideal way to tune your room</li> </ul> To learn more about Graham Waks, visit: <a href="https://www.musiccityacoustics.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.musiccityacoustics.com/</a> For more information on Sonarworks, visit: <a href="http://links.masteryourmix.com/sonarworks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://links.masteryourmix.com/sonarworks</a> To learn more tips on how to improve your mixes, visit <a href="https://masteryourmix.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://masteryourmix.com/</a> Download your FREE copy of the Ultimate Mixing Blueprint: <a href="https://masteryourmix.com/blueprint/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://masteryourmix.com/blueprint/</a> Get your copy of the #1 Amazon bestselling book, The Mixing Mindset – The Step-By-Step Formula For Creating Professional Rock Mixes From Your Home Studio: <a href="https://masteryourmix.com/mixingmindsetbook/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://masteryourmix.com/mixingmindsetbook/</a> Join the FREE MasterYourMix Facebook community:<a href="https://links.masteryourmix.com/community" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://links.masteryourmix.com/community</a> To make sure that you don’t miss an episode, make sure to <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/masteryourmix-podcast/id1240842781?__s=%5Bsubscriber.token%5D&amp;__s=%5Bsubscriber.token%5D" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">subscribe to the podcast on iTunes</a> or <a href="http://subscribeonandroid.com/masteryourmix.com/feed/podcast/?__s=%5Bsubscriber.token%5D&amp;__s=%5Bsubscriber.token%5D" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">on Android</a>. Have your questions answered on the show. Send them to <a>questions@masteryourmix.com</a> Thanks for listening! <a href="https://masteryourmix.com/review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Please leave a rating and review on iTunes!</a>

Graham Waks: How to Acoustically Treat Your Home Studio

My guest today is Graham Waks (wax) a drummer, engineer, and producer originally from California now living in Nashville TN who has been playing the drums for 12 years and teaching six. His recording studio is called Left + Right Music and he also runs Music City Acoustics designing and building acoustic panels for home studios. While he absolutely loves touring and making records, he also loves education and empowering people to learn something new. So today we are going to dig into the topic of choosing the best acoustic treatment for your home studio so that both your recordings and your mixes sound awesome and you can make your best record ever! Some of Graham’s music credits include:  Lindi Ortega,  Parade of Lights,  Hadley Kennary,  Kevin Presbrey, and  Lauren Strange to name a few.  Thank you to Anders Jovaag from ADAM Audio for the introduction. Get access to FREE mixing mini-course: http://MixMasterBundle.com THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS! https://RecordingStudioRockstars.com/Academy Use code ROCKSTAR to get 10% https://JZmic.com Use coupon ROCKSTARS to get 50% off select mics https://www.Spectra1964.com http://MacSales.com/Rockstars http://iZotope.com/Rockstars use code ROCK10 for 10% off https://www.youtube.com/user/adamaudiospeakers http://UltimateMixingMasterclass.com Hear guests discography on Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eROdovMukPcGIJq7PrLdl?si=3b8132b7042140bd If you love the podcast, then please leave a review: https://RSRockstars.com/Review  CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE SHOW NOTES AT: http://RSRockstars.com/321

My guest today is Graham Waks (wax) a drummer, engineer, and producer originally from California now living in Nashville TN who has been playing the drums for 12 years and teaching six. His recording studio is called Left + Right Music and he also runs Music City Acoustics designing and building acoustic panels for home studios. While he absolutely loves touring and making records, he also loves education and empowering people to learn something new. So today we are going to dig into the topic of choosing the best acoustic treatment for your home studio so that both your recordings and your mixes sound awesome and you can make your best record ever! Some of Graham’s music credits include: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/0F8GZ29QxpnfOZvM25l7tJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Lindi Ortega</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/5acfZKELBZRBvyhrC0kzG1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Parade of Lights</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/2Iskp0KzBnBOBDKrQbHo6f" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Hadley Kennary</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/6m38yntkGHWQS0Bwc7FLqi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Kevin Presbrey</a>, and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/2OXfKTThpCUSA9Vju6ute5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Lauren Strange</a> to name a few.  Thank you to Anders Jovaag from ADAM Audio for the introduction. Get access to FREE mixing mini-course: <a href="http://mixmasterbundle.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://MixMasterBundle.com</a> THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS! <a href="https://recordingstudiorockstars.com/Academy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://RecordingStudioRockstars.com/Academy</a> Use code ROCKSTAR to get 10% <a href="https://jzmic.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://JZmic.com</a> Use coupon ROCKSTARS to get 50% off select mics <a href="https://www.spectra1964.com/shop" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.Spectra1964.com</a> <a href="http://macsales.com/rockstars" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://MacSales.com/Rockstars</a> <a href="http://izotope.com/Rockstars" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://iZotope.com/Rockstars</a> use code ROCK10 for 10% off <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/adamaudiospeakers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/adamaudiospeakers</a> <a href="http://ultimatemixingmasterclass.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://UltimateMixingMasterclass.com</a> Hear guests discography on Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eROdovMukPcGIJq7PrLdl?si=3b8132b7042140bd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eROdovMukPcGIJq7PrLdl?si=3b8132b7042140bd</a> If you love the podcast, then please leave a review: <a href="https://rsrockstars.com/Review" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://RSRockstars.com/Review</a> <a href="http://rsrockstars.com/321" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE SHOW NOTES AT: http://RSRockstars.com/321</a>

RSR321 - Graham Waks - Sound Proofing Your Home Studio

On this episode of The Modern Recordist we have producer/engineer Graham Waks. And! This is also the first ever remote episode of the podcast – Graham was kind enough to open his studio, Left Plus Right, up for us to record, instead of our usual spot, as things are busy over there these days. On…

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