Recording Series
This extensive series covers the rationale behind making a great recording. It will encourage you to develop a vision and a plan, as opposed to placing microphones everywhere so you always [...]
How To Not Mess Up Your Mix
It’s tempting to fix every audible “problem” in a mix and go overboard with processing. This article examines the unexpected artefacts of common audio processing and defines [...]
Expressive Mixing
Let It Bleed
Microphone spill can be a menace or a friend, depending on its properties. This article examines the dos and don’ts of recording multiple instruments simultaneously.
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Can I Have Your Attention Please?
How to use attention mechanisms to present music to a listener? Guiding attention is the key to producing and mixing music so it appeals to a first time listener, [...]
Interface Magazine
(in Dutch) Interface features Wessel’s articles on a regular basis. A ten part series on recording was published in 2018-2019. This series will be available in [...]