
Welcome to Riff to Radio, the podcast where I discuss all things recording, producing, releasing, and promoting music for metal bands. I'm your host, Daniel Thabet. I'm a professional mixing engineer and owner of Liquid Studios. With over a decade of experience exclusively working with metal bands, I'm here to help your band produce aggressive sounding music you are proud to release!
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 57 | Founded | a year ago |
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In my gain mistake video, I showed you how using less amp gain and a Tube Screamer with the drive at zero produces a tighter metal guitar tone. But what if a simple EQ plugin could do it even better? In this video, I test using a stock Reaper EQ (Rea... more
I've used Slate Trigger 2 since 2014 and I just discovered it has a built-in drum gate I never knew about. In this video, I put it head-to-head against Black Salt Audio Silencer on real metal drum tracks to find out which one actually wins for metal ... more
If your guitars aren't sitting right in the mix, it's not your tone... it's your compression. Here are 4 fixes that actually work.
Whether you're mixing metal guitars that feel disconnected from the snare, low-end chug that sounds flubby and undefin... more
The #1 mistake with metal vocals is NOT compressing them enough. Here's the exact 2-step vocal compression chain I use on every session... CLA-76 crush followed by CLA-2A for life and punch.
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I never went to school for audio. I didn't intern at a famous studio. I was actually a physical therapist first. From the moment I seriously committed to learning audio production until I was finally able to quit my day job and mix metal bands full-t... more
The reason your home-recorded metal drums never sound right has nothing to do with your mixing. The problem happens before you ever open your DAW.
In this episode, I'm taking you behind the scenes of a real metal drum recording session for the band ... more
After mixing hundreds of metal tracks for self-recording bands, the bass is often sent wrong. In this video I break down the 3 most common bass mistakes I find in client sessions, and exactly how to fix them before you ever open a mix session.
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Your metal mix sounds solid in solo, but something dies when you play it back together. The culprit is almost always your mix bus compressor's attack and release settings. In this video I break down four specific attack/release combinations using the... more
Dan really knows what he is doing. He has mixed my band, Patterns of Decay’s music for years. We love Liquid Studios and the hard work they put into each release!
There is no greater producer in the world. Dan is a consumate professional. Not only can he shred himself, but he knows how to make your band stand out! His resume speaks for itself and the podcast will allow you behind the curtain to learn from the best!
I’ve known and have had the pleasure of working with Thabet for the last 10+ years recording music for my band Patterns of Decay. He is a phenomenal engineer who is dedicated to helping make your music the best it can be to represent your vision.
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