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50 Mixing Tips From Steven Slate

Posted on July 22nd, 2013. Written by Dan Comerchero.

I didn’t put this blog post together just because I want to collaborate with Steven Slate on an app that teaches

people how to tune drums.

I did it because he’s been dropping knowledge on Twitter for over a year now. So I thought I’d gather up all

the tweets and put them in one place for you to digest.

Take a minute to read through these for some fresh inspiration.

Thank him by following, ReTweeting, or checking out some of the awesome plug-ins Slate Digital has been

putting out lately.

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I'm Dan, a drummer and a digital dreamer. I'm founder of The Pro Audio Files and Quiztones ear training

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Will Sterling •

These are some awesome tips!

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Russell Szabados •

Thanks for posting. I've been compressing my reverb returns since day one. It just seemed right.

I caught a lot of crap from people telling me not to. Its nice to see that someone with a lot of

success is validating that I was on the right path!

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Andrew Lloyd •

Thanks for compiling the list! I think definitely some of the drum, snare and frequency tips will help

me out in the future with my sounds. I always consider my mixing to be a bit on the dull side so I

really appreciate this list! Feel free to check out some of my songs and let me know what you

think. http://alloydgd.tumblr.com/

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Francesco Filigoi •

In other words: Steven doesn't like to talk about guitars :P

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Joe Alvarez •

Nice tips! Thx!!!

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Utsab Giri •

but thats 45 tips?? :D

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Dan Comerchero • Mod

haha you'll have to forgive me, I deleted a few duplicates. Plus 50 looks better in the

headline.

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Mike Sorensen •

Haha, modest false advertising Dan ;-) I think you can get away with that one.

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