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!
Latest Episodes
From Physical Therapist to Full-Time Metal Mix Engineer | My 10-Year Story
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 audi...
The Reason Your Drum Mixes Sound Bad Has Nothing To Do With Mixing
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 ...
3 Bass Mistakes That Ruin Every Metal Mix
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 clie...
SSL Bus Compression for Metal (Attack & Release Settings That Actually Work)
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 setti...
The Only Way I Use Reference Tracks Now For Metal Mixing
A lot of metal mixers are using reference tracks completely wrong. In this video I break down the three ways I've used reference tracks throughout my mixing journey, f...