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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!
Unknown Host hosts Riff to Radio, a education show with 58 episodes published.
After 14 years and hundreds of metal records, I still use the same $60 DAW and in this video I'm breaking down exactly why. If you're paying a subscription for your DAW, this might change how you think about your setup.
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 whic
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 t
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. Want to watch these videos ea
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
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 re
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 e
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/
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, from beginner to where I am today, and show you exactl
Your metal guitar tone is shaped by two things: your amp sim and your IR. But which one has the bigger impact? I ran a controlled experiment using the Bogren Digital Ampknob series, testing the 5169, Rev C, and Trivium R
My last video on programmed drums vs real drums for metal divided the community, so I'm pulling up your comments and addressing the best arguments one by one. This isn't about real vs fake. It's about what serves your mu
Real drums sound amazing, but for self-recording metal bands, the variables are stacked against you. In this episode I break down the 5 reasons why programmed drums are the smarter choice when you're recording at home, a
I've mixed over 200 metal bands, and these are the 3 biggest mistakes I see when bands self-record and send me tracks to mix. From live drum tracking issues to bad arrangements to sloppy guitar takes, these problems are
Most guitar mixing tutorials show you one plugin. One move. One preset. This is the full chain, from raw DI signal to reamped tone to completely finished heavy guitars inside a real mix. Every plugin, every setting, and
I mixed these metal drums from raw tracks to a polished final mix, and I'm showing you every single step. Watch the complete drum mixing process: EQ, compression, bus processing, and the full before & after. FREE DRUM RE
Are you EQing your guitars WRONG? In this video, I'll show you 3 common EQ mistakes that are killing your guitar tone, and how to fix them. We'll cover: 🔴 Why sweeping EQ cuts are doing more harm than good 🔴 Why you sh
If your metal choruses aren’t hitting like they should, the problem usually isn’t your plugins, it’s contrast. Most mixes don’t have a “chorus lift” because the verse is already too big, so when the chorus arrives… nothi
25 metal production tips in 5 minutes. ⚡️ In this speed run, I’m blasting through practical, real-world mixing and recording tips for modern metal, so you can get tighter performances, clearer guitars, punchier drums, an
If your metal mix sounds muddy, small, or chaotic… it’s probably fighting itself. Turning everything up doesn’t make your mix massive. It makes it crowded. In this video, I’ll show you the exact sidechain workflows I use
If you’re hiring a mixing engineer, don’t send your session like this. In this episode, I break down the biggest session prep mistakes DIY bands make when exporting tracks for mixing, including not consolidating audio fi
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