Phil Wakely Audio

Due to the difficulties I’ve been having with my old IMac, I’ve taken the plunge and ordered a second-hand but newer IMac from eBay and it arrived today. First impressions are that it should be much… Read more

I have also been doing a mix and master of a recording I assisted one of my classmates with. I used it as an exercise in how growly I could make everything. Here’s the finished… Read more

So, I’ll try and summarise what I did to turn a very rough and ready recording into something a bit more listenable. After loading the audio files, and doing a pink noise mix to get… Read more

Well I’ve done some mastering today. One track is a recording of live instruments, including me playing drums with a guitarist and bassist. When I listened to the raw recording it was rubbish, but I’ve added… Read more

What a terrible day! Everything I’ve tried to achieve has been frustrated by my creakingly old technology and by Apple’s not very environmentally friendly, inbuilt obsolescence policies. I’m basically locked out of my recording files… Read more

Well, what have I been up to? I have spent an inordinate amount of time making the website look better. It was sort of alright anyway, but a bit glitchy, so I hope it has… Read more

I’m just posting a ‘before and after’ of the song I’ve been mixing. They’re just clips because the whole recording is about 11 minutes long at present! This is the raw, totally umixed recording And… Read more

More mixing today. Having completed a mix of a band that we recorded last week, I’m going to look at some material that was actually recorded some time ago, with me on drums and two… Read more

Mixing today! I’ve had to think about how the original plan is shaping up. Since my original attempts to get some band interested in recording, I’ve not had a great deal of success in lining… Read more

Overview  This is a recording project. From a personal point of view the minimum requirement is that I produce a portfolio of my work, showing a range of technical skills and demonstrating the ability to… Read more