Riff to Radio

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, and a cleaner low end fast.

✅ In this video you’ll learn quick wins for:
-Tracking & session prep (tuning, gain staging, clean takes)
-Editing tight metal performances (crossfades, noise cleanup, alignment)
-Low-end control (kick/bass/toms, sidechain, filtering)
-Heavy rhythm guitars (EQ, gain, harshness control)
-Vocals & mix polish (compression chains, saturation, FX cleanup)

00:00 Intro: 25 Metal Production Tips in 5 Minutes (No Fluff)
00:28 Tracking Fundamentals:  (Tips 1–5)
01:19 Editing & Tightness: (Tips 6–10)
02:08 Low-End & Drum Power: (Tips 11–15)
03:02 Guitars & Midrange: (Tips 16–20)
03:56 Vocals, FX, Mixbus: (Tips 21–25)
04:54 Wrap-Up

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What is Riff to Radio?

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!