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Stereo Width: How Wide Is Too Wide?
Engineers are always aiming for a wide mix with lots of depth. There are many ways to go about achieving a wide mix; however, it's definitely possi...
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5 Unique Ways to Level Up Your Mix
Getting a perfect mix isn't easy. Even when you follow all the expert tips — to a T — your mixes can still seem to be missing that "it factor" tha...
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7 Ways to Fix (Or Even Prevent) Frequency Collisions
Few things are more frustrating than being neck-deep in a mix, then realizing that two tracks are occupying the same frequency space. No matter wha...
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7 Ways to Make a Good Master GREAT!
After you've nailed your mix, it's time to have it mastered. Mastering is the last step your music goes through before it's released to the world.
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7 EQ Mistakes That Can Ruin Your Music
Using an equalizer is one of — if not the most — important aspects of mixing. That's why it's essential that you learn to use it properly.
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Tips for Mastering Rock Music
Rock music has so many sub-genres, it can be difficult to know exactly what sort of sound you should shoot for, or which techniques to use while ma...
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How to Get Great-sounding Bass Using Reference Tracks
Besides vocals, bass tracks are easily the most difficult to nail — especially if you want your mix to sound great on a variety of playback systems...
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How to Make Lo-Fi Hip Hop
Over the last 5-10 years, lo-fi hip hop has exploded in popularity with channels like Lo-Fi Girl (formerly Chilled Cow) earning more than 931 milli...
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How To Beat Writer's Block
There's nothing worse than sitting down to work on music and staring at a blank page or screen. Writer's block is the voice in your head that tells...
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How to Create Your Signature Sound
With more than 8 million artists on Spotify, it can be difficult to stand out from the crowd. But artists like Skrillex, J Dilla and Billie Eilish ...
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How to Use Dynamics Processing
Understanding and controlling dynamics is one of the fundamental elements of mixing and mastering. But with so many different plug-ins to choose fr...
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Guide to Panning and Stereo Width
Want to make powerful, immersive tracks that surround the listener with deep, detailed sound? The secret is a wide stereo image. But simply hard pa...
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