How To Use Music From YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Music As A Reference Track
As the music consumption model moves from ownership to streaming platforms, producers are left with fewer reference tracks in their library to chose from. In this blog, I’ll show you how to use Mas...
How To Balance All The Elements In A Mix
Balancing channels in a mix is one of the most important skills in music production, and it's also one of the easiest things to overcomplicate. Producers often jump straight into EQ, compression, s...
The Perfect Monitoring Levels For Your Home Studio
We hear frequencies differently at different volume levels. Less bass when it’s quiet, more bass when it’s loud. That’s a problem. Because if your monitoring level is off, you’ll start making EQ d...
How To Give Your Chorus A Bigger Impact
TL;DR: Alex’s chorus lacked impact, making his track feel underwhelming. To fix it, we focused on dynamic contrast (so the drop slaps like it should), cleaning up the first beat (so the impact is...
Best Reference Track For All Genres
Using a high-quality reference track is one of the most effective ways to achieve professional-sounding music. It keeps your mixing and mastering process focused from start to finish, helping you...
A Step-by-Step Guide to Mixing Drums
The drum kit isn't just another instrument in your track—it's the heartbeat of modern music. With its dynamic range of drums and cymbals spanning the full frequency spectrum, it sets the groove, en...
