Learn Mixing and Mastering

In this post, you’ll learn the essential steps of how to prepare your music for mastering. This guide can be applied to any genre of music and will...

Reverb — an abbreviation for "reverberation" — is the reflected sound that bounces back to your ears from surfaces in your environment. It's what g...

Saturation is a versatile mixing tool that can make your tracks sound fatter, help tracks cut through the mix, or glue tracks together. But, when u...

In early June, Apple introduced Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos for Apple Music, enabling subscribers to listen to more than 75 million songs in an ...

Mixing a live band recording can be much more difficult than mixing a track by a solo artist. There are typically more instruments to contend with,...

Ask any instrumentalist and they'll tell you, it's not just the notes you play but how you play them. Dynamics allow us to modify the tone or feel ...

Before you sign a record deal, you're basically on your own as an artist. Booking time in a professional studio can be expensive—that's why so many...

The first and arguably most important step of the mixing stage is correcting issues that were caused while recording. With so much excitement and e...

No two mixes are the same. Every track comes with its own unique problems, which require specific solutions. Even if you use the same plug-ins ever...

How long do you typically spend on a mix? The amount of time probably varies from mix to mix, but the answer should always be the same: as little t...

Using a great sounding reference track is one of the best ways to help you create professional sounding music. It keeps your mixing and mastering f...

Every engineer has their own personal preference of where to start a mix. There’s no right (or wrong) way to start a mix, but each method has pros ...