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Can you mix on headphones? Every engineer seems to have a strong opinion about the subject, but the truth is, you can mix on just about any system ...

Audio engineers are frequently asked to "fix it in the mix" — something we affectionately refer to as "turd polishing."  Pro-recorded projects gene...

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...

Compression is a topic that is often discussed at length by producers and engineers. We talk about our favorite compressors, popular techniques, an...

MIDI is the backbone of most modern music productions. Originally developed in the 1980s, MIDI technology revolutionized the way we make music fore...

Understanding and controlling dynamics is one of the fundamental elements of mixing and mastering. But with so many different plug-ins to choose fr...

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...

Delay is a powerful mixing tool for adding width, depth and dimension to your tracks. However, sometimes it can be difficult to dial in the sound i...

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 ...

Just about every mixing tutorial on the interwebs sings the praises of the highpass filter — indeed, it’s a useful tool. Inexperienced hands, highp...

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...