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Producing mixing and mastering with REFERENCE 3

Producing, Mixing And Mastering With REFERENCE 3

Only using REFERENCE 3 right at the end of making a track when mastering is a mistake. The real power comes when you use it across the whole process. While you're producing, it helps you choose so...

How To Use Music From YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Music As A Reference Track

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

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...

Guaranteed Success With Reference Tracks

Guaranteed Success With Reference Tracks

If your comparison method sucks, even the best reference track won’t save your mix. If you A/B the wrong section, at the wrong loudness, with the wrong type of reference, your mix will always feel...

The Trick to Fixing Mud Without Losing Warmth

The Trick to Fixing Mud Without Losing Warmth

Here’s a problem I bet you’ve had... You’ve cut the low-mids. You’ve EQ’d your pads. You’ve tried dynamic subtractive EQ on the bass, even brightened the top end for “contrast.” But the mud is sti...

Why Your Mixes Don’t Translate (And How To Fix It)

Why Your Mixes Don’t Translate (And How To Fix It)

There’s a moment in every producer’s journey when you stop asking, “How do I make this sound good?” and start asking, “Why doesn’t this sound right everywhere else?” It’s not just a technical prob...