From Bedroom to Studio: How to Improve Your Production Quality on a Budget
Despite what the big dogs might tell you, it's entirely possible to create pro-level recordings in your home studio. And despite what the forums might tell you, you don't need to spend a lot of cas...
The Power of Automation: Tips for Making the Most of Automation in Your Tracks
Automation is one of the most powerful tools at an engineer’s disposal, yet many don't take advantage of it or use it to its fullest. In this post, we'll cover what automation is, explore its modes...
A Systematic Approach To ACTUALLY Improve As A Music Producer
Are you frustrated that your mixes are not getting any better over time? Or perhaps they’re improving but you want to get to the destination of ‘Pro Mixes’ faster? Energy and persistence are nec...
The Most Powerful Feature in REFERENCE: The Level Line
Our REFERENCE plugin is jam-packed with powerful features that are guaranteed to transform your music productions. That said, REFERENCE's most formidable tool is also one of its most understated: t...
What Is Phase (And Why Should You Care)?
Phase describes where a periodic waveform is in its cycle at a given time. The relationship in time between two or more waveforms with identical or harmonically related periods gives us a measureme...
Mastering The Mix has done an in-depth technical analysis of the 25 most streamed songs on Spotify in 2022. We wanted to discover: Is there a tonal balance trend? What technical characteristics ...
