Learn Mixing and Mastering

Stay ahead of the curve with weekly mixing and mastering tutorials.

Sample Rates and Bit Depth... In a nutshell

Sample Rates and Bit Depth... In a nutshell

What is the Sample Rate? The sample rate, in a nutshell, is the number of samples per second in a piece of audio. It is measured in Hertz (Hz) or Kilohertz (kHz).  Does having a higher sample rate...

Mastered For iTunes

Mastered For iTunes

What is Mastering For iTunes? MFiT is a section in the iTunes store. The music in this section has been through a quality control process to improve the sonics of the audio. The MFiT incentive is...

How To Mix Kick and Bass

How To Mix Kick and Bass

Introduction Mixing the Kick Mixing the Bass Mono Effects Harmonics Acoustics and Monitoring Subwoofers What frequency range is considered to be ‘Low End’?   Most of the kick and bass low end ac...

Bouncing Audio For Mastering

Bouncing Audio For Mastering

This page will give you instructions on how to bounce your files for mastering.  Headroom Headroom is the ‘space’ between the highest peak of your audio and zero decibels full scale. If your audio ...

Critical Listening

Critical Listening

You've heard your song about a million times now so all subjectivity is lost. The best way to get some perspective on whether your mix actually sounds good or not is to bring in a few reference tra...

Creating Space In Your Mix

Creating Space In Your Mix

Cut the bass on tacks that shouldn't have bass  Low frequencies can creep in to your track unnoticed when recording vocals and guitar using a microphone. Here you can see the frequencies that are p...