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How To Mix With STEREOVAULT And Nail The Width Across Your Whole Track

How To Mix With STEREOVAULT And Nail The Width Across Your Whole Track

Stereo can make a mix feel bigger, deeper, wider, and more emotional. But it can also wreck a good track faster than most producers realise. A few bad stereo moves can weaken the low end, blur the...

How to chose the right reference track

How To Choose The Right Reference Track For Your Mix

You can use reference tracks and still not get a better mix. That usually happens when the track you're comparing against doesn't actually suit the song you're working on. It might sound amazing o...

Is your mix actually done?

How To Know If Your Mix Is Actually Done

You think your mix is done. Then you play a professional track after it, and suddenly yours sounds smaller, flatter, and less expensive. REFERENCE 3 solves this. It lets you compare your mix again...

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...