Awesome music mixing can take a well recorded track to a completely different level. The following articles span everything from setting correct levels, using EQ and compression correctly as well as sprinkling your mixes with effects.
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Do you always have a hard time using compression? Are the knobs too much to handle, and are you ALWAYS unhappy with the result? Don’t worry, you don’t really need ...
Making your backing vocals stand out without cluttering up the lead vocal is tricky. You want them to add depth and push to the lead melody, but you need to ...
This is a guest post by Kim LaJoie. Mixing bass isn’t easy. It’s one of easiest ways to tell the difference between a lousy mix and a great mix. If ...
There are a few simple ways you can spice up a mix and make it more interesting. If you’ve got your production down but you feel like it’s lacking interest, ...
You might have heard the advice that it’s always a good idea to check your mix against a reference track. But what does that mean? What kind of reference mix? ...
Don’t you dare touch that reverb! Let go of the reverb for one day, and use a delay instead. Delays are easier to handle, and some are much less confusing ...
As you might know, there’s one thing I’m highly passionate about in mixing. Bussing and routing. Subgrouping and routing your tracks together can make a massive mix seem smaller and ...
I can’t live without coffee. I can say, without a doubt, that without coffee I probably wouldn’t have written any of the articles on this site. It keeps my creative ...
A melody makes a mix go ’round. For 99%(made up statistic) of music, the song revolves around the vocal melody. Especially when you consider how many songs use the same ...
Not everything needs to be squeaky clean and filled with high-end sheen. Sometimes it’s useless to add “air” to certain instruments. You don’t need to, and your mix might suffer ...
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