Not sure where to start when it comes to EQ? This guide will show you great starting points to get your tracks sounding great, fast!

How To Mix Huge, Exciting Guitars

In this week's video, we're taking a look at a cool trick to make your guitars extra wide and extra exciting! Perfect for adding energy...

How To Mix Gang Vocals

If you mix pop-punk, hardcore, or other rock-based genres, you're bound to come across gang vocals. They're a little tricky to mix...

How And Why To Use Multiband Compression

Multiband compressors can be incredibly useful tools while mixing, but only if you know what to do with it! For the longest time, I...

How To Get Wider Pads, Vocals, Guitars And More

We all want big, wide mixes. Well this week, we're taking a look at a cool little trick to add extra width to your guitars, pads,...

Which Gear Will Really Improve Your Recordings?

Whenever people ask for advice about why their recordings don't sound great, I always see the advice of "upgrade your converters" or "get...

The Andrew Scheps Rear Bus Technique

I'm always looking for techniques that make my job easier and allow me to work faster, so when I heard about Andrew Scheps' rear bus...

Cutting VS Boosting with EQ - Is one better?

I've seen so many people give the advice that "cutting is better than boosting" when it comes to EQ, or that "you should never do an eq...

Everything You Need To Know About Gain Staging

There are A LOT of myths floating around about gain staging inside your DAW. I've seen some really great advice as well as some really...

How Loud Should You Master Your Song?

With streaming services like Spotify normalizing the volume of tracks, everyone seems to be asking "how loud should I make my tracks?"...

Get Your Tracks In Perfect Phase With Flux Evo In

Today we're taking a quick look at Flux Evo In. If you find yourself mixing drums, guitars, or bass where the tracks are fighting each...

5 Reasons To Use Drum Samples

Sometimes we get to mix amazing sounding drums, played by a great drummer in a fantastic room. Other times, that's not the case! When the...

Sonnox Oxford Drum Gate Review

Today we're taking a quick look at Oxford Drum Gate from Sonnox. If you struggle to mix less than perfectly recorded live drums, this...

The Secret To Impactful Mixes

Today we're taking a look at some ways to make your mixes more impactful by creating contrast. If you want your chorus to sound huge,...

Why You Should Be Using A Mix Template

I've seen a lot of people who look down on the use of templates in mixing, saying that it reduces creativity. I think templates do the...

Perfect Low End With Bassroom

Today we're taking a quick look at Bassroom from Mastering The Mix. If you struggle to get your low end sitting right in your mixes, this...

The Key To Better Sounding Tom Samples

For the longest time, I could never get tom samples to sound right in my mixes. I didn't have this problem with kicks and snares, I would...

Mixing Drums Using Pro Tools STOCK PLUGINS

If you're like me, you get about a dozen emails every day trying to sell you a new plugin that promises to completely transform your...

How To Get Even Low End In Your Bass

The low end is often the toughest part to get right while mixing. This is especially true for people mixing in untreated or semi-treated...

How To Use Effects Ducking To Get A Less Muddy Mix

If your vocal reverb or guitar delay sounds good but is muddying up your mix, today I'll show you how to create more clarity in your mix...

How To Create A Fake Drum Room Sound

We all want massive drum tones that sound like they were recorded in a huge room in a multimillion-dollar studio, but most of us are...