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Midrange Mixing (Fix Your Mix in 4 Simple Steps)

Have you ever finished a mix that sounds fantastic on your studio monitors and headphones, only to be disappointed by how it translates to other listening devices like your phone? This common frustration among music producers often stems from neglecting an essential part of the sound spectrum: the midrange. In this post, you’ll learn the importance of midrange in mixing, common pitfalls, and a step-by-step approach to ensure your mix sounds great across all playback systems.

How to Get That Perfect Low End Every Time

In this blog post, we’ll cover one of the biggest keys for a banging track regardless of genre. Ultimately, it’s all about getting a perfect low-end, that is, your kick and bass relationship. Have you ever been guilty in the past for just boosting your low-end, hoping for a better result, only to find it made your track muddy, squashed and undefined? Well, with what you are about to learn right here, this won’t be an issue for you for much longer! So, are you ready to learn how to achieve great definition in your low-end groove? Let’s go!

Black Friday and Cyber Monday Audio Plugin Deals 2024

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If you are a music producer, Black Friday and Cyber Monday is often the time when there are the best deals on premium and 3rd party plugins, software, samples and presets.

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7 Gain Staging Mistakes That Ruin Your Mixes

If you produce or mix your own music and you don’t properly understand or implement gain staging, you could be ruining your mixes. In this article we will uncover seven gain staging mistakes that almost all producers make – and how to fix them.

8 Reasons Your Mixes Sound Thin and Muddy (and How to Fix Them)

Muddy mixes are the bane of any producer. You might have created a great track – with great composition and sound selection – and balanced the levels perfectly – but your mix still sounds unclear and the elements don’t pop and shine like your favourite reference tracks.

In this tutorial, I’m going to show you why that might be – and the exact steps you can take to instantly fix your muddy mix…

The Best FREE VST Plugins for Music Producers in 2022

Here are my 10 best free vst plugins for music producers in 2022. Whether you are a new producer – or you’ve been doing it a while – all of these plugins will be a great addition to your collection.

We’re going to be covering some instrument devices and some effects devices, too, including: Synths, samplers, saturators, limiters and more besides.

I’m also going to show you how to use them, and how you can use them to create a track from scratch…

7 Reverb Tips Every Producer Must Know

Learn how to use reverb like a pro with these 7 reverb tips every producer should know.

Reverb is one of the most powerful tools in your arsenal as a music producer, so try applying these 7 pro reverb tips to your own music and hear the difference.

LUFS Metering Explained

In this tutorial I explain what “LUFS” metering is, and how to use it to master your music.

I also give an example of mastering a piece of music for Spotify and for CD using LUFS.

Best 10 VST Plugins for 2020

In this article I’m going to share with you my top 10 VST plugins I recommend for producers in 2020.

Stock plugins are awesome – I love them – and in my opinion you can get about 90% of the way to truly pro sound with them. However, using a few choice premium plugins can take you that last 10%.

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Mixing Kick and Bass – Balancing Levels

Mixing kick and bass is one of the most important parts of the mixing process. It’s the fundamental foundation for the rest of your track, and if you get it wrong, your mix is NEVER going to sound good.

In this tutorial, I’m going to show you a really quick way to balance your kick and bass in about 30 seconds…

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