How to speed up your mixing workflow: Creating your own default presets
July 4, 2025
This week, let’s talk about something that might seem small but can have a big impact on your mixing workflow: user defaults. It’s a total
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Master Your Tools: How to stop gear acquisition syndrome
July 3, 2025
This time I want to talk to you about something fundamental. Knowing your tools inside out. Having mastery over the gear you own will do
How to use references like a pro mixing engineer
July 3, 2025
Today I want to share with you a habit that changed my career as a mixing engineer: using references. Keeping an objective ear is crucial
Subtractive EQ: Audio Gestalt in Mixing
July 3, 2025
One of the biggest breakthroughs in mixing comes when you stop thinking about how each instrument sounds in isolation and start thinking about how they
How loud should you monitor?
March 19, 2025
Something surprised me at our recent Masterclass at Clear Lake Studios in Hollywood, CA. The first two days were spent recording a track with EJ
Freeing the Fader
March 12, 2025
Welcome to another edition of Sound Advice! Every Wednesday I send a short email that will help you improve your mixes in one minute or
We’re hiring (Admissions Specialist)
February 13, 2025
We’re looking for several people to join our Admissions Team here at Mastering.com. If you want to work at a value-driven audio school that has
3 Keys to a Radio-Ready Vocal
February 5, 2025
#1 – Automation You need the vocals front and center with every lyric intelligible. Compression and limiting will help… But nothing beats manual gain or
Mixing, Fast and Slow
December 11, 2024
There are two types of mixers. Mixer A sees mixing as a mechanical endeavour. A series of moves and processes that take a rough track
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November 28, 2024
We believe that education is the great leveller. That the lifelong pursuit of mastery is the key to finding abundance, enjoyment and connection in life.In
