Category: Mixing

Why Your Mix Falls Apart on Earbuds

You’ve spent three days working on your latest mix. You finally got to the point where you’ve dialed in every aspect of it. It’s finally

Cook vs Chef

By now, you’ve probably heard the advice that you should use reference tracks if you want a great mix that translates everywhere. References can give

Why More Reverb Won’t Add Depth

Welcome back to the series. In the last article, we talked about the importance of transients when it comes to creating the illusion of near

Why Your Drums Still Don’t Hit

In the last article we got into the second principle of depth, frequency, and how the top end and the low mids both tell your

Why Your Mix Has No Front and Back

In the last article we talked about the first of our four principles of depth, volume. Today we’re getting into the second one, frequency, and

Why Your Mix Sounds Flat

When I first started mixing, depth was the thing experienced engineers always talked about that I could never quite grasp. After training thousands of mixing

3 Keys to a Radio-Ready Vocal

#1 – Automation You need the vocals front and center with every lyric intelligible. Compression and limiting will help… But nothing beats manual gain or