Keep your mastering engineer happy by providing a decent chunk of headroom for them to work with, and don’t over-compress your mix too early.
Tag: Audio
In Defense of the 128 Kbps MP3: The Greatest Music Media Format Ever
A short essay on why we should’ve never eaten the apple of industry-approved digital music streaming, and why the low-bitrate MP3 is all we really need.
3 Awesome DIY Soundproofing Hacks for Your Home Studio
Don’t rely on audio repair and noise reduction software to solve all your problems. These soundproofing hacks will help you reduce noise right at the source!
Bouncing Audio 101: How to Export Tracks from Your DAW
Exporting your audio track is the final step before mastering. Here’s how to make sure you’re leaving no stone unturned in your DAW.
5 Essential Books for the Audio Engineer’s Shelf
Thinking of taking your audio recording and mixing skills to a higher level? These 5 inspiring books will help point you in the right direction!
Our 8 Favorite Songs to Use to Test Headphones and Speakers
+ Join our new email magazine, Soundfly Weekly, a weekly review of the best in music learning…
Mix Buss Compression Made Easy
How many of you are completely terrified of doing anything to the mix buss (a.k.a.,…
Stereo Widening: 7 Simple Ways to Give Your Mix Width
+ Producing and mixing music at home? Check out Soundfly’s brand new mentored online course, Songwriting…
From Discs to Digital: The Odd History of Music Formats
Physical formats have only been around since the 1870s — but in that relatively short…
10 of the Most Interesting Field Recordists Working Across Aesthetic Boundaries
+ Join our brand new email magazine, Soundfly Weekly, a thematic weekly review of relevant topics that…