The ancient conundrum that has plagued mixing engineers since the dawn of time: focus on the details or a bird’s eye view? Let’s find out.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Mastering Your Music: Using EQ
Looking to get started mastering your own tracks? It’s going to take a lot of tries, but here’s some helpful info on using EQ as a start.
Top Five Considerations When Mixing Orchestral Music
What to do if you’ve found yourself with an orchestral mixing project? Here are some considerations for tackling it appropriately.
Shelf EQ vs. Bell EQ: When and How to Use Them Both
Understanding the differences between these two types of Equalization can help you sculpt your mixes like a radio-ready professional.
“Underdubbing” — the Power of Getting Rid of Stuff
Mix sessions these days are wrought with endless scrolls of hundreds of tracks, but do you really need all those takes? Enter: Underdubbing.
How to EQ an Acoustic vs. Electric Guitar
If you find yourself dealing with different guitar signals, here’s a primer on how to EQ acoustics versus electrics in your mix.
Level Up Your Mixing, Ear Training, and Production Skills With a Soundfly Mentor
Improve your mixing, music recording, editing, and production, and ear training skills with Soundfly Mentor Andrea De Carlo in four weeks.
Work 1-on-1 With the Mix Engineer Behind Run The Jewels, Action Bronson, More
Get to know the newest member of the Soundfly Mentor team, Brooklyn’s go-to mixing engineer for hip-hop, trap, and pop music.
Gain Staging: We Should All Be Doing It
Using gain adjustments from recording through mixing will help your track come out crisp and free of distortion, and make your master sound better too.
The Hard Truth: Mixing Is Lonely
Working with collaborators is the best way to stay accountable to your goals and deadlines, but sometimes you’ve got to go it alone. Here’s some advice.