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What NOT to Do When Mixing Your Own Music

Engineers and producers: do you make any of these thirteen common mistakes when mixing your own music? We bet you do.

What Is a Mic Preamp, and Why Do I Need One?

A beginner’s guide to microphone preamps, the various types and their uses, and when to invest in a high quality preamp for your studio.

How to Make Your Mixes Louder (the Right Way)

Is everything sounding louder these days? It’s not just you, it’s a growing trend in all genres of music. Here’s how you can get your mix sounding loud too.

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.

8 Tips for Mixing an Entire Album So It Sounds Consistent

Just finished recording a collection of songs and you want to combine them in a full-length album? Make sure they sound consistent with these 8 tips.

How to Avoid Muddiness in Your Mix

Why it’s important to avoid muddiness in your song’s mix and some tips on how to isolate frequencies and sounds so they don’t overlap and create chaos.