Your bass should act as a strong, solid foundation for the rest of your mix. If it doesn’t provide a solid foundation, then your mix will sound weak and thin. 

One way to get a strong foundation for yo bass is learning how to compress it properly. In most modern mixes, the bass...

Do you ever feel like drums could hit harder? Or maybe it feels like a guitar is ringing out to long?

Enter transient shapers. 

They're a magical type of plugin that can allow you to reach in to your tracks and control the energy of individual instruments. Thoughtful use of...

When it comes time to mixing vocals, it’s important that you’re armed with the right vocal plugins! From compressors to EQs to reverb plugins and beyond, it can be quite overwhelming trying to find the right plugins for your needs.

Thankfully, we’ve compiled a list of our...

Woodwinds, similar to the human voice, are very dynamic and have a large frequency range within which they live. An oboe is very different from a flute, which is very different from a saxophone, and so on.  

However, the beauty of most woodwind instruments as individual...

Learning how to EQ brass can be quite difficult, as the range of brass instruments is fairly wide. Plus, brass instruments are just as tonally dynamic as the human voice, giving you different tonalities to consider as they move throughout their range. 

Beyond all of that, if...

The sound of your drums provides a foundation for the rest of your mix to live upon. Think of it like this: the kick drum is the heartbeat of the song, while the snare keeps your rhythm moving forward. Your hi-hat and ride can be used to give the song a groove. And toms and crashes are...

Bus compression is one of the most important tools for mixing your music.  

For those who aren’t aware, bus compression is the act of utilizing a compressor on the a group of tracks, or on the master bus or master output to create a more cohesive and uniform sound...

Whether used heavily to create a mix with three-dimensional depth from front to back, or lightly to glue a mix together, reverb is a crucial tool for music production. Of course, when over-used, reverb can completely destroy a mix. And using the wrong reverb can be worse than using no...

Piano is one of the most beautiful sounding instruments around, but it can be one of the most challenging instruments to mix. Mixing piano is tough because it has a large frequency range and dynamic range. To help you make make your piano sound lifelike and huge, I've put together...

Using a sidechain compressor is one of the best ways to get punchy, clear mixes. Sidechain compression can substitute for EQ, control

reverb, and help glue your mix together. 

In this article, I'll first briefly describe what compression is, then talk about how sidechain compression is...

It can be quite overwhelming when you start out mixing your own music. You don’t know where to start and it all sounds like a big mess, you thought it would be easier.

It takes time to learn how to mix well and the main casualty of this is that you can’t seem to finish any mixes. They...