We often hear a lot of terms used when people are talking about the sonic qualities of audio. For example, you’ve heard the term “warmth” being used to describe the properties of a mix. This warmth is a usually a…
How Do You Mix Trap Bass?
Bass is one element of music that is cardinal. Without bass, we end up with a record sounding light when it should be sounding heavy. If you’re a trap hip-hop producer I’m going to teach you how to mix trap…
How Loud Is Too Loud For Beats?
In dealing with music production, concepts like loudness and volume mean more than what the average person thinks. This website covers a lot of topics surrounding mixing and mastering and their relationship to loudness. But one thing I haven’t covered…
How Long Does It Take To Get Good At Mastering?
Music production and sound engineering are two of the most valuable skills out there. Music production involves recording, mixing and mastering. This post will focus on mastering. I will do my best to provide some career advice for people looking…
What Is A Mix-down?
After we record a song, the next step is obviously sitting down to edit the tracks in order to ensure that we use good takes. In the editing phase we are also looking to spot mistakes in word pronunciation, recording…
Can You Master A Song Twice?
Mastering is an important part so audio production. It’s the last process that is carried out to make a record ready for release. I got a question sent to me on a music production forum about whether you could master…
How Do You Tell If A Track Is Mastered?
As audiophiles we all crave high quality sounding music which is why we spend so much time trying to perfect our mixes and masters. It’s not easy work and requires a certain level of tenacity and a commendable skillset. However,…
Can You Master A WAV file?
In today’s world we are privileged to collaborate with other music producers in order to not only share ideas but also create great music together. If you have collaborated before in mixing or mastering then you know that its essential…
Why Is Mastering So Hard?
Music production is challenging work that requires both passion and good technical skills to get right. In this post we are focusing on mastering, specifically; why it is so challenging for most people. Mastering is the last stage in the…
How Do I Fix An Over Compressed Sound?
In audio mixing we rely on a number of tools both physical and digital to help us carry out our work properly. Compression is one of those tools. It is mostly in digital form nowadays because most DAWs come with…
