When I needed reverb on 5 different channels in my DAW, I used to drop a reverb unit on each one and call it a day. Turns out I was doing...

Just say no to boring mixes. No one likes a dull track. It’s a fact. Mixing and producing flat music is pretty crappy too. Effects are...

Drums are the bones of your track: they support everything. You want them to be punchy and to cut through. You want them to be loud...

There’s one thing that all good music has in common. No, it’s not catchy lyrics, or a perfect hook. It’s something more subtle. The...

LFOs. If you’ve been ignoring them, you’re out of the loop. No, I’m not talking about the British techno group from the 90s. I’m talking...

Get educated and get your audio format right. What’s the best audio format? It’s a common question. I’m sure you’ve asked yourself...

Don’t just pan. Pan for gold. There’s one thing that all good music has in common: space. Space gives your sound clarity. It makes sure...

Welcome to Pensado’s Lair How do the pros do it? It’s a question we’ve all asked ourselves while trying to get better at mixing music....

Bigger and more present sound is just a few layers away. Mixing music is about the big picture. But sometimes it’s the small stuff that...

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. I used to dive into my mixes way too fast. I’d have all my raw audio tracks sounding...

You can’t have fatness and punch right? Wrong. I’ll admit it, my drums were flat. I was happy with my patterns, but the sound always came...

Music production software changed music. It’s no secret. When digital audio workstations (DAWs) came on the market, audio recording,...

Sometimes silence is golden. But only sometimes. Before you send your mix out for audio mastering, there are 5 steps you have to take to...

Ever wish you could automatically master your recordings as you produce them? Great minds think alike. We know from experience that...

Save your home studio desktop environment. Reduce your CPU load. One of my favourite feelings is laying on the warm sand in the middle of...

There’s only one way to know if your song is good. Mix Referencing. It’s that burning question every creator asks themselves: Is my song...

I recently had a major mixing revelation. No matter what I tried I couldn’t get my kick to stand out in the mix. The kick and bass...

Producing music in a small space gives it a certain feel. So how do you make it work when you’re playing it outside the studio? “The...

Loudness is like Jelly Beans for human ears — literal ear candy. But is louder actually better? We take a look at the link between...

Ways to avoid the grumpy mastering engineer adage: “garbage in, garbage out”. Think like a listener In the era of modern editing and...