So much effort goes into producing the tracks you love. Along the way, skilled pros lend their unique talents to every stage in a song’s...

Psychoacoustics sounds like an abstract scientific concept, but it comes into play whenever you listen to music. Listening to a track...

Multiband compression is a unique type of dynamics processing It’s a powerful compresor style that can address mix problems you might...

Modern listeners get their music from more diverse sources than ever before. In the past it was simple. Music producers knew their fans...

Hit tracks from professional producers almost always have one thing in common—they’re loud. That pro volume level is a basic expectation...

The two most important aspects of sound in mixing are dynamic range and frequency balance. When it comes to controlling frequencies in...

Mastering is the last step in the music production process. It’s the phase where your song gets its final polish and presentation for...

Audio editing is one of the most basic processes in music production. It’s the key DAW operations you perform on your audio files before...

Many new producers wonder about mixing vs. mastering. It’s not always clear which stage in music production has the biggest influence—or...

Mastering is one of the most misunderstood parts of music production. Even though you can save a lot of time and effort by using AI to...

Over the past few decades remixes have become an essential part of music production. What started as a DIY practice in early dancehall...

The most basic processes for mixing music are compression, EQ and reverb. EQ is the technique in mixing that deals with sound frequency...

Stereo imaging is what creates the sense of width and depth in music mixing. Good stereo image is an essential quality of a good mix— and...

Loudness and dynamics are two of the most important concepts in mastering. Mastering ensures your song is loud enough to compete in the...

LANDR’s senior audio engineer Al Isler loves to talk mixing. So we opened up our P.O. box to the LANDR community and asked you to send Al...

LANDR’s senior audio engineer Al Isler loves to talk mixing. So we opened up our P.O. box to the LANDR community and asked you to send Al...

I often see introductory mixing guides that stress the importance of not relying on headphones for mixing music. While they make a lot of...

LANDR’s Senior Audio Engineer Al Isler loves to talk mixing. So we opened up our P.O. box to the LANDR community and asked you to send Al...

Your dynamics are one of the most important aspects of your recordings. So what happens when your normal set of tools can’t get you what...

In the first days of recorded music, mastering was a purely technical process. Early masters were often done without a second thought by...