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Mixing is not as easy as it would seem at the first glance. It’s not about an expensive do-it-all plugin, a secret technique or a fancy piece of equipment… Instead, mixing is something more complex that requires both creativity, skills, planning and a huge amount of good tiny decisions. All those things merge together to give you …

Here on R64, one of my goals is to help home studio folks like you get the best results you can out of your work, time and money, and I think answering specific questions from you is one of the most effective ways to accomplish that. Today, I have some great questions from one of my …

In Part 1 of this short series, I shared the first half of what I think are the essential things you need to be aware of to get a better perspective on how to deal with mastering.  Monitoring levels, why level matching your stuff is crucial during mastering, where to set the ceiling of your limiter…It’s all …

It’s about having the “right” set of plugins, the best room, analog gear, making it loud, right? No, it’s not. Sure, tools help (especially in the right hands), but what really differentiate a top mastering guy from the rest of us are things like experience, extensive-trained (not golden) ears and a proper mindset. A simple post can’t give …

No. You read it right. The headline is correct. It’s quite common for many of us home studio mixers to think the answer behind a super-wide mix resides behind using lots of stereo tracks, while in fact that’s not true. Sure, stereo instruments are a great thing, but over-abusing them it’s not a good idea. Paradoxically, …

If you’ve been mixing or recording for a while, then you might have heard people talking about checking mixes on the car stereo. It is actually a very good habit you should get… But why? Why that car stereo perspective is so important? And why shouldn’t you skip that test before setting a mix done? …