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What Is The Difference Between Mixing and Mastering? (Everything A Producer Should Know)

Mixing & Mastering / By Kristóf Egri / / mastering, mixing, tutorials

Mixing and mastering is the most important stage in the audio production process, which can greatly affect how a song sounds. Over the past few years, we have noticed that these two processes are often misunderstood and confused with each other among those who are less familiar with music production. In this article, we are …

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How To Use Master Bus Compression To Improve Your Mixes

Mixing & Mastering, Production / By Gareth Keane / / compressor, mastering, production, tutorials

Is it necessary to use mix bus compression if you’ve balanced the individual tracks and used volume automation as needed? It’s all a matter of aesthetics. Art is subjective after all. When choosing to mix with bus compression it is recommended that it is added at the start of your mixing process so that all …

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Online Mastering Services for Musicians & Producers (With Free Picks)

AI Mastering Services / By Sai / / mastering

As you’ve been looking into AI mastering, you probably landed on this article, wondering whether it’s worth the money or if it can hold up against a real, professional mixing and mastering engineer. In this article, we tested the top online mastering services, using multiple tracks and mastering settings to hear the differences, so you …

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The 6 Best Hip Hop Mixing and Mastering Services for Musicians

Whether you’re a Hip-Hop artist who works alone or someone who works with a producer to lay down your beats, you need to get your tracks mixed and mastered. Without a mix or master, your tracks will most likely sound lifeless, dull, and unbalanced. While any audio engineer could *theoretically* do this, it’s best to …

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How Much Does Mixing and Mastering Cost? (Answer From A Pro Engineer)

Mixing & Mastering Questions / By Sai / / mastering, mixing, production faq

Whether you’re an upcoming singer or a seasoned band that writes its own music, getting your tracks mixed and mastered by a quality engineer is vital to getting a professional-sounding, radio-worthy product. However, being aware of how much mixing and mastering costs and how they vary can help you make an informed decision. To simplify …

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The 5 Best Rock Mixing and Mastering Services for Musicians

Mixing and mastering is the most important step in the creation of your song, album or EP, but with so many engineers out there and YouTube tutorials on the subject, it can be difficult to know who’s best to hire, or whether to do it yourself. To solve this problem we spent weeks reviewing the …

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64 vs 128 vs 192 vs 256 vs 320 kbps MP3 – What Are The Differences?

Jargon Explained, Mixing & Mastering / By Kristóf Egri / / mastering, mixing, tutorials

You can often see terms such as ‘320 kbps’ or ‘192 kbps’ associated with various audio file formats, such as MP3. These indicate the ‘bit rate’ of the audio file. But what exactly does that mean? In this article we spent 8 hours diving deep on the topic to explain everything you need to know …

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Are You Using Reverb On Bass? Here’s What You’re Missing

Mixing & Mastering, Production / By Kristóf Egri / / mastering, mixing, production, tutorials

The application of reverb on bass is one of the most debated topics in music production and audio engineering. The majority of professionals recommend avoiding it, as it can cause muddiness in the mix, however, if done appropriately, reverb can add width and depth to a bass instrument, and can even be used as a …

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