How to Get Your Track Ready for Mastering
Before you send your mix for mastering, make sure it’s prepped properly. This guide explains how to get your tracks ready for mastering — including headroom, peak levels, file formats, and a downloadable prep checklist to help your mastering engineer deliver the best results.
How to Give Great Mix & Mastering Revision Notes
Clear revision notes can make all the difference when working with a mixing or mastering engineer. Learn how to give feedback that speeds up turnaround, improves results, and helps your music sound exactly the way you imagine — with real examples of what to say (and what to avoid).
How to Prepare Stems & Files for a Mixing Engineer
Sending messy or unlabeled files to your mix engineer can cost you time, money, and frustration. In this post I’ll walk you through how to prepare stems and audio files cleanly — from naming, folder structure, headroom, and export settings — so your mix engineer can hit the ground running.
Top 10 Mixing Mistakes That Kill Your Mix (and How to Fix Them)
Even the best producers slip up on mixes. In this guide, I’ll share the top 10 mixing mistakes I see often, and exactly what to do instead. Fix these early and your mix will sound clearer, punchier, and more professional.
Why Reference Tracks Are Essential (and How to Use Them)
If you don’t use reference tracks in your mixing and mastering workflow, you're missing a shortcut to professional clarity. In this post I’ll show you how to choose effective references, how to listen critically, and how references help your final sound.