Mark Yardley Mark Yardley

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.

Read More
Mark Yardley Mark Yardley

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).

Read More
Mark Yardley Mark Yardley

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.

Read More
Mark Yardley Mark Yardley

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.

Read More