THE BLOG

I should have known about this plug in. Its been on my hard drive for years but I've never touched it.
What is it?

Its the CLA Midown plugin from Waves. Its a replication of Chris Lord Alge's maste...

Bass compression is not hard, its actually insanely easy. You can compress the heck out of bass and it will sound great. 

The goal is the keep the bass guitar as the 'floor' of your mix. This keep...

If you've ever wondered what goes into a full mix from a live worship recording, this is your chance. I unveil every plugin chain so that you can see what it really takes to take it to the end. ...

Sometimes its the tricks that you do not need to over think that will enhance your mix like crazy. This parallel mixbus trick is so easy to do but yet its so often overlooked. 

Take your mixbus, sen...

You would be blown away when you realize these two compressors are on so many records. A lot of worship songs for sure but just in general when it comes to music. This stack sits on almost ALL of m...

EQ is often over complicated and there are so many EQ plugins that your brain could literally explode. 

In this video, I simplify by looking at EQ in sections and when you understand how these sec...

If you’ve ever listened to a vocal mix and thought, “It sounds good… but something’s missing,” I know exactly what you mean.

You might have great EQ. You might have compression. The vocals might e...

 I saw Luke Hendrickson post something on Instagram the other day, and I literally got angry. Not at him — at myself. Because he shared something so simple, so obvious in hindsight, that I couldn't...

iZotope just dropped Tonal Balance Control 3 — and honestly, it felt like it came out of nowhere. No big buildup, no announcement tour. One day it just existed. And after spending serious time with...

You've mixed the whole song. The levels are balanced. The EQ is dialed in. But when you get to that final chorus, you think: "I just want this to feel bigger. I want it to explode."

Here's the pro...

Stop Guessing. Start Having a System.

Here's a scenario most mixers know too well: you open a session with 40, 50, maybe 100 tracks, and you just... freeze. Where do you even start? You pull up a ...

Why Your Mixes Feel Stuck

If you've been mixing for a while and feel like your tracks just aren't translating the way you want them to — too bright, too muddy, or just off — there's a good chance ...