Reference songs or reference tracks are mentioned frequently in how to’s and tips and tricks. They are a great tool for mixing and mastering in general but often get overlooked. Reference songs are simply songs that you use to compare your work to. A couple of weeks ago, I talked about hearing a track at
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Big Kick Drums are an important element to dance music styles, but can they be too big? Kick drums that are overcooked. I’m looking at you , Techno, House and EDM Producers. Actually, the majority of electronic producers that use drums make this mistake at some point. You’ve spent hours crafting the perfect kick drum.
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Steam Mastering’s client portal is under construction To streamline our workflow and make life easier for our clients we are building a new client portal. This will allow artists and labels to upload files directly via our website and also to be able to listen to preview files in full resolution via a player in
Congratulations to K.Deey a deserving talent for making the beatport Top 100 hard techno releases Long time Belgian DJ, but relatively upcoming producer K.Deey hit number 6 on the Beatport Top 100 Hard Techno releases on the 13.02.2022. At writing of this post (17/02/2022), it is still at number 8. While I really enjoyed mastering
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ISRC stands for International Standard Recording Code. These are used to track the copyright of a recording and help you make sure you get paid for public playing or streaming of your music. You need to submit these wherever you upload your music and to your performing rights association where you register your works. A
Have you ever found yourself constantly pulling down the main fader to stop your mix exceeding 0 dB?Setting up your gain structure before you start mixing will help make the mixing process easier. Many DAW\’s have a \’trim\’ pot on the mixer screen additional to the fader. You can use this to adjust the overall
