Ever summed your mix to mono, only to find that elements become thin and lifeless, or disappear altogether? Chances are you have some degree of phase cancellation. Maybe you tried the examples in our article If You Don't Want Your Mixes To Sound Bad On The Latest Audio Equipment then what do you do? In this article, Mike Levine from Waves helps you to find out how to spot these problems and helps you get your mixes sounding great in both mono and stereo.
Not Got Much Time But You Want To Learn? Check Out These Great 2 Minute Tips From iZotope
Not got a lot of time but want to learn something new? Then In this article, we have six great 2 minute tips from iZotope from the reverse reverb trick, achieving a great kick drum sound, adding clarity to vocals, how not to overdo the vocal reverb, finding the key frequencies before using EQ and warming up your vocals. At 2 minutes each these are just the ticket for a busy engineer.
Eventide Release v.1.5 Update Adding Two New Powerful Plug-Ins "Saturate" & "Punctuate" to the Newfangled Audio Elevate Bundle - Exclusive Video
The Elevate Bundle 1.5 update features two new plug-ins, Saturate and Punctuate. With the addition of these two new plug-ins, it’s the most comprehensive mastering bundle on the market. Watch our exclusive video
Mastering A Collection Of Songs Using LANDR's New Album Mastering Algorithms - Is It Any Good? We Test The Algorithms - Listen To Our Examples
It can be very difficult to get a collection of mixes to sound as though they all belong in the context of an EP, album or playlist. Often one mix will sound louder than another, while others sound quieter. LANDR's new album mastering feature claims to produce consistent, pro sound across entire projects. In this video we test that claim.
Watch How Quickly You Can Use FabFilter Master Bundle Plug-ins To Master Your Next Mix To Sound Transparent, Untouched And Loud In No Time At All In Your DAW
In this extended free video tutorial Dan Cooper shows you how he uses FabFilter plug-ins to master his mixes to sound transparent and untouched while also ensuring his masters are shaped to sound loud and proud. The plug-ins featured in this video are plug-in found in FabFilter's Mastering Bundle
Free Tutorial - Tips For Mixing Low End In Tracks Using iZotope Neutron 2 And Tonal Balance Control Plug-in
No matter what genre you're mixing, you've probably encountered an unruly low end that can mess up the whole mix. In this free video tutorial, iZotope product specialist Geoff Manchester walks you through some techniques to help you manage low end in a mix.
New eBook "Never Get Stuck Again" - Turn Musical Ideas Into Finished Tracks By MasteringTheMix
Our friends at MasteringTheMix recently released a new 124 page eBook called Never Get Stuck Again. This book was designed to help people produce better music by covering all the main music production stages from initial song idea through to a finished master.
We have an exclusive snippet from the audiobook of Never Get Stuck Again
Apogee Announce Special Edition I/O Module For Mastering Engineers For The Symphony I/O Mk II
Apogee Electronics has announced a new 2x6 Special Edition AD/DA module for their Symphony I/O Mk II series. It has been designed specifically for mastering engineers, whose critical work demands very high sonic performance, and Apogee claim that the Symphony I/O Mk II 2x6 SE offers the highest quality AD/DA conversion of any Apogee converter ever.
Nugen Audio Announce MasterCheck Pro V1.5 With Support For iTunes Plus & AES 373 PSR Standard
Nugen Audio has announced that MasterCheck Pro is being updated to Version 1.5 with enhancements embracing support for the Apple AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) iTunes Plus native OS X codec and also the PSR (Peak to Short-Term Loudness Ratio) measurement update to AES Engineering Brief 373.