Mixing, explained.
Short, honest guides to the craft behind the tools. No filler, no myths — where something is just convention we say so, and the facts are sourced.
What bus compression actually does
Why one compressor across a group makes everything feel like it belongs together — and how to set it without squashing the life out of the mix.
Mid/Side, explained
Stereo isn't only Left and Right. There's a second way to look at the same signal — the centre and the width as separate things — and it unlocks moves you can't make any other way.
How to read a stereo field
A mix isn't just loud and quiet — it's also left, right, wide and narrow. Learn to hear where things sit, why width can backfire, and how to check it before it bites you.
Gain staging without guessing
Give every plugin the level it was designed for, keep some headroom, and the whole chain behaves. Here's why levels matter more than they look — and a simple way to get them right.
Attack & release: the two knobs that shape punch
Threshold and ratio decide how much a compressor grabs. Attack and release decide how it feels — punchy or squashed, breathing or pumping. Here's how to set them by ear.
LUFS & streaming loudness: hit your target
Streaming platforms turn every track to a similar loudness, so chasing a loud master mostly backfires. Here's what LUFS means and the numbers that actually matter.
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