How to Remove Digital Clicks and Pops from Audio
If you mix audio, you’re going to encounter annoying clicks and pops. I guarantee it. Most of the clicks you’ll come across are digital in...
10 Beginner Mistakes to Avoid When Mixing Music
If you’re a beginner looking to avoid making mistakes while mixing, you’ve come to the right place! Read on to find out which common...
What is a Transient in Audio Production?
You may have heard engineers toss around the phrase “transients” when they need to get their snare drum to cut through the mix or when they...
How to Set Up a Podcast Studio
Like Hansel in the movie Zoolander, podcasts are so hot right now (bonus points if this opening statement gives you deja-vu). Everyone and their mother...
7 Tips for Mixing Drums
We get a lot of questions about how to mix drums—and that’s understandable. Drums are a vital element in music. They get people moving and they provide...
4 Steps to a Polished Vocal Mix
Do you need to repair, tune, produce, and mix vocal tracks? iZotope has a host of plug-ins that can help you perfect the sound of your vocals easier and...
4 Unlikely Mixing Techniques
For those who love to solve puzzles, mixing presents a great opportunity to experiment with creative techniques. Yes, some things like basic gain staging...
10 Great Reference Mixes for Electronic Music
See reference mixes 1 to 5 in part 1 of this article. Listen: Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal “Follow” by Zedd and Martin Garrix introduces...
10 Great Reference Mixes for Electronic Music
See reference mixes 6 to 10 in part 2 of this article. Electronic Music has changed a lot in the past few years. From EDM to deeper sub genres like...
How to Mix Metal Sessions
Metal and hard rock music have a challenge that other genres of popular music don’t have: a battle for the midrange. With distorted bass, chugging...
Tips for Producing and Mixing with Headphones
Music is shaped by the space it is made in. That’s why audio professionals often prefer work in treated rooms with flat monitoring. No wonder, then, that...
5 Signs of Over-Processing in a Mix
We spend a lot of time showing folks how to use plug-ins. But with every tutorial and list of tips we publish, there’s always a caveat: be careful...
