10 Tips for a Great Sounding Podcast
If you’re producing your own podcast of your own, I’m willing to bet you’ve got a champagne-quality idea and a beer-money pocketbook....
Nectar
Nectar is a complete vocal mixing channel-strip plug-in. Check out our resources below to learn how to mix vocals with Nectar.
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...
What Is Double Tracking? How to Do It Effectively in Vocal Recordings
Ever since the 1950s, double tracking vocals, whether manually or artificially, has been common practice in music production, and for good reason. ...
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...
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...
Mixing Vocals: How to Create Space for Vox
If you want to be a mixing engineer, you’re going to have to contend with vocals in the mix. There’s no way around it: vocals are incredibly important...
How to mix piano
The piano is a symphony orchestra in one single instrument—so no wonder pianos can be confounding to mix! If you’ve ever found yourself stuck on how to...
Using Compression to Help Vocals Sit in a Mix
Compression is one of the most powerful yet often misunderstood tools in music production. When I was first learning audio, I remember knowing I had to use a...
8 Tips for Mixing Rap and Hip-Hop
Mixing rap and hip-hop can be both liberating and challenging. On one hand, you have the opportunity to try more creative mix techniques like vocal throws...
How to EQ a Pop Vocal
Pop vocals tend to have the same sort of sound when they hit our ears. People use words like bright, shiny, crisp, and airy to describe them, and you can...
Understanding Chorus, Flangers, and Phasers in Audio Production
Most producers are familiar with the most common audio processors: EQs, compressors, reverb, and delay. These can be (and often are) used in every...
5 Mix Tips You Need to Improve Dynamic Range
To bring more emotion to a performance, musicians will play certain sections softly and others with more force. The difference between these two points,...
