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...
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Read and watch tutorials for iZotope audio plugins like Ozone, Neutron, and RX. Get music production tips, boost your post production skills, and more.
What is the Fletcher Munson Curve? Using Equal Loudness Curves in Mixing and Mastering
“Fletcher Munson,” or “equal loudness” are the kinds of terms experienced audio engineers will throw around with the forgone conclusion that...
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...
10 Beginner Mistakes to Avoid When Mastering Music
Mastering tends to have the notorious reputation of being difficult for aspiring engineers to learn. But being highly-skilled in mastering is absolutely...
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...
How to Master a Song in Logic Pro
Ah, mastering. That last step between your mix and the world hearing your music. Many creatives think of mastering as some sort of black art. But if you...
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...
10 Tips to Fix Your Mixing Mindset
Whether you're producing, mixing, or mastering music, your mindset is as important as your tool set. You might have the greatest gear and the best room, but...
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...
Mix Bus Compression 101
One of the more difficult concepts in audio production to fully understand, and consequently apply effectively, is mix bus compression. Adding a...
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...
