How loud should your master be? It’s a common question, but the best answer depends a lot on your genre, production style and goals.
Streaming services like Spotify would have you believe that shooting for -14 LUFS in your masters should be good enough, once their automatic volume normalization does Read more...
It’s easy to lose perspective when mixing, start chasing your own tail, and spend hours making things sound WORSE. Been there? We all have.
To help you in your journey, Justin Colletti offers 5 surefire keys to make sure you never stray too far down the wrong path in your Read more...
Frequency analyzers can be useful tools. But they can also lead you down the wrong path, encouraging you to fix “problems’ that aren’t really there.
What’s the best way to use them in your mixes and masters? Justin Colletti offers three key approaches to using them productively so they don’t Read more...
Producer Hyperbits has a seemingly controversial take on the quality vs. quantity debate. But the more you think about it, the more his advice makes sense.
Hyperbits (aka Serik Slobodskoy), is a producer and artist who has had more than 50 million streams of his music, and now teaches others Read more...
Jack Endino has worked with Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, L7, Mudhoney and so many of the biggest bands in the Seattle Grunge scene.
This week, he releases his latest solo album “Light Myself on Fire”. He talks to Justin Colletti about his approach to recording, mixing and mastering in detail. Read more...
