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Mixing Engineer Jack Joseph Puig Reveals His Favorite Mixing Plugins

In this excellent video interview with Grammy award winning producer, Jack Joseph Puig, we discover his favorite plugins, how he uses them, and more. Bless the man as his voice is clearly broken.

6 Vocal Processing Tips Every Producer Should Know

A great vocal can turn a good track into an amazing one. Here are some tips for processing your takes for awesome results'¦

SPL DeS Dual Band De-Esser & TDx Transient Designer 500-Series Modules Now Shipping

The latest 500-series modules, the 1503 DeS Dual Band De-Esser and Model 1502 TDx Transient Designer, from SPL are now shipping. Lots of good info direct from SPL below...

5 Mixing Mistakes To Avoid: Using Panning & Imaging Tools

Placing sounds in the stereo field is a hugely important part of mixing. Joe Albano is back with 5 common mistakes every producer should avoid when using panning and imaging tools on their tracks.

4 Ways To Help Music Making Become An Auditory Experience Again

Admit it, you've been using your eyes as much as you ears when producing music recently. It's hard not to with the tools we have. Ian Graham shares tips to help music making become more ear-based.

10 Sound Design Tips for Media Composers

Sound, as we know, plays a huge part in turning average visuals into emotional rollercoasters. Gary Hiebner shares 10 sound design tips designed to enhance the visuals and audience experience.

Production Tip: The How & Why of Punchy Drum Compression

Everyone wants punchy drums. This simple tutorial will show you how to get extra punch out of your kicks, or your kicks and snares for you breakbeaters, rockers, junglists, and dubstep badmen!

5 Tips to Get You Started Measuring Your Studio Room's Acoustics

Your room can have a huge impact on how your mix sounds, which is why we often acoustically treat our rooms and set up monitors etc to compensate. Here are 5 ways to measure your room's acoustics.

Don't Use the Wrong Reverb: Finding the Best Reverb For Instruments and Vocals

Knowing what NOT to do is as helpful as knowing what to do. Avoiding mistakes can result in a fuller understanding of good practice and techniques, especially when it come to mixing reverb & delay.

Watch Metal Producer Russ Russell Explain His Recording & Mixing Secrets

Producer Russ Russell shares his metal and other genre production workflows in this engaging video interview. No matter the genre of music you produce there's useful recording & production tips here.

How High Is High Enough For Hi-Resolution Audio?

How high should audio engineers go? (We're talking about high-resolution audio of course!) Joe Albano explores one of the digital theory behind a divisive topic amongst music and audio professionals.

Review: D16 Devastor 2 Multiband Distortion Unit

D16's Devastor 2 is a multiband distortion processor plugin that provides lots of control over how the signal is affected, and all in a retro-style GUI. Hollin Jones finds out just how flexible it is.

Get That Legendary SSL Sound In Your Mixes For Just $299 And Save On Studio Space!

We'd LOVE a legendary SSL console in our studio expect for the cost and space considerations. The Waves SSL 4000 plugin collection captures the quality and sound of SSL and is available for just $299!

Advanced Mixing Tip: Punchier Kicks With Multiband Saturation

MixMaster Danny Wyatt is back with a new course to follow up on his highly rated Mixing Dance Music 101 course'¦Â In this video from the 201 learn how to add punch to the kick with multiband saturation.

Drawmer S73 Intelligent Master Processor Plug-in Added to Focusrite Softube Time and Tone Bundle

Focusrite have teamed up with Softube to offer new owners of Scarlett, Saffire and Clarett audio interfaces an exclusive Time and Tone plug-in bundle '" all for free. And Drawmer S73 is now included.