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Real mixing problems, handled the way they are handled in a session: symptom, diagnosis, decision. No setting quoted unless it has been verified.

August 2, 20265 min read
Your vocal disappears into the beat: diagnose masking before you touch an EQ
Pushing the fader never fixes a masking problem. Here is how to find the band where the vocal and the track are fighting, and how to decide which one has to give ground.
mixing · vocals · masking
July 28, 20264 min read
Gain staging does not make your mix better — here is what it makes possible
No, you are not overloading your DAW's mix bus by going past 0 dBFS. The real reasons to care about levels are elsewhere, and they are far more concrete.
mixing · gain staging · levels

Your vocal disappears into the beat: diagnose masking before you touch an EQ