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Author: Sean McLaughlin

Mixing Drums: How to mix drums and percussion in your home studio

November 25, 2014December 5, 2014 Sean McLaughlin

mixing drums in the studio Mixing drums can be challenging at times, so we’ve put together some tips and tricks to get a clearer, more polished mix in your home studio. Find out the best ways to compress a kick drum, EQ your snares, treat your percussion, and more. Read more.

Panning adds width to your audio mix

May 7, 2014November 25, 2014 Sean McLaughlin

Audio mix tips from iZotope Panning, in large part, determines how wide our mix ends up sounding to the listener. It can be used to create space in an audio mix, enhance existing space, and create a more immersive musical experience for the listener. Read more.

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The four essential elements of EQ and your audio mix

April 4, 2014October 19, 2016 Sean McLaughlin

Mixing music is the craft of taking multiple audio tracks and combining them together onto a final master track. The way we combine tracks is equal parts art and science, and if you think of your audio mix as a three-dimensional sonic image, its four basic elements are level (height), EQ (height), panning (width), and time-based effects (depth). Read more.

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