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The Most Powerful Feature in REFERENCE: The Level Line

The Most Powerful Feature in REFERENCE: The Level Line

Our REFERENCE plug-in is jam-packed with powerful features that are guaranteed to transform your music productions. That said, REFERENCE's most formidable tool is also one of its most understated: ...

Should You Remove Resonances During Mastering?

Should You Remove Resonances During Mastering?

Resonances infect your mix with their unpleasant and fatiguing tone.  Even if you effectively tame all the problematic resonances on individual channels during mixing, you might find that when the...

What Is Phase (And Why Should You Care)?

What Is Phase (And Why Should You Care)?

Phase describes where a periodic waveform is in its cycle at a given time. The relationship in time between two or more waveforms with identical or harmonically related periods gives us a measureme...

Mastering Trends For 2023

Mastering Trends For 2023

Mastering The Mix has done an in-depth technical analysis of the 25 most streamed songs on Spotify in 2022. We wanted to discover:  Is there a tonal balance trend? What technical characteristics ...

How To Give Your Chorus A Bigger Impact

How To Give Your Chorus A Bigger Impact

Exciting and emotional music connects better with listeners. It draws them into the song and they can’t help but want to hear more.  Melody, chord progressions and sound choices all play their par...

Immersive Mid-Side Mixing

Immersive Mid-Side Mixing

The mighty equalizer is among the audio engineer's most oft-used — and powerful — tools. It's your primary means of carving out frequencies for your tracks to live in. While you can do a lot with a...