There are cases where music benefit from almost no dynamic range at all, some songs by Emptyset being an excellent example. But most music don’t, especially if you make commercial pop or dance music you have to watch out. Comments like the title on this post are very common and they are all based on an misconception about loudness. […]

The other day I found myself in another endless discussion about samplerates and bit depths. I don’t know why this is so upsetting for some people but the truth is that we don’t need more than 44.1KHz and 16 Bit for a final master. Our ear have a fixed resolution and to claim that you can […]

I got another one of these: -“How about using EQ Match to rip an commercial awesome master and apply it on my own track?” My answer: -“ I t d o e s n o t w o r k t h a t w a y ! ! ! ” There’s only one reason why […]

I found this little video with just 48 views, it deserves more. It explain a simple approach to find resonance frequencies (standing waves) in your studio, living room, kitchen or what ever. Happy hunting! I haven’t found the stepped tone file used in the video but RealTraps have a set of sinus sweeps that you can […]

People have been asking for a before and after section at the site, I’m a bit split in my opinion about the usability of pre/post listening of masters (other then shameful sale tactics). For one; We already have a superior pre/post function. We’ll make a master for FREE and let you hear a snippet of that […]

I stumbled across this wiki article about EDM mixing and thought it was pretty good as a starting point to better and punchier mixes. It ain’t the Bible, the techniques described in the article ain’t the only way to do things but it is a good starting point if you feel your mixes could be […]

People have been asking me about Landr and what I think. The short answer is: -I’m impressed what Landr does in no time with good mixes, though… a real mastering engineer does it better 100% of the times. – I’m horrified what it does with less quality mixes, useless. I thought I’d do a test […]

Here’s another great ear practicing tool, take on the challenge and earn your Golden Ears. https://www.goldenears.philips.com/en/introduction.html

Here’s an great video that explain how audio behaves in a ordinary room. Once you get this acoustic treatment everything will be way easier.

Harman International have developed an easy software to train their employees listening skills. Kindly enough they give it away for free to anyone who would like to train their ears and if you’re into mastering; this is a good way to prove your listening skills. Thank you Harman!     http://harmanhowtolisten.blogspot.se/