September 30, 2026
FabFilter Pro-Q 4 Review: Still the Mixing EQ to Beat?
For the better part of a decade, FabFilter Pro-Q has been the default answer when someone asks which EQ to buy. Pro-Q 2 was the...
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September 20, 2026
Reverb 101: Rooms, Plates and Halls Without the Mud
Reverb is the one effect that can make a mix feel finished or drown it in fog. I’ve watched plenty of sessions where the kick...
September 15, 2026
Why Your Low End Sounds Weak and How to Fix It
If your mix falls apart the second you play it in the car, you already know what the problem is. It’s the low end. The...
September 11, 2026
MIDI Keyboards Under $200 That Are Actually Worth Buying
Two hundred dollars is a strange price point for MIDI keyboards. It’s above the toy tier, below the “real” studio gear, and every manufacturer stuffs...
September 5, 2026
Mastering at Home: A Realistic Loudness Guide for Streaming
Nobody masters at -8 LUFS anymore, except the people still chasing a 2013 EDM festival. Streaming platforms normalize your track on playback. Spotify, YouTube, Tidal,...
August 31, 2026
The Best Sample Packs for Lo-Fi and Boom-Bap Producers
Lo-fi and boom-bap live and die on texture. A dusty snare, a tape-saturated kick, a vinyl crackle you can’t quite place: these are the ingredients...
August 27, 2026
Sidechain Compression: How to Get Punchy, Modern Drums
Sidechaining is one of those techniques that separates a mix that sounds glued from a mix that sounds like three songs fighting. Get it right...
August 21, 2026
Studio Monitors vs Headphones: What You Should Really Mix On
Every few months someone posts a clip of their mix and asks why it falls apart in the car. The answer is almost never the...
August 17, 2026
Ableton Live vs FL Studio: Which DAW Fits How You Actually Work?
Every few months someone posts the same question in a producer Discord, and every few months the replies turn into a religious war. So let...
August 12, 2026
Gain Staging Explained: The Habit That Fixes Muddy Mixes
Muddy mixes rarely start at the EQ. They start at the fader, before you ever touch a plugin. I’ve watched producers stack six-band cuts on...
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