Battle of Home Recording Studios – Episode 1

QUICK LINKS: YOUR MIX SUCKS • MIX TEMPLE • MASTER FEEDBACK Submit your studio-pictures to battle@mixedbymarcmozart.com – scroll down for more details. [rid-view id=”103277″] Home Recording Studios – I want to see Yours! Dear friends, need your support for a new YouTube-series that will be featuring YOUR STUDIO! At least once a month I will…

Bass Trapping – Advanced Level

About two years ago, I’ve posted an article entitled “Room Acoustics – Ghetto Style”. It later became part of my bestselling mixing book YOUR MIX SUCKS, and has since been receiving very good feedback from many people who finally wanted to make their first step in treating their room. The “Ghetto Style”-Treatment is simple, effective…

Monitoring, Loudness & your Ears

Discussions around studio monitor speakers should be added to the unholy trinity of conversation topics (sex, politics, religion). Most people swear by the pair they use, and roll their eyes upon listening to anything else. Let’s just start by saying that you probably all have a „standard“ pair of nearfield studio monitors. Most likely some…

Gain Staging: the bank account of your mix

Damn – if only your bank account had enough headroom!   But you’re hitting “red” all too often, start calculating and things become uncomfortable. Sounds familiar? Exactly how people feel about their Gain Structure in mixing – „Gain Staging“ being the strategy you chose to use your bank account of dBs, if you even have…