Guides
Mixing and mastering guides
Short, practical answers to the questions people ask about loudness, saturation and outboard gear.
How to gain-match an outboard chain
Hear what your analog gear actually does, keep its stereo balance and protect your converters.
How to use a clipper on your master
Why engineers clip before the limiter, and how to set a clipper so you never hear it.
Multiband transformer saturation, explained
What driven iron adds to a mix, and why splitting it into bands helps.