Master Your Mix Podcast

In this week’s episode, I’m chatting with Kevin Dietz – An engineer who has worked alongside artists such as Placebo, Silverchair, Alexisonfire, and Silverstein. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: The path from interning to head engineer Using high pass filters to help you clean up your low-end Mixing vocals with serial compression Using templates to speed up your workflow Exercises to help you m...

In this episode, I’m chatting with Dan Broadbeck, a Juno award-winning engineer and producer based out of London, Ontario Canada who has worked with artists such as Dolores O’Riordan of The Cranberries, Ivory Hours, The Ghandarvas and more. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: Building trust with an artist in the studio The power of confidence in the studio How to know what an artist is looking for...

In this episode, I’m answering subscriber-submitted questions in order to help you improve your mixes. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: Using plugins to “color” sound How certain plugins are eating into your headroom Using reference tracks in the tracking and mixing stages A common mistake people make when comparing their mixes to other recordings that can actually make their mixes sound worse...

In this episode, I chat with Dan Weston, a mixing and mastering engineer who has worked with artists such as Kevin Gates, Flo Rida, Shad, Classified, and many more. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: His hybrid style mixing setup inspired by Michael Brauer How the size of your room influences how you hear things How to use rough mixes as inspiration for starting a mix Mixing vocals with 2-track instrum...

In this episode, I chat with Simon Head, a live sound engineer, tour manager, and studio owner who has worked with bands such as Sum 41, The Descendants, SNFU, Treble Charger, and many more. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: The realities of life on the road The differences of working in a studio vs. live sound Creating separation and preventing phasing issues in a live setting The importance of diver...

In this episode, I’m answering subscriber-submitted questions in order to help you improve your mixes. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: Where to start on a fresh mix What order of instruments to mix in Why vocals are the most important element in your mix How to find the right balance of effects Getting clean, balanced low-end Looking for 1-on-1 feedback and training to help you create pro-quality mi...

In this episode, I’m talking with Josh Bowman, a mixing engineer who first got his start working as an assistant for producers and engineers such as Randy Staub, Bob Rock, Garth Richardson and he has worked with artists like Michael Bublé, Good Charlotte, Carly Rae Jepsen, AC DC, Nickleback and a bunch more. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: The importance of using filters to create a cleaner lo...

In this episode, I chat with Sam Guaiana, a producer and mixing engineer who has worked with artists such as Like Pacific, Coldfront, Heavy Hearts and many more. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: The importance of committing in the tracking stage vs. fixing it in the mix What to do to add excitement to choruses How to control the low-end His secret compression settings for vocals Looking for 1-on-1 fe...

Introducing the MasterYourMix Podcast! This podcast is designed to help engineers, artists, and producers improve the quality of their recordings and mixes (even from a home studio). Through interviews with many professionals in the industry as well as doing Q&As with listeners, my goal with this podcast is to help you learn tips, tricks, strategies and more so that you can overcome your bigge...