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How Gain Staging EDM Can Level Up Your Mixes
All throughout production, mixing, and mastering, there is pretty much 1 universal rule that everyone follows; NO CLIPPING. That means you need proper gain staging for EDM tracks. Clipping is when an audio signal is pushed beyond its limit which ends up creating...
EDM Vocal Mixing: How to Get Top Line Vocals
Just a few weeks ago I had a client reach out to me requesting some help with EDM vocal mixing. He told me he was having issues with getting his vocals to sit in his mix. After listening to his track, I noticed that the vocals didn’t really sound too bad. However, I...
When and How to Use Proper Compression in EDM
Compression in EDM, an effect that can either make or break your track. Today, we see many amateur artists stumbling their way through compression. This can crush the dynamics of their element, creating a blanket effect, or blast the volume of the element to extreme...
2 Easy Steps Toward Stronger EDM Mixes
As an EDM producer, your mix is EVERYTHING. Without a solid mix to hold up your track, all of your hard work with songwriting and production can easily fall at the wayside. So what do you do when your production skills and songwriting skills are up to par but your mix...
Using Exciters and Saturators in EDM
Forget about your go-to distortion plug-in. Start focusing on using exciters and saturators in EDM. Distortion is a highly sought after sound in today's electronic music. There’s nothing like hearing a nice crunchy bassline that can really drive you. A buzzy pluck...
EDM Compression & EQ in Production
When I was first learning about mixing, hell, even when I was just trying to figure out production, I never looked at the way I was using compression in EDM. I really didn’t know a whole lot about EQ or compression. So much so, when I found out what a compressor was,...
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