Resources
Practical guides to help you prepare your music for mixing and mastering, understand the process, and get the best possible result from your release.
Whether you’re getting ready to send multitracks for mixing, preparing a stereo mix for mastering, or trying to work out which service your song actually needs, these resources are here to make the process clearer.
Getting Started
Not sure whether you need mixing, mastering, or something in between? Start here.
Preparing for Mixing
Guides to help you organise, prepare and export your individual tracks before sending them over for mixing.
Preparing Your Multitracks For Mixing
Stems Vs Multitracks: What’s The Difference?
Should I Leave Effects On When Exporting Multitracks?
DAW Export Guides
Step-by-step guides for exporting multitracks from the most commonly used DAWs.
How to Export Multitracks in Ableton Live
How to Export Multitracks in Cubase
How to Export Multitracks in FL Studio
How to Export Multitracks in GarageBand
How to Export Multitracks in Logic Pro
How to Export Multitracks in Pro Tools
Preparing for Mastering
Guides covering the main things to check when your mix is finished and you’re getting ready to send it for mastering.
Preparing Your Mix For Mastering
How Should I Export My Mix For Mastering
How Much Headroom Should You Leave For Mastering?
Should I Normalise My Mix Before Mastering?
How Loud Should My Mix Be Before Mastering?
Should I Remove The Limiter Before Mastering?
More Guides Coming Soon
I’ll be adding more resources here over time, covering things like dithering, master bus processing, and other common questions that come up when preparing music for mixing and mastering.
If you’re working on a track now and you’re not sure what to send, feel free to get in touch or upload your current version and I’ll happily have a quick listen and share my thoughts