Learning

MasterCheck was designed primarily with mastering in mind - the clue is in the name - but is it just for mastering, or can you use this plug-in for mixing too?

Some tips for home recording in a less-than-ideal space, including an unorthodox approach to limiting with ISL!

The ‘Morph’ function in SEQ-S gradually shifts between two EQ states at a speed dictated by the user. When looped, this can be used for some creative rhythmic effects.

How to use mid/side processing to sum your bass frequencies to mono.

How to prepare your track for streaming services by using MasterCheck as part of your workflow.

MasterCheck is a plug-in which helps to prepare your music for streaming.

We asked our users five questions about the loudness and codec compression techniques used in streaming services. Here are the survey results.

Streaming platforms play everything out at the same loudness. This is achieved by a process called loudness normalisation. But how loud is too loud?

Almost no-one is listening to your mixdown in its original form, and with the overwhelming popularity of streaming services you simply cannot afford to ignore these downstream processes.

A song can be dynamic in various different ways, so how should we consider dynamics when it comes to streaming?

Loudness normalisation means that your music can no longer be heavily compressed and to make it louder than the next track - the playout system simply turns it down. How dynamic you make the mix …

In the final article of our series on producing for streaming services, it's time to put what you've learnt into practice.