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free resources
5 POWERFUL Tips to Optimize Your Mix
Learn 5 Strategies I use on every single mix!
No tech talk here. This small but mighty e-book isn’t about secret EQ frequencies, or how to side-chain your mix buss to your toaster oven. Nah. These are powerful concepts and mixing philosophies I return to time and again, which keep me focused, inspired, and deeply rooted in the music.
Newsletter & Blog
🔊 FREE Metering Plugin I Actually Use (No Joke)
Meter nerds, this one’s for you. A genuinely useful free metering plugin I use all the time for loudness and mix checks.
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REALmix Live: Mixing “Veronica” (Notre Dame Folk Choir feat. Emma Frank)
December 14, 2025 -
Home Studio Q&A Replay: Apollo Routing, Headroom & Release Strategy
November 22, 2025 -
Come hang? Free mixing/recording Q&A this Friday 👀
November 19, 2025 -
✅ Proof your home studio is good enough
May 30, 2025
Forums & Discussion
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Jesse Lewis replied to the discussion Lining up audio from different recorders in the forum Mixing 8 minutes ago
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Jesse Lewis replied to the discussion Lining up audio from different recorders in the forum Mixing 9 minutes ago
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Jesse Lewis replied to the discussion Lining up audio from different recorders in the forum Mixing 10 minutes ago
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Dear MP Fam!
Just throwing up the final video and audio from this thread now that they are “out in the world.” Thank you…
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Terande Ako became a registered member 4 days ago
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Dana Nielsen replied to the discussion Free Waves Curves Resolve Plugin in the forum Plugins, Virtual Instruments, Samples a week ago
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Oh awesome- glad to hear it’s good! I just did the whole Waves Central runaround and think I’m finally set up to try it…
