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  <a href="/production-blog/blog/4822952/the-core-of-mixing">The Core of Mixing</a>&nbsp;
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  <div class="message"><p><strong>Introduction</strong></p>
<p>Mixing audio can seem&nbsp;like a black art. There are millions of tips around the internet on how to do this or that to create a great mix. And I'm sure you've seen just as many tutorials by the masters as I have. The problem is that 99.9% of these are based on some minute little trick to handle this tiny little situation, or it's using gear you don't have to fix problems you also don't have.</p>
<p>The truth of the matter is that there's far too much information on the specifics, but not enough on the…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/production-blog/blog/4822952/the-core-of-mixing">Read more</a></span></div>
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    <p class="post-info"><span data-time="2017-09-04T09:00:00-06:00" title="September 04, 2017 09:00">09/04/2017</span></p>

  <p class="post-info">in <a href="/personal-blog/blog/blog_categories/25336">Mixing</a>, <a href="/personal-blog/blog/blog_categories/25937">Compression</a>, <a href="/personal-blog/blog/blog_categories/26200">Equalization</a>, <a href="/personal-blog/blog/blog_categories/30874">Basics</a></p>
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  <a href="/production-blog/blog/4818615/how-to-give-your-song-the-perfect-loudness">How to Give Your Song the Perfect Loudness</a>&nbsp;
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  <div class="message"><p><strong><em>Note:&nbsp;there is an&nbsp;<a href="https://www.miloburke.com/production-blog/blog/how-to-give-your-song-the-perfect-loudness-update" target="_self">update to this article</a>&nbsp;(August 2018).&nbsp;</em></strong></p>
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<p><strong>Introduction</strong></p>
<p>In a previous post, I covered <a href="https://miloburke.com/production-blog/blog/dynamic-range-and-the-loudness-war">how the Loudness War started, and why it's bad for the sound of music from increased distortion and decreased dynamic range</a>. Fortunately, there's a glimmer of hope in that many of the popular streaming services are turning down songs that are too loud in order to even out playback volume for listeners. As of this writing, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, and Tidal all turn down songs that are too loud…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/production-blog/blog/4818615/how-to-give-your-song-the-perfect-loudness">Read more</a></span></div>
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    <p class="post-info"><span data-time="2017-08-22T07:45:00-06:00" title="August 22, 2017 07:45">08/22/2017</span></p>

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  <a href="/production-blog/blog/4803085/one-of-my-favorite-instruments-part-1-august-2017">One of My Favorite Instruments: Part 1 (August 2017)</a>&nbsp;
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  <div class="message"><p>I'm something of a nerd for audio software made with a little creativity and a little love. Hopefully you caught my previous post <a href="https://miloburke.com/production-blog/blog/three-of-my-favorite-plugins-july-2017" target="_blank">sharing three effects plugins that I rely on heavily</a>.&nbsp;Today, I'll be giving you a glimpse at one of my favorite instruments:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.xlnaudio.com/addictivekeys" target="_blank">Addictive Keys</a> by <a href="https://www.xlnaudio.com/" target="_blank">XLN Audio</a>.</p>
<p>Yeah, I know. It's just another virtual piano plugin. Hooray. But Addictive Keys is so much more than that. I'd be surprised if any songs I've made since I bought it don't use it in some way. Many of my songs have seven or more…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/production-blog/blog/4803085/one-of-my-favorite-instruments-part-1-august-2017">Read more</a></span></div>
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    <p class="post-info"><span data-time="2017-08-08T12:40:00-06:00" title="August 08, 2017 12:40">08/08/2017</span></p>

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  <div class="message"><p><strong>Why We're Talking Loudness</strong></p>
<p>Releasing music is complicated. One of the reasons it's complicated is that it can be really hard to know how loud to release a song. If you make your song too quiet, many listeners might check out and skip to the next song because they feel it sounds "boring". But if you make your song too loud, the audio quality really&nbsp;suffers.</p>
<p>This is pretty easy to solve for those with money: hire a great (loudness-war-aware) mastering engineer and let him/her decide. But for those of us who…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/production-blog/blog/4803261/dynamic-range-and-the-loudness-war">Read more</a></span></div>
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    <p class="post-info"><span data-time="2017-07-25T13:45:00-06:00" title="July 25, 2017 13:45">07/25/2017</span></p>

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  <a href="/production-blog/blog/4750058/three-of-my-favorite-plugins-july-2017">Three of My Favorite Plugins: Part 1 (July 2017)</a>&nbsp;
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  <div class="message"><p><strong>Introduction</strong></p>
<p>If you're a reader of my blog, there's a good chance you use software plugin effects. Digital effects are an integral part of making music in this decade and decades to come, and they're&nbsp;likely your only choice if you don't have access to a million dollar studio and the large effect racks they often house.</p>
<p>This is the first in a series of posts I'll release quarterly. In each, I'll pick out three plugins I'm currently using and currently loving. Maybe they're new toys for me, or maybe they're…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/production-blog/blog/4750058/three-of-my-favorite-plugins-july-2017">Read more</a></span></div>
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    <p class="post-info"><span data-time="2017-07-11T14:25:00-06:00" title="July 11, 2017 14:25">07/11/2017</span></p>

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  <a href="/production-blog/blog/4722843/my-journey-with-acoustics-part-2">My Journey With Acoustics: Part 2</a>&nbsp;
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  <div class="message"><p>If you've been following along, I dropped a healthy dose of theory on <a href="https://miloburke.com/production-blog/blog/an-acoustic-primer-the-secret-to-better-mix-decisions" target="_blank">which acoustic problems your room is likely to have and how to cost-effectively solve them</a>. Then I began to do the very same for myself.</p>
<p><a href="https://miloburke.com/production-blog/blog/my-journey-with-acoustics-part-1" target="_blank">Treating my sidewall first reflection points</a> was very valuable, and the sound I was hearing was much improved. But still, that's only the beginning. If one aims to significantly clean up the bass, there's more work to be done.</p>
<p>In this post, I'll describe the second stage in my room treatment project…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/production-blog/blog/4722843/my-journey-with-acoustics-part-2">Read more</a></span></div>
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    <p class="post-info"><span data-time="2017-06-27T12:05:00-06:00" title="June 27, 2017 12:05">06/27/2017</span></p>

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  <a href="/production-blog/blog/4743622/10-steps-to-mixes-that-translate-part-2">10 Steps to Mixes That Translate: Part 2</a>&nbsp;
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  <div class="message"><p>In part one of this guide on improving mix translation, <a href="https://miloburke.com/production-blog/blog/why-isn-t-my-mix-translating" target="_blank">I covered five aspects of how equipment, room acoustics, and speaker positioning are compromising the effectiveness of all but the most ideal setups</a>, and more importantly, what you can do about it on a reasonable budget. If you haven't read this yet, you'll definitely want to give it a read.</p>
<p>Today, in part two of this series, we'll be covering steps you can take working with the equipment and room you have now in order to make the best of it and give…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/production-blog/blog/4743622/10-steps-to-mixes-that-translate-part-2">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p>So you've just <a href="https://miloburke.com/production-blog/blog/the-core-of-mixing" target="_blank">finished your final mix</a>, and it sounds amazing on your monitors or headphones. Excitedly, you play it for your friend on his stereo, and the mix just falls apart. Maybe the frequency balance is all wrong. Maybe the balance of instruments is completely off. Maybe it sounds weak and hollow instead of full and powerful. Maybe it's enough to make your ears cringe.</p>
<p><em>What happened??</em></p>
<p>The short of it is that your mix sounds good on your speakers or headphones, but doesn't translate to other…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/production-blog/blog/4706708/why-isn-t-my-mix-translating">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><p>In an earlier post, I wrote about <a href="https://miloburke.com/production-blog/blog/mastering-isn-t-a-process">how mastering isn't a process</a>. It's definitely worth noting that a mastering engineer has to approach each song differently in order to make it sound its best. That said, of course there are some systematic things a mastering engineer should pay attention to. Some of which many readers may not already know. Two biggies are micro-dynamics and macro-dynamics.</p>
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<p>If you're not caught up on the lingo, dynamics simply refers to the volume variation within a…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/production-blog/blog/4700731/micro-dynamics-and-macro-dynamics">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <a href="/production-blog/blog/4722787/my-journey-with-acoustics-part-1">My Journey With Acoustics: Part 1</a>&nbsp;
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  <div class="message"><p>Last week, I wrote about acoustics for the first time in this blog. Everything I wrote about was theory, based on the books I've read, my first-hand impressions of various rooms and arrangements, as many podcast episodes on acoustics as I could find, and an unhealthy number of forum threads digested. However, this week, the rubber meets the road. I finally made substantial headway on the room treatment project I've been putting off for longer than I care to admit. Let me tell you about what I built, where I…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/production-blog/blog/4722787/my-journey-with-acoustics-part-1">Read more</a></span></div>
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