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From Physical Therapist to Full-Time Metal Mix Engineer | My 10-Year Story
I never went to school for audio. I didn't intern at a famous studio. I was actually a physical therapist first. From the moment I seriously committed to learning audi...
The Reason Your Drum Mixes Sound Bad Has Nothing To Do With Mixing
The reason your home-recorded metal drums never sound right has nothing to do with your mixing. The problem happens before you ever open your DAW.In this episode, I'm ...
3 Bass Mistakes That Ruin Every Metal Mix
After mixing hundreds of metal tracks for self-recording bands, the bass is often sent wrong. In this video I break down the 3 most common bass mistakes I find in clie...
SSL Bus Compression for Metal (Attack & Release Settings That Actually Work)
Your metal mix sounds solid in solo, but something dies when you play it back together. The culprit is almost always your mix bus compressor's attack and release setti...
The Only Way I Use Reference Tracks Now For Metal Mixing
A lot of metal mixers are using reference tracks completely wrong. In this video I break down the three ways I've used reference tracks throughout my mixing journey, f...
I Ran the Same IR Through 3 Amp Sims vs 3 IRs on 1 Amp — Here's What I Found
Your metal guitar tone is shaped by two things: your amp sim and your IR. But which one has the bigger impact? I ran a controlled experiment using the Bogren Digital A...
You Said I Was Wrong About Programmed Drums — Here's My Response
My last video on programmed drums vs real drums for metal divided the community, so I'm pulling up your comments and addressing the best arguments one by one.This isn'...
Real Drums Are Killing Your Metal Mix (Do This Instead)
Real drums sound amazing, but for self-recording metal bands, the variables are stacked against you. In this episode I break down the 5 reasons why programmed drums ar...
I've Mixed 200+ Metal Bands - Here Are the 3 Biggest Mistakes I See
I've mixed over 200 metal bands, and these are the 3 biggest mistakes I see when bands self-record and send me tracks to mix. From live drum tracking issues to bad arr...
From Raw DI to Final Mix: The Exact Heavy Guitar Process I Use on Every Song
Most guitar mixing tutorials show you one plugin. One move. One preset.This is the full chain, from raw DI signal to reamped tone to completely finished heavy guitars ...
How I Mixed These Metal Drums From Scratch
I mixed these metal drums from raw tracks to a polished final mix, and I'm showing you every single step. Watch the complete drum mixing process: EQ, compression, bus ...
You're EQing Your Guitars WRONG (Do This Instead)
Are you EQing your guitars WRONG? In this video, I'll show you 3 common EQ mistakes that are killing your guitar tone, and how to fix them.We'll cover:🔴 Why sweeping E...
4 Techniques to Make Your Metal Choruses Sound HUGE (Without More Plugins)
If your metal choruses aren’t hitting like they should, the problem usually isn’t your plugins, it’s contrast. Most mixes don’t have a “chorus lift” because the verse ...
25 Metal Production Tips in 5 Minutes (Speed Run)
25 metal production tips in 5 minutes. ⚡️In this speed run, I’m blasting through practical, real-world mixing and recording tips for modern metal, so you can get tight...
Your Metal Mix Is Fighting Itself
If your metal mix sounds muddy, small, or chaotic… it’s probably fighting itself.Turning everything up doesn’t make your mix massive. It makes it crowded.In this video...
I Almost Fired A Band
If you’re hiring a mixing engineer, don’t send your session like this.In this episode, I break down the biggest session prep mistakes DIY bands make when exporting tra...
The Drum Mistake Making Your Metal Tracks Sound Fake
Do your programmed metal drums sound fake and robotic?The #1 reason is static MIDI velocity and over-quantization.In this video, I break down the exact drum programmin...
3 Reasons You Should Use A Dedicated Mastering Engineer
Do you actually need a dedicated mastering engineer… or is mastering just an extra expense for DIY bands?It’s a fair question.Budgets are tight. Everyone’s wearing mul...
3 Ways To Make Your Lead Guitar Cut Through The Mix
Struggling to get your lead guitar to cut through the mix without just turning it up? In this video, I break down 3 proven mixing techniques pro engineers use to make ...
Will AI Make Mixing Engineers Obsolete? (Honest Answer)
Let me ask you a question I’ve been getting constantly lately…“Is AI going to replace mixing engineers?”Between AI mastering tools, mix assistants, and plugins promisi...