Thoughts on AI, mixing, mastering, and what's next for music production.
Every AI mixing and mastering tool on the market will tell you it is ethical. None of them define the word. Here is what we think it actually has to mean, and how to check any tool against it, including ours.
Read the post →A working engineer's start-to-finish walkthrough. Setup, stem mode, full mix, mastering, spectrum and phase, and reference matching.
Read the post →AI mixing tools love to call your track healthy. Healthy compared to what? A number is not a verdict without a target. Here is how to spot the difference.
Read the post →Most software names are a startup and a random vowel stapled together until the domain was available. Ours is not. Five letters. Five words. All deliberate.
Read the post →Being first is not the same as being right. We walked into a crowded room late, fully aware everyone else already had a drink in their hand. Here's why we're not nervous about that.
Read the post →You've had the moment. The song felt huge in your headphones at 1am. Then you played it in the car the next morning and it sounded like a shoebox full of wet towels. Here's the real reason, and why most tools make it worse.
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