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Dubstep and the Loudness War

At SoundOps, we love mastering dubstep! There is no denying it’s novelty to the general public, and for those of us who have enjoyed the genre for a while, it’s cool to see it grow. If you produce your own dubstep mixes, and want them to hit harder than the demo-sounding projects your friends have, let us master one of your tracks.

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SoundOps.com | Head Engineer Responds to FAQ by DIY artist

Top 20 DIY Mixing Tips

Check out this great advice from Paul White at SoundOnSound:
20 DIY Mixing Tips
This is an excellent list of essential things to bear in mind if you’re considering doing your own audio recording and mixing!
Remember: A Good Master Starts With a Good Mix.
We’ve heard a lot of people say that mastering doubles the quality of a [...]

Mic or Mixer – How To Get That Pro Sound

This is a question that came from one of our friends on youtube,
and we thought you guys would benefit from the conversation.
Q:
I know how to mix and master my music. I hope. Lol. I am getting a shure ksmA pretty soon and that is a top of the line mic. im wondering if i just [...]

MIXING CONTEST: TOP 10 MIXES

We never expected the mixing competition to be so popular.  After some serious listening, we’ve narrowed it down to our favorite 10 songs.  We don’t want to be the only ones to vote though, so we’re working on a way for our readers to vote for the best mix as well.
In the next few weeks [...]

Free Mastering Mix-Off!

Here at SoundOps Mastering, we aren’t ready for the summer to end.  So we’re heating things up with a mixing competition – a battle of the engineers!
The rules are simple.  If your band is working on a new song, or if you already have one recorded, send your mix to us ( studio@soundops.com [...]

Recording Advice: Audio Mixing & Mastering Tips From The Studio Team @ SoundOps.com

We get questions from young artists and producers who are trying to prepare their mixes for mastering.  Sometimes, they want to know what they can do to emulate the effects of high quality mastering without actually having to spend the money.  Either way, we like to take time out and help, because we remember what [...]

Recording, Mixing, Mastering, and Digital Distribution for Indie Artists: Why Audio Quality Is King

Will was on a conference call with Greg Rollett the other day talking to Label 2.0 members about maintaining audio quality throughout the recording process, and the importance of mastering for independent artists.
We almost didn’t share this for two reasons…
The first is that the sound quality from recorded phone calls is notoriously bad (and this [...]

Mastering Metal: Audio Mastering For The Metal Masses

Those of you who are real metal heads know there’s a lot of different METAL out there.
Whether you’re into black metal, death metal, power metal, or some good ‘ol fashioned “heavy metal”, you know when it sounds good.
THE METAL MISCONCEPTION:

The problem is, for many metal artists, there is a common misnomer regarding the role quality [...]