Best R&B Hip Hop Rap Dancehall Songs of 2018

8 Tips for Mixing Rap and Hip-Hop

Learn eight mixing tips that work especially well for mixing rap and mixing hip-hop, including delays, stutter edits, reverses, parallel processing, and more.

How hip hop can teach you to code

The artist may change, but the template remains the same

Create A Hip-Hop Playlist And We'll Reveal Which Mythological Creature You Are

Ready, Set, Mix! Tips for Prepping Your Mixing Session

It’s time to mix, so let’s start to move some faders! Well, maybe not right away. If we really want a mix to go quickly and smoothly

Mixing and Mastering: What Are They in Recording?

Mixing refers to the process of putting multiple layers of audio together to make one final track. Learn some tips and how this differs from mastering.

The Five Main Types of Reverb, and How to Mix with Them

Familiarize yourself with the primary kinds of this essential effect, and improve your mixes.

How to Use a Mixing Board

Learn the basic workings of a mixer board, how to set up mics and other inputs and record into a camera or audio device.

Top 5 Mixing Tips For Music Producers

Mixing is one of the most difficult parts of the music production process. These are the top 5 mixing tips for music producers.

13 Common Vocal Mixing Mistakes and How To Avoid Them

Vocals are the most important part of your mix. The vocals sell the music. Whether they’re a seasoned pro or your tone deaf aunt, everyone listens to the vocals. When you focus your mixing energy on the vocals, you are focusing on the one part of the mix that every listener is guaranteed to hear. …

How to Use Multiple Types of Reverb in a Mix — Pro Audio Files

An article on different types of reverb and how to use them in a mix.

What Makes Good Recording/Mixing Equipment?

We want to hear from you! Whoever you are… We’ve got a few vocal microphones, GarageBand, and a Tascam Linear PCM Recorder… but we want to know: what makes a good compact DIY reco…

How to Achieve Tonal Balance in Your Mixes

(or, “How to Keep Your Mastering Engineer Happy”) We all go through periods of both development and frustration in our careers. Whenever you are trying to improve your skill level or acquire more knowledge, you will have moments of epiphany followed by dark periods of hopelessness and self-doubt. Mixing is no different. Our first mixes …

How to Use Attribution Models to Decipher the Right Mix

How do you assign value to your channels and touch points? There are a variety of attribution model methods. For example, do you attribute more weight to the first touch (such as clicking on a digita…

Why you should be mixing live sound

Mixing music at a venue can greatly improve your skills as a studio engineer, producer, and arranger. This guest post was written by Gary Gray, an award-winning composer, producer, and engineer. People come to me all the time looking for insightful tips that will help them improve their mixing. They’re looking for DAW secrets, or …

Lullaby of algebra: How mixing music and math helps engage students

Music can help students remember math formulas and relieve stress in the classroom, studies show.

Video tutorial: How to do surround sound mixing in Pro Tools

Want to learn how to do surround mixing in Pro Tools? Check out this in-depth video tutorial by Paul Maunder:

The Beginner's Guide to Signal Flow for Mixing — Pro Audio Files

An article on signal flow and routing for mixing, including how to use busses, aux sends and more