Mixing music can be incredibly fulfilling and yet incredibly frustrating. Getting our mixes to sound professional takes time, effort, and skill. Many beginners, myself included (at one point), lack...
Category: Music Production
There's a lot of terminology in the world of audio engineering, and the term "group" often carries several meanings. If you've ever been confused by the term group/grouping when it comes to editing...
Mixing/Recording: What Are Auxiliary Tracks, Sends & Returns?
Auxiliary tracks are invaluable tools in mixing, recording, live sound, and any other job that utilizes an audio mixer. If you're at all confused about aux tracks, sends and returns, or you'd like...
The terms bus or bussing are commonly used in the world of audio, whether we're working with live sound, broadcasting, recording or mixing. When learning about audio engineering, it's important to...
Audio: Buses Vs. Subgroups, Aux Sends/Returns, VCAs & Groups
Auxes, buses, sends, returns, VCAs, groups, subgroups, and many more terms make up the wide lexicon of audio technology. When learning about music and audio production, the glossary of terms can be...
We've all been there at some point in our mixing journey, spending a good amount of time on a mix, only to have it play back much quieter than our references and all other commercially-released...