Vocal mixing guides
Practical, no-fluff guides to recording and mixing vocals at home, from a musician who mixes for a living.
7 min read
Why Your Vocal Doesn't Sit in the Mix (and 7 Ways to Fix It)
Your vocal sounds fine alone but wrong in the song. Here are the seven real reasons a vocal doesn't sit in the mix, and how to fix each one with EQ, compression, space and arrangement.
7 min readHow to Make a Cheap Mic Sound Like a Studio Vocal
A budget microphone can sound surprisingly professional. What really matters: the room, mic technique, gain, and the mixing moves that close the gap to a studio vocal.
8 min readHow to Make Your Vocals Sound Like a Reference Track
A practical guide to matching your vocal tone to a reference song: picking the right reference, level-matching, EQ moves by frequency range, and the mistakes that make it worse.