These little tips are the first ones that come to mind without getting into techniques with reverb, delay, and various other effects to get certain sounds/vibes. This was a huge game changer for me when I started using one. You can safely monitor low end by feeling it rather than having to blast the volume of your mix just to get a decent read on it depending on your sound source. Advertised for video games and a host of other uses, but it’s application in audio production is unreal. These give pretty accurate vibrations based on the low end of whatever you play through them. Your listening environment is almost just as important as the sounds you are using.ĥ- lastly, pretty expensive, but god tier if you can get it. Even just a little bit like bass traps in the corners and some foam panels to your left and right. Gives you areas to check what might be too loud.Ĥ- actually getting acoustic treatment in your room is never bad.

This shows your mix balance in an easy to understand tonal curve. This really helps to get another perspective of what your song sounds like.ģ- look up tonal balance control by izotope. It runs your song through a virtual “acoustically treated” room for your headphones. (Side note: testing mono while adding in reverb is a good way to find out if you are drowning your elements in stereo)Ģ- check out the NX Waves plug-in’s. Provided you want to balance the two better. It helps show how things might come across on smaller speakers, shows you what is on top of other sounds a little more, and gives you a good representation of what the stereo and mono are. Here’s some ways I test it, you might already know some if not all but I figured I’d list them just incase.ġ- checking your mix in mono.

But truly until I started giving myself different accurate perspectives I feel I’ve been happier with my mixes 100x more. I know it’s something you’ve probably heard a million times over since you’ve been at it for a while. Looking into your listening environment is really helpful.

Waves nx made my mixes worse