Mixing Terms Archives - Music Guy Mixing https://www.musicguymixing.com/category/mixing-terms/ Mixing Services and Tutorials Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:55:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.musicguymixing.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-music-guy-favicon-32x32.png Mixing Terms Archives - Music Guy Mixing https://www.musicguymixing.com/category/mixing-terms/ 32 32 What is a Pop Filter in Recording (And Why Use One) https://www.musicguymixing.com/what-is-a-pop-filter/ https://www.musicguymixing.com/what-is-a-pop-filter/#respond Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:54:58 +0000 https://www.musicguymixing.com/?p=5688 I recently talked about how to get clean vocals in both the recording and mixing stages of your mix. One of the elements I touched on to help achieve clean vocals was the importance of using a pop filter when recording vocals, so let’s briefly identify what is a pop filter in the realm of […]

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]]> https://www.musicguymixing.com/what-is-a-pop-filter/feed/ 0 What is Crossfading (And Why and When To Do It) https://www.musicguymixing.com/crossfading/ https://www.musicguymixing.com/crossfading/#respond Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:05:45 +0000 https://www.musicguymixing.com/?p=5404 Crossfading in mixing terms refers to fading one clip into another and the specifics of that fade. Crossfading has a number of applications in your mix and can likewise be used to resolve a number of issues. Let’s talk more about what is crossfading, how to do it, and why or better said when you […]

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]]> https://www.musicguymixing.com/crossfading/feed/ 0 The Best Way to Mix Fade https://www.musicguymixing.com/mix-fade/ https://www.musicguymixing.com/mix-fade/#respond Tue, 14 Oct 2025 16:28:52 +0000 https://www.musicguymixing.com/?p=5288 As both a mixing engineer who gets a lot of requests for it as well as an audio mastering engineer who gets a lot of completed mixes with it, mix fades are coming back en vogue. Whether you’re fading in or out in your next mix, let’s talk about the best way to mix fade. […]

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]]> https://www.musicguymixing.com/mix-fade/feed/ 0 Stem Mastering Vs Mixing – How They Differ https://www.musicguymixing.com/stem-mastering-vs-mixing/ https://www.musicguymixing.com/stem-mastering-vs-mixing/#respond Tue, 16 Sep 2025 15:03:44 +0000 https://www.musicguymixing.com/?p=5215 Stem mastering and mixing are two distinct types of audio production which sometimes get confused for one another because they share one major concept in common: stems! As such, I thought I’d give a brief overview of and comparison between stem mastering vs mixing. Stem Mastering Vs Mixing As I just mentioned, stem mastering and […]

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]]> https://www.musicguymixing.com/stem-mastering-vs-mixing/feed/ 0 The Difference Between Harmonics and Overtones – A Quick Comparison https://www.musicguymixing.com/difference-between-harmonics-and-overtones/ https://www.musicguymixing.com/difference-between-harmonics-and-overtones/#respond Wed, 26 Mar 2025 22:30:10 +0000 https://www.musicguymixing.com/?p=4548 Harmonics and overtones oftentimes get confused for one another because they share a lot in common and both relate to the frequencies of audio. Let’s try to clarify the subtle difference between harmonics and overtones with this quick comparison. What Are Harmonics As I explained in my overview of what are harmonics in music, harmonics […]

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