The book

Mix With Your Ears,
Not Your Eyes

Learn how to add impact to your music, film or podcast by hearing frequencies by ear, one chapter at a time. Scan the QR code to hear each example or listen to the audiobook that walks you through the examples, one chapter at a time.

Find frequencies faster, for music and film.

Mix With Your Ears · Wes Martin

Example 2: Without 100Hz

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https://www.breakroomaudio.com/blog/ex-2-without

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Mix With Your Ears, Not Your Eyes by Wes Martin

Let the instruments own their space!

When it comes to low end, assign instruments their own space. In other words, let the Kick Drum OWN 100Hz; Let the bass guitar OWN 50Hz. That is their space!" "Kick drum: you get the punch (100Hz) in this song. Bass guitar, you get the rumble (50Hz)."

*NOTE: Please remember that I'm simply using that as an example. Many times, producers choose the opposite due to taste (meaning, the kick drum/808 could "own" 50Hz and bass guitar or synth could "own" 100Hz).

Warm it up!

100Hz can also add warmth to a mix. Here is an example of a mixed track without 100Hz:

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About Breakroom Audio

The breakroom

Some of the most valuable lessons I have ever learned came from my dad. Not in a classroom. In the breakroom of his recording studio.

Where the real talk happened

Musicians, coworkers, and customers dropped bits of wisdom between bites of lunch. My dad would slow down long enough to share a story or a lesson I did not know I needed.

It had to stick

If we were not in the breakroom, we were working. Those chats on a fifteen minute break had to stick. No long lectures. No pressure. Short, meaningful conversations.

Learn on the go

That is the heart of Breakroom Audio. Short lessons you can listen to or read when you have a moment, and repeat until they click. Keep it on repeat.

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“I don't care if you got ninety tracks. What does it sound like, baby?
Ray Charles