This was my first Fix the Mix, and I absolutely loved it, but have a question for the people who've gone before: why did you come back? Do you learn something different every month? Do you come to do the homework just to see how your skills have improved over the past month? Do you come because it's entertaining and/or fun? Do you come just because it allows you to interact with a community of like-minded artists? To those like me whose first FTM this was: are you coming back? Why/why not? I'm probably going to come back next month, but I'd been curious since day 1 of why people would do that, so I thought: why not just ask?

Hey folks, We had a small miscommunication with our partners about when the Limiter was supposed to be distributed. We originally planned to give it away during the live stream, so apologies for the delay! Without further ado, here's the link to download Mastering the Mix's LIMITER. We'll be going deep into all of this on today's live stream, so be sure to show up at 10am PST / 1pm ET via the link in the "Classroom" tab! GIVEAWAY ENDED Thank you to Mastering the Mix for sponsoring this event! See y'all in a few hours. Michael GM, Mastering.com

Any tips on selecting sounds in Music Production?

What songs would you consider great masters for referencing and where to find them because anything from youtube would be squashed by their limiter already, no?

Well, first go at mix/mastering a live band. I'm used to Dance Music mix/master - but there are certainly a lot of similarities. HH's were the toughest part (lots of spikes and variables). The intro had a pre distorted intro build (as the artist must have intended this), so I shaved off some highs and used soother to reduce. Gentle compression for the master with added shimmer for the highs. Compression on Vox and Drums only for the mix. Starting with volumes was the huge takeaway - I'm used to doing both eq and vol at the same time. Doing vol and pan first was massive......thanks guys Revised master (hi freqs were too much)