January 2026
18 Mixing Lessons Every Home Studio Owner Learns the Hard Way
If you spend any amount of time recording and mixing at home, you quickly realise there’s no shortage of advice out there. Tutorials, presets, plugin walkthroughs, “secret” tricks. It’s endless. What’s much rarer is advice that comes from time spent getting things wrong, fixing them, then finally understanding why they were wrong in the first […]
10 Mixing Habits That Make Your Music Sound More Professional
One of the biggest myths in home recording is that professional sounding mixes come from expensive plug-ins or high end studios. In reality, what separates amateur mixes from professional ones is often much simpler: habits. Good mixing habits quietly shape every decision you make, long before you reach for an EQ or compressor. They influence […]
10 Home Recording Studio Goals Worth Keeping in 2026
The start of a new year has a way of making home studio owners feel behind. Not enough plugins. Not the right interface. Not the latest DAW update. Somewhere out there, someone else’s studio always looks cleaner, bigger, or more advanced. But most home studios don’t fail because of missing gear. They stall because of […]