Notes on mixing

The BetterMix Blog

Guides on loudness, spectral balance, and streaming-ready mixes for drum & bass, UK garage, and techno producers.

Why Is My Mix Quieter Than Reference Tracks on Spotify?

Your mix isn't actually quiet, it's probably a LUFS mismatch.

More guides

Why your master can clip after export even when your meters look clean.

Wide low end feels big in headphones and disappears on club systems.

DnB masters run hotter than most genres, but louder isn't automatically better.

Where one ends and the other begins, and why doing both at once causes trouble.

Elements that sound great solo can fight for the same frequency space combined.

If mixes sound great in your room and wrong everywhere else, blame the room.

Bad gain staging causes muddy low end and plugins that don't sound right.