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Studio Stuff — 53 episodes

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Ep 51 - When Your Ears Fool You: Why Mixing Gets Harder the Longer You Work

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Ep 50 - The Mix Sounded Worse Loud… Here’s Why!

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Ep 49 - Serve The Song: Cutting Parts Without Crushing Egos

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Ep 48 - The Great Preamp War: Why Both Sides of This Viral Video Drama Are Actually Right

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Ep 46 - Why Your Limiter Hates Your Drums (And How We Fix It Upstream)

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Ep 47 - Staying Sharp in the Studio: Sleep, Food, and the Truth About Being Productive

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Ep 45 - Your Smartphone Knows Your Mix Has a Problem, Do You?

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Ep 44 - Stop Choosing Mics Based on Price (Do This Instead)

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Ep 43 - The Da Vinci Problem: Knowing When to Let Go of Your Mix

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Ep 42 - Mixing, Mastering, and the Mindset That Separates Them

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Ep 41 - NS-10 Translation in 2026: Emotion, Mixing, and What Actually Works

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Ep 40 - The Omelet Crisis and How Many Reverbs You Actually Need

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Ep 39 - The Music AI Can't Touch - And It's Going Viral

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Ep 38 - Visual Mixing Tools in 2026: Smart Shortcut or Dangerous Crutch?

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Ep 37 - Third-Party Plugins vs Tim Tams | Which Actually Improves Your Mix?

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Ep 36 - Headphones vs Speakers: What We Trust for Better Mix Decisions

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Ep 35 - The REAL Reason Vintage Type Plugins Feel “Better”

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Ep 34 - Home Studio vs Pro Studio in 2026: Room, Gear, or Engineer?

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Ep 33 - Gain Staging, Buses, and Headroom: The Boring Stuff That Makes Mixes Feel Pro

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Ep 32 - Back Then vs Now: Did We Lose “Pro” Recordings?

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Ep31 - Do Mixing Consoles Still Matter in 2026?

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Ep30 - AI in the Studio: What’s Useful, What’s Weird, What’s Coming

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Ep 29 - Fix, Control, Enhance: The Vocal Framework Your Mix Is Missing

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Ep 28 - Before You Buy Another Plugin, Ask This One Question

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Ep 27 - The 1 Reverb Rule That Changes the Whole Mix

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Ep 26 - Mix Bus Magic: Why We Compress, Tape, Limit… and When Not To

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Ep 25 - Studio Slang Decoded: What “Depth,” “Glue,” and “Vibe” Actually Mean

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Ep 24 - Stop Inconsistent Mixes – Make Your Album Flow

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Ep 23 - Mix as You Go vs Start Fresh: Where Does Mixing Really Begin?

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Ep 22 - The Placebo Effect in the Studio: Are Your Ears Lying to You?

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Ep 21 - The Mixing Debate: Science vs. Feel—Which One Actually Wins?

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Ep 20 - “Flat” Headphones: What It REALLY Means - with Rok Gulič (OLLO Audio)

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Ep 19 - The Most Powerful Tool in Your DAW

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Ep 18 - Live Sound vs Studio Mixing: What We’ve Learned From Both Worlds

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Ep17 - Are You LAZY or Just Working SMART in the Studio?

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Ep16- Stop Chasing the 'Perfect Mix' - Start Doing THIS Instead

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Ep15 - Fake Band, Real Streams: Is AI Stealing the Spotlight?

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Ep14 - If We Could Give One Piece of Advice to Our Younger Selves

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Ep13 - The Buses Tricks That Could Change Your Mixing Game!

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Ep12 - Parallel Compression, Slapback & Secret Sends: Our Vocal FX Setup

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Ep11 - The Vocal Chain Deep Dive: From Raw Takes to Radio-Ready

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Ep10 - Self-Recording Vocals at Home: Tips, Fails & Funny Truths

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Ep09 - Recording Vocals is More Than Just Hitting Record

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Ep08 - What If Analog Gear Isn’t About the Sound at All?

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Ep07 Q&A - Do You Trust your Studio Monitors or AirPods?

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Ep07 - Mixing Drums, Time-Align Debate & Poor Hi-Hats

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Ep06 Q&A - The Secrets Behind Songs That Make You FEEL Something

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EP06 - What Should You Buy Next for Your Home Studio?

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Ep05 - Kick, Snare, and Bathroom Mics: Our Drum Recording Philosophy

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Ep04 - When is a Mix Done?

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Ep03 - The TRUTH About Music Producers (What They Really Do!)

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Ep02 - The Struggle is Real: Mixing Bad Recordings

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Ep01 - Speakers or Headphones: Which Do You Use First?