Mixing & mastering

Balancing a mix and finishing a master are learnable skills. These guides explain what each processor does before recommending one, so you can hear why a setting works instead of copying it.

Audacity
Mixing & mastering

Audacity equalizer: how to EQ audio in Audacity 4

The seven EQ and filter tools in Audacity 4, a step-by-step voice EQ, starting settings for common jobs, and when a plugin EQ is the better choice.

4 min read

Mixing & mastering
Fundamentals

EQ before or after compression?

Whether EQ goes before or after a compressor, why the order changes the sound, and the order to use for common mixing situations.

4 min read

Virtual instruments
Mixing & mastering

Guitar signal chain: what order your pedals and plugins go in

The order for guitar effects, from tuner to reverb, why each stage sits where it does, how it carries over to plugins, and when to break it.

7 min read

MuseSounds & notation
Mixing & mastering

Best MuseHub Black Friday deals 2026

The best deals in MuseHub’s Black Friday sale: the MuseSounds libraries, apps, tutorials and plugins customers buy most, with what each one is good for.

5 min read

Vocals
Mixing & mastering

What is a de-esser and how to use one

What a de-esser is, how it works, the main types and the settings that tame harsh “s” sounds without making a vocal dull.

9 min read