Free Mixing Guides

Short, practical references you can use in your next session. Each guide covers one mixing problem with the frequencies, settings and checks that solve it.

FREE PDFThe Mix Cheat Sheet

All the key tables on two printable pages

FREE TOOLDelay & Reverb Time Calculator

BPM to ms for every note value, with tap tempo

FREE TOOLEQ Frequency Chart

Every instrument's range and where to cut or boost

FREE TOOLLUFS Calculator

How loud your master plays on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube

FREE TOOL808 Tuning Chart & Note Frequency Chart

Every 808 note for your key, in Hz and MIDI

GUIDEVocal EQ Cheat Sheet

Where to cut and boost on vocals

GUIDEPanning Cheat Sheet

Where to pan every instrument

GUIDEHow to Mix Kick and Bass

Plus how to tune your 808

GUIDEVocal Reverb Settings

Type, pre-delay, decay and EQ

GUIDECompression Settings Cheat Sheet

Ratio, attack and release per instrument

GUIDEHow Loud Should Each Instrument Be?

Starting levels for a balanced mix

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MixMap — The Complete Mix Reference

Stop searching for the same settings every session. One interactive reference with starting points for every element in 5 genres, with pan values for Logic, Ableton, FL Studio and Pro Tools.

Get MixMap — $19 →Try the free demo

Writing songs too? See the free songwriting guides and the chord progression generator.